It’s All About Teamwork

Let me just type it again, because I understand that the final score of yesterday’s Mavericks game may be something you have to see more than once to believe. All statistics used are from DallasMavericks.com

Mavs 128 Knicks 78

Did I mention the team played without Jason Kidd and Erick Dampier? Kidd was out for personal reasons while Dampier’s knee was giving him problems. Soon-to-be-All-Star Dirk Nowitzki had a scoreless first quarter. So how did they do it?

Every player scored at least 4, and the 3-pointer’s were dropping to the tune of 12 for 22. Most of the misses came later in the game when it was just a formality.

Drew Gooden proved to be better than good, racking up 7 rebounds, a block and 3 points in the first 10 minutes and taking full advantage of his opportunity to start for Dampier. Other guys also showed their skills Sunday.

• Rookie Rodrigue Beaubois played 24:02 minutes and tallied 13 points to more than double his average in both categories. Nine of the points came on made 3’s.
• Matt Carroll also made a 3 and scored 7 in 8:06 minutes.