NBA
Regular Season Round 37: Phoenix Suns - Dallas M. 94-97
Date: December 6, 2012
Coming off a fourth loss in the last five games following Wednesday night’s 112-90 defeat in Los Angeles to the Clippers, two things were clear to Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle after seeing his squad fall for a third time by at least 22 points during that stretch. Understandably alarmed by the Mavericks’ 22 turnovers, which led to 26 Clippers points as the Dallas team began its three-game road trip, Carlisle also made it clear that two things were missing from his players in the lopsided loss: toughness and competitiveness. “I’m big on toughness. As a coach in this league, you always want more toughness on your team. I’m big on competitiveness, and when things go the way they did last night, there’s going to be stretches where you don’t look very competitive and that’s not good,” the coach admitted. “And so, you know, that’s something that we talked about this morning in our meeting — being competitive, being physical. Even if we’re not a particularly physical team, it does not prevent us from getting in front of people and helping each other and doing the right things on the floor. We’ve got to do better with that.” The coach then led his team into the U.S. Airways Center in search of a much-needed road win against the Phoenix Suns, making a change to his starting unit to add both toughness and competitiveness to the first unit. And with two of his main contributors going down with injuries, the coach would would see just how tough it team truly is, as the Mavs improved to 9-10 on the season after a hard-fought 97-94 win. Inserting small forward Dahntay Jones and big man Elton Brand at center to a front line that already featured four-time All-Star Shawn Marion, Carlisle also continued to use the backcourt of 38-year-old Derek Fisher and leading scorer O.J. Mayo. The Mavs then looked to bring an end to their three-game road losing streak entering the night. But the new-look lineup would struggle from the opening tipoff, falling behind 11-1 out of the gates after missing the first five shots of the night. The Mavs would settle down, however, behind the play of their reserves. And with backup big man Chris Kaman pitching in six of team’s 14 bench points, the Mavs found themselves even with the Suns after one quarter of play at 23-all. Led by reserve point guard Darren Collison and big man Brandan Wright, the Mavs would quickly assume their first lead of the night at 26-25 early in the second stanza. The Suns (7-13) would again begin to pull away, though, before Mayo took charge for the Mavericks with an array of shots on the offensive end to keep the two teams even on the scoreboard. Still, with Markieff Morris dominating the interior, the Suns surged ahead to take a 44-40 edge at the halftime intermission to overshadow Mayo’s 10 first-half points to lead all scorers. Led by Mayo and Kaman, the Mavericks outshot the Suns through the first two quarters, 41.5 percent to 40.9 percent. But the Suns’ 24-14 margin in points in the paint and 15-10 separation in second-chance points paced the home team to the slight lead, bolstered by a 25-21 rebounding advantage. Looking to ride the hot hand, Carlisle again made a change to his lineup to start the second half, sitting Brand in favor of Kaman. The strategy would work for the Mavericks as the big man continued to find success inside, while Marion and Mayo extended helping hands to power the team to control of the scoreboard. With Marion sidelined with a strained right groin, however, it would be Mayo that would catch fire from the outside during a 21-2 Dallas run while the Suns’ offense grew stagnent. And with the Mavs going 9-of-11 from the field during the run to lead by as much as 15, the visiting team escaped into the fourth with a 69-62 margin under its belt. Despite their hot shooting during the dominate third quarter, the Mavs lead by just four, 71-67, with 10:54 remaining after a score by Sebastian Telfair. The Mavericks would then take another hit when Kaman came down with a left ankle sprain from a fall under the basket, limping to the sideline before heading to the locker room himself to end his night. Still, with Wright assuming Kaman’s scoring duties in the paint, the Mavericks would maintain the upper hand, regaining a double-digit lead at 81-71 midway through the last period. Wright’s steal of Luis Scola then lead to a clear-path foul on Goran Dragic, sending Collison to the lead for two free throws to put the Mavs up 85-80 with 1:58 remaining. But after a 3-pointer by Morris answered Wright’s tip-in, a Dallas turnover and foul by Collison in the backcourt sent Shannon Brown to the line, where calmly tied the game at 87-al with 48.5 ticks left for the Mavs to respond. Out of a timeout, Carlisle drew up a play for Mayo, who patiently awaited his opportunity before draining a contested mid-range jumper to put his team up two with 34.6 seconds still on the clock. Collison then cashed in with two free throws with 19.3 seconds left after Dragic misfired on a drive around Mayo, leading