The Mavs break a 5 game losing streak behind a new smallball starting lineup.
Box Score
Leaders
Mavs
Points: Parsons, 24
Rebounds: Nowitzki, 11
Assists: Felton, 12
+-: Nowitzki, +24
Hornets
Points: Walker, 25
Rebounds: Zeller, 9
Assists: Walker, 9
+-: Walker, -3
Game Ball
Dirk Nowitzki
23 points, 11 rebounds, +24
X-Factor
Devin Harris
12 points, 5-8 FG
Stat of the Game
After shooting only 3-20 on threes in the first three quarters, the Mavs went 6-10 from deep in the fourth quarter.
Play of the Game
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) March 14, 2016
Of Note
- Looking for a spark, Rick Carlisle changed up his starting lineup with Raymond Felton replacing Zaza Pachulia. The small lineup had Chandler Parsons playing power forward and Dirk at center.
- The Mavs came out strong, taking a 52-33 lead into halftime. That big lead would disappear as the Hornets would take the lead early in the 4th quarter.
- Dallas fought back to retake control as Parsons and Deron Williams would both score 11 points in the final stanza.
- The Mavericks held an opponent under 100 points for the first time since Feb. 3 against Miami. 13 straight teams had scored triple figures against the Mavs since.
- Devin Harris scored in double figures for the first time since he scored 15 against Minnesota on Jan. 20.
- Dirk has scored at least 22 points in 5 straight games, averaging 26.0 points per game over that stretch.
"The defense was great. We just had really good energy, focus, togetherness. We were playing relatively small, so we needed everybody to be very vigilant about being on the boards. That's our best chance to win and we did that tonight."
Rick Carlisle
Tweet of the Night
But Wes' defense on Kemba Walker in the fourth was critical. Kemba looked like he was going into takeover mode. https://t.co/uDWh7jbnnn— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) March 15, 2016
Next Up
The Mavericks (34-33) head to Cleveland for a Wednesday night game with LeBron and the Cavaliers (47-18).
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