GDT: Mavs @ Nuggets February 10th - 9:30 CST/10:30 EST - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Lor20 · 02-10-2011, 01:13 PM

11? well... sure.....

Hope dirk gets his touch back tonight.

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Mavericks-Nuggets Preview

By NOEY KUPCHAN
Posted Feb 10 2011 3:00AM

The Dallas Mavericks enter Thursday night's game with the longest active winning streak in the NBA after escaping with another close win.

They'll have to get by one of the hottest scorers in the league, though, in order to extend their run.

The Mavericks will try for an 11th consecutive victory when they visit Carmelo Anthony and a Denver Nuggets team looking to avoid losing three straight at home for the first time in four seasons.

Following a tightly contested 99-96 win over lowly Cleveland on Monday, Dallas (37-15) held on for a 102-100 victory Wednesday night at Sacramento as Jose Juan Barea stepped up while Dirk Nowitzki was feeling the effects of a sore wrist.

"They kept giving me the ball and it kept working out," said Barea, who matched a career high with 15 fourth-quarter points, scoring 20 total. "I love it. I love having the ball in my hands and making things happen."

Barea also had 15 points in the fourth during a 103-101 loss versus Denver on March 27, 2009.

Nowitzki, scoring a team-best 22.8 points per game, injured his wrist in the first half Monday and finished with 12 points. He registered 10 on 4-of-14 shooting against the Kings and is likely to play through the injury.

The 10-time All Star is averaging 30.7 points in his last three games versus Denver. The Mavericks have taken 16 of 20 from the Nuggets when Nowitzki scores at least 25 points.

Anthony followed up his season-high 50-point performance Monday against Houston with 29 at Golden State on Wednesday night, but Denver lost both games. The star forward wasn't pleased how the 116-114 loss to the Warriors played out.

The Nuggets (30-23) had a chance to tie with eight seconds remaining but chose to continue play without calling a timeout, with Nene missing a fallaway.

"If we did call timeout, we had a chance to set something up," said Anthony, who is averaging 32.0 points on 53.4 percent shooting in his last six games. "We still had a chance to take a shot that we might have felt good with.

"To have seven or nine seconds left in the game, I feel pretty confident at that time with the ball in my hands to make something happen."

Denver has dropped five of seven overall, and although the Nuggets' 121 home wins since the start of the 2007-08 season are the most in the league, they're on the verge of losing a third consecutive contest at the Pepsi Center for the first time since Dec. 31, 2006-Jan. 6, 2007.

The Nuggets are averaging an NBA-best 110.3 points at home but could struggle offensively versus Dallas, surrendering just 96.2 points per game on its current winning streak.

The Mavericks, whose run includes five straight wins on the road, have lost five of seven when allowing more than 100 points.

Dallas was defeated in four straight at Denver prior to taking two of the last three - including a 102-101 win Nov. 3 as Nowitzki had 35 points and 12 rebounds.

Anthony had averaged 16.3 points - 8.4 below his career mark - in his previous four matchups with Dallas before scoring 27 in a 103-92 road win Nov. 6.

Denver point guard Chauncey Billups strained his left knee in the first half of Monday's 108-103 home loss to the Rockets and was sidelined Wednesday, but he is expected to play Thursday.

Nene returned to the lineup against Golden State after sitting out with the flu Monday and scored 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting. He missed both matchups with Dallas this season due to a groin injury.

ThisCharmingFan · 02-10-2011, 01:23 PM

Glad I get off work around the start of this one. Although, I could watch it at work. Plan to watch the Lakers and Celtics game there. Denver's defense isn't very good at all, so I'm hoping we can capitalize on that. Go Mavs, baby.

Mav Addict · 02-10-2011, 01:56 PM

Whats funny is the Lor20's mojo is so good right now, that no one would make a GDT until noon...lol

fluid.forty.one · 02-10-2011, 01:57 PM

ez?

BGMaverick9 · 02-10-2011, 01:59 PM

From MacMahon:
Teams playing in the Pepsi Center the night after a West Coast game have won only twice in the last 32 games. The Mavs contributed to that misery with a 36-point loss -- the franchise's worst since Nov. 2001 -- just before the All-Star break last season. (Not coincidentally, that was the last game Josh Howard played for the Mavs.)

12 Tone Melodies · 02-10-2011, 02:00 PM

http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html
Referee Assignments
Feb. 10, 2011
Dallas @ Denver--Greg Willard, Mark Ayotte, John Goble

BGMaverick9 · 02-10-2011, 02:04 PM

Mavericks Have Plenty of Reinforcements Off the Bench

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Going back to training camp, Rick Carlisle expressed a need for his bench players to step up to the challenge and show that the team truly has quality depth. With the way the team is constructed, the coach believes that should not be an issue. "Our team is structured to have a really good bench," Carlisle said. "We need a lot of productivity from them. We need them to provide balance to our starters. We don’t necessarily start our five best players. So, when we sub, we expect to get better, at least offensively." The team has responded as they continue to get strong scoring performances off of the bench.

The Mavs bench is currently averaging 37.2 points/game, which is ranked 4th best in the NBA. "We’ve got the best bench in basketball, there is no question," Jason Terry said. "Nobody is putting up 50-plus points from the bench in the league." The team has seen three of its best bench scoring results within the past 10 games. On January 25 against the LA Clippers, the Mavs bench made up 66 of the 112 points in the victory (a season-high for bench scoring). They followed that up by contributing 60 of the 99 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 7. They were not done as they contributed 58 of the 102 points against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. The Dallas bench is averaging 59.0 points per game over the last two games.

