Game 459 - Dallas Mavericks at Atlanta Hawks

December 23 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA
Fox Sports Southeast

Some really good individual performances in this one, a 112-107 Hawks' victory, but none better than Dennis Schroder.

The Atlanta guard scored 33 points, 29 of which came in the second half, including a long, go-ahead three with 1:21 to play. Schroder also had seven assists a night after sitting out a loss to Oklahoma City with an ankle injury.

J.J. Barea was outstanding as well off the Dallas bench. The diminutive guard was by far the Mavericks' best guard, handing out 12 assists to go along with 15 points in 29 minutes.

* Ersan Ilyasova added 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting for Atlanta, while Harrison Barnes scored 22 (10-of-21) for the Mavericks.

Game 406 - Memphis Grizzlies at Dallas Mavericks

October 25 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX
Fox Sports Southeast

Our first game of season 3 was a 103-94 Dallas victory, but more importantly, the broadcast team of Pete Pranica and Brevin Knight was in mid-season form.

Gentleman......?


"the Grizzlies wrap up their Texas two step"/"the Big D" (2)
"defensively is where we're buttering our bread"
"that's been his stock and trade"
"marksman"
"attack mode"
"sense of urgency"
"bully basketball"
"dribble drive"

! - first one of the season, 8:03 left in the second quarter

"situational basketball"
"an Xs and Os situation"
"textbook defense"
"finish through contact"
"extend the chicken wing"
"a kiss off the windowpane"
"the Beale Street Bears"
"fourth quarter wizard"
"sharpshooter"

Game 6 - Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks

November 11 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX
ESPN

Some random thoughts from a 118-108 Dallas victory:

1st quarter

Please stop shooting, Zaza Pachuila

Can anyone play center for the Mavericks besides Zaza Pachulia?

Mike Breen: "The Timberwolves have become a fun team to watch"

Jeff Van Gundy: "Yeah, they've won all of their road games and lost all (of) their home games."

Fun!

2nd

Devin Harris AND Charlie Villanueva?!

Still?!

I'd like to see Rick Carlisle with long, curly hair. And then a few shots of him pushing it out of his face while arguing with a referee.

3rd

Wesley Matthews is having a nice shooting night, but I think he's making a huge mistake not going by "Wes".

(DeAndre Jordan gets 4th foul) Breen: "The crowd is lovin' it!"

I'd say some of the crowd is likin' it.

Does Chris Paul even like playing basketball?

4th

OK, Josh Smith. You made a couple 3-pointers, but that's enough. This isn't NBA Jam and you aren't Larry Johnson on NBA Jam.

Game 4 - Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Clippers

October 29 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA
TNT

The last two minutes of the first half of this game were the worst 12-15 minutes (real time) I've ever experienced in my life.

AND I HAD TO SIT THROUGH TWO HOURS OF A PRODUCTION OF THE KING AND I.


The stats (unofficial):

* 77 total fouls were called
* DeAndre Jordan went to the free throw line 42 times and made 2 free throws. Each time he went to the line he first wiped nothing off of his face with his jersey and yelled something to no one.
* The clock stopped 29,000 times