But the Mavs know better than to take the Warriors, led by former head coach Don Nelson, lightly. One of Golden State’s 13 victories came versus the Mavs on November 24th. And, sorry to bring it up, but it was well-documented how Golden State dismantled the Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs.
With the past in mind, the Mavs didn’t brush the Warriors off. Everyone contributed, and the Mavs, working together, accumulated 32 assists. Jason Kidd, whose average of 9.2 assists per game is fifth in the NBA, finished with half of that total. Jason Terry added six more and Dirk Nowitzki, Drew Gooden, Josh Howard, Rodrique Beaubois and J.J. Barea all accounted for 2 assists each.
On top of that, Gooden and Howard bucketed 16 and19 points respectively off the bench. Jason Terry and Dirk Nowitzki’s final points numbers were 21 and 20 for the game.
Nowitzki had 9 points in the fourth after no fourth-quarter production against Utah. Good thing since the Warriors did fight to within four, and I’m sure Dirk knew that his life-size bobble head said this before the game:
“If Golden State thinks they’re gonna win tonight, it ain’t happening, yo!”
The Dirk look alike is being auctioned off for $5 a ticket for the next two weeks to benefit the Mavs Foundation.
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