"Our bench has been consistent now for about a month and a half, and that’s what we need going forward," Terry said. "Early on, we struggled trying to find our identity with who we are and our roles. But now we’re comfortable in our roles and everybody pretty much knows when they’re going in and what’s expected." The Mavericks are 11-1 when Jason Terry scores 20-plus points in a game this season.

more at http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2011/2/...-off-the-bench

sefant77 · 02-10-2011, 02:13 PM

At least we are kind of lucky with our b2b, most of the opponents come off a b2b too

Underdog · 02-10-2011, 02:13 PM

KILL.

xrobx · 02-10-2011, 02:35 PM

easy win

Lor20 · 02-10-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mav Addict

Whats funny is the Lor20's mojo is so good right now, that no one would make a GDT until noon...lol

was in hospital in the morning (bronchitis and couldn't breathe)... hopefully that doesn't jinx the mojo

Kidd Karma · 02-10-2011, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lor20

was in hospital in the morning (bronchitis and couldn't breathe)... hopefully that doesn't jinx the mojo

jesus, you're a freaking trooper. It's a win tonight.

Hope you get better quick.

Rick41 · 02-10-2011, 03:29 PM

Nuggets suck.

mavs777 · 02-10-2011, 03:30 PM

win the rebounding and turnover battle and we win. Denver will get 25+ free throws, we will get lucky to get more than 12

LonghornDub · 02-10-2011, 03:35 PM

Denver is the place where our guys like to carelessly throw the ball around like it ain't no thing. They should maybe not do that tonight.

bernardos70 · 02-10-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lor20

was in hospital in the morning (bronchitis and couldn't breathe)... hopefully that doesn't jinx the mojo

Glad to hear you're better. I've had bronchitis before and it is the absolute worst.

Mavs 120
Bronchitis 102

u2sarajevo · 02-10-2011, 04:07 PM

hard win

DTown All Day · 02-10-2011, 04:09 PM

i think we shoulod be able to pull this one out!! Lets get um!

FromDownTown! · 02-10-2011, 04:22 PM

No J.R. Smith highlights!

Kante · 02-10-2011, 04:36 PM

Stevenson on Anthony and Peja on Afflalo to start or?

SMC0007 · 02-10-2011, 04:47 PM

How about Peja on the bench to start!

SMC0007 · 02-10-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Lor20

was in hospital in the morning (bronchitis and couldn't breathe)... hopefully that doesn't jinx the mojo

Don't tell me about the labor, just show me the baby!

j.k. get well soon.

Lor20 · 02-10-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DTown All Day

i think we shoulod be able to pull this one out!! Lets get um!

Thats what she said?

anywho.... interested in how tyson does against nene - he has been an issue for the mavs in the past.

bernardos70 · 02-10-2011, 05:00 PM

God, is this the first time we play Denver this season? Hard to believe if so....

CATCH-17 · 02-10-2011, 05:01 PM

Roddy...Roddy...Roddy...Roddy...

deamon · 02-10-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bernardos70

God, is this the first time we play Denver this season? Hard to believe if so....

DAL-DEN 102-101
DEN-DAL 103-92
Looks better for them, so would be good to win tonight. We will meet them also in D-Arena (6 April).

rabbitproof · 02-10-2011, 05:48 PM

Go Lor20..

did someone say Roddy, Roddy, Roddy?

*sniffing around*

mavs777 · 02-10-2011, 05:50 PM

Affalo is mainly a catch and shoot guy, I think Peja can guard him for short stretches

bernardos70 · 02-10-2011, 05:56 PM

How could I forget the 102-101, I watched that. So we play them 4 times this season huh. Let's win this series, starting tonight!

Spurred1 · 02-10-2011, 06:00 PM

So this will be the first Chandler/Nene matchup of the season. Should be interesting. Hope all the Mavs are sharp.

Underdog · 02-10-2011, 06:09 PM

2nd night of B2B's after the performance they just had against the Kings?

A win tonight would be HUGE.

sefant77 · 02-10-2011, 06:12 PM

Beat the Thuggets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew7qZI4ac4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTdt1MEmvCA

xrobx · 02-10-2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

2nd night of B2B's after the performance they just had against the Kings?

A win tonight would be HUGE.

well the nuggets are also on a b2b, they played and lost in golden state last night in a very fast paced game, while we played lazily and won. so i don't think it puts us at a huge disadvantage

iella · 02-10-2011, 06:48 PM

To quote Dirk, "Altitude is no joke."

@swish41

Kidd Karma · 02-10-2011, 06:50 PM

Chauncey was out of last night's game, and early reports are he will be playing tonight.

Spurred1 · 02-10-2011, 06:54 PM

I'm hoping they were looking forward to tonight's game and basically disregarded the Kings game as anything of relevance-a bad approach, but still..teams do tend to do that at times. Get themselves geared up for the good teams and put in minimal effort against the poor teams.

GermanDunk · 02-10-2011, 08:10 PM

Fem

jcm28 · 02-10-2011, 08:52 PM

We win if Dirk scores 15+.

tcat075 · 02-10-2011, 09:08 PM

Hmm. Damnit. I wanted to see this game, but I have to go to a funeral tomorrow, have woken up at 6 am three times this week, and kinda doubt I could last through it without falling asleep anyway. So go Mavericks, and I hopefully they don't sleepwalk through this game like I might (not really, because I definitely would have remembered if I had ever sleepwalked...sarcasm intended).

Bayliss · 02-10-2011, 09:36 PM

I think I am taking this night off as well. I f'n hate late games, but I hate late games on TNT even more. A regular 9:30 game would start at 9:38 and be over by midnight. A TNT game will start 9:50 or so... and will be over around 12:30. My body can't do that tonight.