Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Notables from 102-86 win vs. Pistons

TONIGHT’S KEY RUN: The game was tied at 6 with 8:49 to go in the 1st quarter. The Mavs then used a 19-8 run to go up 25-14 with 3:04 to go in the quarter. The Mavs never relinquished their lead or allowed Detroit to tie from that point.

QUICK HITS
• In tonight’s game, Erick Dampier set a franchise record for most consecutive field goal makes (14). Over the last 3 games played (6-6 FGs vs. ATL, 12/29; 5-5 FGs vs. GS, 1/2; 3-3 FGs vs. DET, 1/9), he has not missed a field goal. Dampier was Inactive (left knee effusion) for games vs. MIA (1/4) and @ MIN (1/6). He passed James Donaldson (last 2 FGs 4/15/87; 5-5 FGs, 4/17/87; first 6, 4/18/87) and Jay Vincent (13-13 @ NY, 2/16/82) who had previously made 13 consecutive shots.
• With 23 points, Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks in scoring for the 10th consecutive game.
• Jason Terry scored 15 points tonight (the most since he had 25 vs. NO, 12/14).
• Josh Howard scored a season-low 10 points. (previous low was 12 vs. MIN, 11/28)
• Dallas improved to 11-0 when shooting better than 50% from the field (56.8%, 42-74 FGs tonight).
• As a team, the Mavericks drained 10 3-pointers to tie their season-high. (also @ GS, 11/8) Further, the Mavs set a season-high in 3-point percentage by hitting 62.5% (10-16 3FGs) of their attempts from behind the line.
• The Mavs improved to 11-1 when holding their opponent under 90 points. Over the last 3 games, the Mavs are allowing just 84.3 points per game.
• Detroit rookie Rodney Stuckey tied his career-high with 10 points. (also vs. IND, 12/28)
• Tonight’s attendance was 20,362 fans (19,200 capacity). The Mavs have sold out 254 consecutive regular season games at AAC and 292 games including the postseason. Dallas currently owns the longest running sellout streak in the NBA. The Sacramento Kings previously held the streak but failed to sellout their home opener this season. The Mavs are now ranked #10 on the all-time NBA sellout streak list.

1 comment:

Aaron said...

That Brandon Bass dunk was awesome!