Terry scored all of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, accounting for more than half of the of the Mavs’ 33-point output in the 98-96 road win over Miami. Terry made three three-points, jumpers, layups and free throws from all over the court. The first two of his threes gave the Mavericks two-point leads at 72-70 and 74-72, while the third one, coming with 1:25 left on the clock, gave the Mavs a four-point advantage at 89-85.
The Mavs would not relinquish the lead, but the Heat refused to give in. Free throws from Terry, Shawn Marion and Dirk Nowitzki in the final 1:04 minutes, put the Mavs’ one blink ahead of a possible comeback by the Heat. Nowitzki’s shots situated the Mavs with a 98-93 lead that rendered Dwayne Wade’s 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left meaningless. The win snapped the Heat’s 12-game winning streak. Their last loss came in Dallas on November 27. The Spurs’ 12-game streak also ended at the hands of the Mavs on November 20.
The Heat average 29 free throw attempts per game but saw the line for only four such shots in the first half. For the game, they had 25, only making 17. Perhaps an more notable abnormality lies in the fact that LeBron James, the NBA’s fifth-leading scorer, was held scoreless in the first half and was not a factor. James hit a 3-point shot with 7:50 left in the third quarter to get on the board. That started a second half that consisted on 19 points and 10 rebounds.
The game included a multitude of offensive runs:
- 14-2 for the Mavericks from the beginning of the game until 8:25 in the first quarter
- 17-0 Miami from the 3:14 mark of the first quarter until 58 seconds into the second quarter
- 12-2 Dallas
- 12-2 Miami
- 10-0 Dallas
- 13-0 Miami
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