NBA games are often won in the fourth quarter. In the last 12 minutes, the Utah Jazz outscored the Mavericks 27-16, turning a one point lead after 3 into a 12-point victory.
With that result, Dallas is in the midst of its first 3-game losing streak since January 11-14th of last year when the team dropped games to Sacramento, Denver and New Orleans. The Jazz, on the other hand, have won 10 of their last 11 and 8 in a row at EnergySolutions Arena.
The Mavericks were out rebounded 43-34 for the game, allowing 6 rebounds early in the fourth. With that help, Utah maintained a double-digit lead for the final 7:07 of the game.
The Mavs would have been in a better position if they could have held off Utah’s scoring runs, the 7-0 run early in the second and the 9-2 run going into halftime. The aforementioned run transformed a 30-24 Dallas lead into a 1-point deficit and the other allowed the Jazz to finish the half up 53-46 on a Ronnie Brewer 3-pointer as time ran off the clock.
Brewer would play limited minutes in the second half due to a bruised rib. It sure didn’t look like there was any physical issue when he hit the 3.
It was much easier to see Rodrigue Beaubois landing hard on the floor after he played just over a minute in the third. He did not return to action but did come back to the bench, sporting what looked like a large heating pad on his back.
Jason Terry and Dirk Nowitzki accounted for 22 of the Mavs 46 points in the first half. For the game, the Jet totaled 19 points and was 2 of 4 on 3-point attempts, Jason Kidd was also hot, going 2 for 5 on 3’s with 11 points. He also hit a shot that would have tied the game at 77, but it was ruled a 2-pointer.
After scoring 14 of his team-high 28 after the break, Nowitzki stayed quiet in the 4th quarter – a stark contrast to his 29-point fourth quarter performance against the Jazz on November 3rd.
Don Nelson and the Golden State Warriors come to Dallas on Wednesday.
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