Jet's thoughts from shootaround

Jason Terry talked to reporters this morning as the Mavs were preparing to face Washington tonight at American Airlines Center. Here are Jet’s musings on different subjects:

• Starting a three-game homestand: “Good to be back home and sleep in your own bed, kiss your kids. It’s a good feeling. We need our fans to lift us up tonight.”

• Fatigue set in on the road trip: “Not at all. We have some areas we need to improve in. we have those games now to learn from and if we make those same mistakes we were making last week, we won’t be making any progress. This game right here is a good test for us to see if we’ve learned from our mistakes.”

• Falling behind by double-digits lately: “Those were areas we’re trying to address. This week is a great test for us. We want to get off to good starts. Better than what we’ve been having and not play from behind as much, as get some wins as the end result.”

• Wizards without Gilbert Arenas: “Not much difference. They run the same stuff. You don’t have that end-of-the-game factor with Gilbert, that automatic score from the point guard position, but all those guys around him have been doing a great job. I think they have a winning record without him. They’ve been playing well. They still have All-Stars out there.”

• The Mavs’ free-throw woes: “I’m trying not to catch that bug. I’m wearing a mask at games and at practice, so I can stay up there in the high 80s and 90s. The only thing you can do with the free throws is worry about yourself and get the job done, and hope the other guys will pick it up, too.”