to a foul by Brown. The two teams then exchanged free throws before Carter put the finishing touches on the win at the charity stripe with 12.8 seconds remaining. But the Mavs still weren’t out of the woods after Brown connected on a 3-pointer before fouling Collison with 3.2 second left. And after the lead guard connected on two clutch free throws, the Suns’ last attempt would come up short after misfired from 3 as the final buzzer sounded. Leading five Mavericks in double figures with 23 points was Mayo, who finished with 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting and 3-of-5 from 3. Meanwhile, Wright reached a season-high with 16 points, matching Collison’s point total while Kaman added 15 points and Marion pitched in 10 points before sustaining injuries. Dragic and Morris led five Suns in double figures with 15 points apiece, but the Mavericks finished the night outshooting the Suns on the night, 47.4 percent to 39.5 percent. The Mavs also collected a 44-42 rebounding edge. Courtesy of: mavsfastbreak.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 37: Phoenix Suns - Dallas M. 94-97
Date: December 6, 2012
Coming off a fourth loss in the last five games following Wednesday night’s 112-90 defeat in Los Angeles to the Clippers, two things were clear to Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle after seeing his squad fall for a third time by at least 22 points during that stretch. Understandably alarmed by the Mavericks’ 22 turnovers, which led to 26 Clippers points as the Dallas team began its three-game road trip, Carlisle also made it clear that two things were missing from his players in the lopsided loss: toughness and competitiveness. “I’m big on toughness. As a coach in this league, you always want more toughness on your team. I’m big on competitiveness, and when things go the way they did last night, there’s going to be stretches where you don’t look very competitive and that’s not good,” the coach admitted. “And so, you know, that’s something that we talked about this morning in our meeting — being competitive, being physical. Even if we’re not a particularly physical team, it does not prevent us from getting in front of people and helping each other and doing the right things on the floor. We’ve got to do better with that.” The coach then led his team into the U.S. Airways Center in search of a much-needed road win against the Phoenix Suns, making a change to his starting unit to add both toughness and competitiveness to the first unit. And with two of his main contributors going down with injuries, the coach would would see just how tough it team truly is, as the Mavs improved to 9-10 on the season after a hard-fought 97-94 win. Inserting small forward Dahntay Jones and big man Elton Brand at center to a front line that already featured four-time All-Star Shawn Marion, Carlisle also continued to use the backcourt of 38-year-old Derek Fisher and leading scorer O.J. Mayo. The Mavs then looked to bring an end to their three-game road losing streak entering the night. But the new-look lineup would struggle from the opening tipoff, falling behind 11-1 out of the gates after missing the first five shots of the night. The Mavs would settle down, however, behind the play of their reserves. And with backup big man Chris Kaman pitching in six of team’s 14 bench points, the Mavs found themselves even with the Suns after one quarter of play at 23-all. Led by reserve point guard Darren Collison and big man Brandan Wright, the Mavs would quickly assume their first lead of the night at 26-25 early in the second stanza. The Suns (7-13) would again begin to pull away, though, before Mayo took charge for the Mavericks with an array of shots on the offensive end to keep the two teams even on the scoreboard. Still, with Markieff Morris dominating the interior, the Suns surged ahead to take a 44-40 edge at the halftime intermission to overshadow Mayo’s 10 first-half points to lead all scorers. Led by Mayo and Kaman, the Mavericks outshot the Suns through the first two quarters, 41.5 percent to 40.9 percent. But the Suns’ 24-14 margin in points in the paint and 15-10 separation in second-chance points paced the home team to the slight lead, bolstered by a 25-21 rebounding advantage. Looking to ride the hot hand, Carlisle again made a change to his lineup to start the second half, sitting Brand in favor of Kaman. The strategy would work for the Mavericks as the big man continued to find success inside, while Marion and Mayo extended helping hands to power the team to control of the scoreboard. With Marion sidelined with a strained right groin, however, it would be Mayo that would catch fire from the outside during a 21-2 Dallas run while the Suns’ offense grew stagnent. And with the Mavs going 9-of-11 from the field during the run to lead by as much as 15, the visiting team escaped into the fourth with a 69-62 margin under its belt. Despite their hot shooting during the dominate third quarter, the Mavs lead by just four, 71-67, with 10:54 remaining after a score by Sebastian Telfair. The Mavericks would then take another