Antoine Wright earns another start for Dallas Mavericks

NJNetz · Nov 27, 2008

"Rick Carlisle used the seventh different starting lineup in 14 games in Tuesday's 109-106 victory over the Indiana Pacers with the key move being the re-insertion of Antoine Wright at shooting guard.

Wright opened the season as the starter, but lost the job after one game. After not playing in three consecutive games and four of the past five, Wright, who was averaging only 2.4 points and 13.6 minutes in seven games before Tuesday, recorded a career-high 24 points in 39 minutes.

"As much as this looks like an eeny, meeny, miny, moe game with the two-guard spot," Carlisle said, "there was some logic to it just from the standpoint of a defensive match-up coming into the game."

Not fully confident in Gerald Green's overall defense, Carlisle wanted Wright to guard Pacers swingman Marquis Daniels. Wright will remain in the starting lineup Friday night in Los Angeles against Kobe Bryant and the streaking Lakers.

"I think he's earned the right to start the next game," Carlisle said Wednesday, a day off before today's Thanksgiving practice and flight to LA. "It's just what position he's going to be playing."

If Josh Howard misses a fourth consecutive game because of a sprained left ankle, the 6-foot-7 Wright could move to small forward where James Singleton has filled in, but struggled in the past two games.

"You have to seize the opportunity," Wright said. "You can't think in terms of the whole season, but when you get your opportunities you have to try to play hard and make the game as easy as possible for yourself and get some easy baskets. I have to take what happened [Tuesday] and try to use it for momentum for the next game."
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