Dallas 97, Minnesota 87
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Preview - Box Score - Recap
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December 7, 2004
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Dirk Nowitzki made half of his shots Tuesday night, and it seemed like the other half landed in the hands of his hustling teammates.
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Nowitzki scored 34 points, including 23 in the second half, and Dallas had a season-high 24 offensive rebounds in a 97-87 victory over Minnesota that snapped the Timberwolves' five-game winning streak.
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``We knew we had to step it up defensively and the biggest key was our rebounding,'' said Nowitzki, who was 13-for-26 from the field.
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``I wish I could sugarcoat it, but we got pummeled tonight,'' Minnesota coach Flip Saunders said.
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Josh Howard had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Mavericks, who overcame the early ejection of coach Don Nelson and outrebounded Minnesota 54-35 to win for the third time in four games.
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``The guys were aggressive, that's pretty much the answer,'' Howard said. ``Every guy stayed with it the whole game.''
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Nelson wasn't around to see it, but his players outworked Minnesota for nearly every loose ball. Nelson was ejected by referee Joey Crawford just 93 seconds into the game.
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He got his first technical for questioning an offensive foul on Darrell Armstrong and immediately yelled back at Crawford, who quickly added the second technical. Afterward, Nelson admitted to his transgression.
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``Oh, I cursed him,'' he said.
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Kevin Garnett had 32 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for Minnesota, which was playing without starter Latrell Sprewell. Sprewell was suspended for one game by the NBA for yelling a sexual vulgarity at a fan in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
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``Spree's like the life of this team, he's that surge, that energy,'' Garnett said. ``We missed all that tonight.''
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Wally Szczerbiak had 18 points and Eddie Griffin 14 for the Wolves, but Sam Cassell was held scoreless in the second half.
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The Mavericks led 71-64 after three quarters, and the Wolves could not get closer than five points the rest of the way. When Nowitzki converted a three-point play with 5:06 left, Dallas had its biggest lead of the game, 88-75.
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``I wasn't missing a lot in warmups and that gave me confidence,'' said Nowitzki, who entered the game as the NBA's leading scorer. ``I had a good feeling about the whole game.''
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Garnett scored the first four points of the second half to make it 50-50 before the Mavericks answered with a 17-7 run. Nowitzki had 10 points, and when converted a dunk into a three-point play with 3:03 left, Dallas had its first double-digit lead, 67-57.
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Minnesota cut the deficit, but still trailed 71-64 heading into the fourth.
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The scored was tied 28-all when the Mavericks started the second quarter with a 16-7 run. With 4:34 left in the half, Dallas led 44-35 and held a 31-11 rebounding advantage.
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Szczerbiak scored nine of the next 11 points for Minnesota, which trailed 50-46 at halftime.
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The Mavericks improved to 9-0 when Nowitzki scores at least 30 points.
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Notes
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The 54 rebounds and 24 offensive rebounds by Dallas, were both highs against Minnesota this season. ... Crawford gave Wolves coach Flip Saunders a technical for arguing with 9:19 left in the second quarter. ... Nowitzki missed the Nov. 22 game with a sprained left ankle when the Timberwolves won 83-82. ... Dallas evened the all-time series 34-34.
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가장 볼만한 것..노비가 30점이상 넣으면 9승 무패.. 노비에게 공을 투입해라.ㅋㅋ
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저번 경기에 이어 하워드 여전히 13점 12리바운드. 마침내 미네소타와 가넷에 대한 대항마가 생겼네요.
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가넷과 노비의 대결은 가넷 32점, 12리바,5어시스트, 노비는 34점..또 다시 중요한 순간인 17-7스코어로 달아날 때 10점 몰아넣기
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마침내 미네소타 상대 전적이 34-34로 동등. 헨더슨이 공격 9개나 잡았다고요. 제가 알기로는 48분기준 공격리바운드 1위로 알고 있는데, 헨더슨 트레이드 가치 대폭 상승이겠네요. 만기계약에다가 성실한 자세, 등부상 우려에도 몸을 아끼지 않는 허슬..
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고고~~마브스
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그리고 어제 디트전에서 패배했는데, 제가 알기로는 작년에도 0승2패로 알고 있거든요. 상대전적이 어떻게 되죠?
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첫댓글와... 34-34 역시 서부 강호들 답게 전적도 박빙이네요... 노비츠키 30득점이면 무패라.. 노비 불 붙으면 이긴다는 뜻이군요. 오늘 경기는 여러 가지를 들 수 있지만 핸더슨이 진짜 대단하게 느껴지는 경기.. 가넷 상대로 리바운드를 그렇게 잡다니.. 하워드, 새로운 미네소타 전 카드로 떠오르네요. 댈러스의 보배 하워드.
첫댓글 와... 34-34 역시 서부 강호들 답게 전적도 박빙이네요... 노비츠키 30득점이면 무패라.. 노비 불 붙으면 이긴다는 뜻이군요. 오늘 경기는 여러 가지를 들 수 있지만 핸더슨이 진짜 대단하게 느껴지는 경기.. 가넷 상대로 리바운드를 그렇게 잡다니.. 하워드, 새로운 미네소타 전 카드로 떠오르네요. 댈러스의 보배 하워드.
미네소타 대항마 하워드..새크라멘토/휴스턴/마이애미 대항마 노비..레이커스 대항마..다니엘스, 해리스는 아직 모르겠고.. 인디아나하고 디트로이트, 그리고 숙적 샌안토니오 대항마만 찾으먼 되겠는데..인디아나/디트-키드, 샌안토니오-카터(라샤드 루이스)정도가 아닐까..
ㅋㅋㅋ 샌안토니오 대항마 마이클핀리
큐반 걍 헨더슨 갖고 있고 트레이드 하지 않아씀 좋겠음.ㅋㅋ지금 이대로 우승에는 약간 거리가 멀지만 약간 몬가 우승에는 몬가 부족한 팀 이대로 좋네요. 그래야 플옵가서 강팀을 이기면 그 승리의 맛이란~ 음~~굿!