hit when Kaman came down with a left ankle sprain from a fall under the basket, limping to the sideline before heading to the locker room himself to end his night. Still, with Wright assuming Kaman’s scoring duties in the paint, the Mavericks would maintain the upper hand, regaining a double-digit lead at 81-71 midway through the last period. Wright’s steal of Luis Scola then lead to a clear-path foul on Goran Dragic, sending Collison to the lead for two free throws to put the Mavs up 85-80 with 1:58 remaining. But after a 3-pointer by Morris answered Wright’s tip-in, a Dallas turnover and foul by Collison in the backcourt sent Shannon Brown to the line, where calmly tied the game at 87-al with 48.5 ticks left for the Mavs to respond. Out of a timeout, Carlisle drew up a play for Mayo, who patiently awaited his opportunity before draining a contested mid-range jumper to put his team up two with 34.6 seconds still on the clock. Collison then cashed in with two free throws with 19.3 seconds left after Dragic misfired on a drive around Mayo, leading to a foul by Brown. The two teams then exchanged free throws before Carter put the finishing touches on the win at the charity stripe with 12.8 seconds remaining. But the Mavs still weren’t out of the woods after Brown connected on a 3-pointer before fouling Collison with 3.2 second left. And after the lead guard connected on two clutch free throws, the Suns’ last attempt would come up short after misfired from 3 as the final buzzer sounded. Leading five Mavericks in double figures with 23 points was Mayo, who finished with 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting and 3-of-5 from 3. Meanwhile, Wright reached a season-high with 16 points, matching Collison’s point total while Kaman added 15 points and Marion pitched in 10 points before sustaining injuries. Dragic and Morris led five Suns in double figures with 15 points apiece, but the Mavericks finished the night outshooting the Suns on the night, 47.4 percent to 39.5 percent. The Mavs also collected a 44-42 rebounding edge. Courtesy of: mavsfastbreak.com
 DALLAS M. (coach: Jason Kidd)97 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 48 | biFI, P.z. | 35 | 1-68 (05%) | 4-0 (15%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 84 | 63 | 5 |
| 80 | CiQURQ, kajZR | 82 | 6-0 (85%) | 6-3 (80%) | 3-3 (655%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| 3 | CIllasIj, giQQRj | 89 | 4-0 (15%) | 5-6 (5%) | 65-68 (24.4%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 64 | 5 |
| 38 | mQijd, qlUIj | 89 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | biQaIj, AhiTj | 84 | 0-7 (00.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 66 | 5 |
| 43 | WQaDhU, mQijdij | 84 | 2-68 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 85 | 5 |
| 40 | KiBij, ChQas | 86 | 9-68 (02.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 63 | 5 |
| yashRQ, gRQRV | 86 | 5-4 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 5 | |
| 45 | zIjRs, gihjUiF | 60 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 7 | CQITdRQ, ziR | 63 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 85 | zIjRs, gIBajaEuR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ziBRs, mRQjiQd | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | CujjajDhiB, ziQRd | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 44-11 (05.5%) | 3-68 (44.4%) | 67-83 (97.8%) | 66 | 44 | 33 | 60 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 79 | 24 | |||
 PHOENIX SUNS (coach: Jordan Ott)94 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 6 | gQiDaZ, GIQij | 36 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 8-0 (35%) | 4-3 (90%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 5 |
| 66 | bIQQas, biQVaRff | 40 | 0-65 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 9 | 65 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 89 | 5 |
| 81 | mQITj, AhijjIj | 82 | 4-1 (05%) | 6-3 (80%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 9 | 5 |
| 3 | GIQUiU, biQZaj | 81 | 6-2 (68.0%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 63 | AZIli, vuas | 83 | 1-7 (11.9%) | 5-6 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 62 | 5 |
| 4 | gudlRF, ziQRd | 86 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 8-8 (655%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | mRislRF, baZhiRl | 86 | 8-9 (82.1%) | 6-0 (85%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 46 | wRlfiaQ, ARMisUaij | 67 | 8-1 (44.4%) | 5-8 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 69 | wuZVRQ, O.z. | 60 | 6-3 (80%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 85 | P'XRil, zRQBiajR | 66 | 8-8 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | cRllRQ, vuVR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | zIhjsIj, WRslRF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| GiQQRUU, gaijUR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 81-13 (35.1%) | 2-88 (41.3%) | 62-80 (98.5%) | 64 | 87 | 38 | 67 | 85 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 73 | 97 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
