Van horn tweaked his ankle and is out. It's painful to watch him on the court when he's injured or not.
It looks as if having Damp come of the bench is a good idea, at least for this game. He has 9 rebounds and a block in only 8 minutes. Dirk with 13 points, KVH with 9 Dallas' rebounding winning them this game
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dallasdude:</div><div class="quote_post">Van horn tweaked his ankle and is out. It's painful to watch him on the court when he's injured or not.</div> Hahaha man, but you cant deny these past two games he's been fine. Does it look serious
I really like how Damp is playing, I wish he could play like this all of the time but he has no heart or will to do anything. He only plays under pressure and when people diss him. Mavs are playing great right now with all of the rebounds. Keith with a sprained ankle and wont be playing again tonight, notice how he gets injured whenever hes on a hot streak?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Maverick:</div><div class="quote_post">Hahaha man, but you cant deny these past two games he's been fine. Does it look serious</div> He out for tonite's game, but he squeaked like he'll be out the rest of the reason. He's got a real low pain threshold among players in the league right now.
Dallas - 58 23 rebounds 12 assists 5 steals 5 turnovers Milwaukee - 45 15 rebounds 9 assists 5 steals 11 turnovers Leaders Points Dirk Nowitzki - 17 points (8-12 FG, 1-1 3PT) Michael Redd - 14 points (3-8 FG, 1-2 3PT, 7-8 3PT) Rebounds Erick Dampier - 9 rebounds (8 offensive) Bogut, Simmons, Magloire - 3 rebounds Assists Terry, Griffin - 3 assists Bobby Simmons - 3 assists Dallas all around player of the half Josh Howard - 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 0 turnovers
So despite Milwaukee getting off to a 7-0 start in the match, Dallas has come back due to strong play from everyone. Dampier is playing like he wants to start again, but will one game be enough for Avery? I wanna see Damp get 20 rebounds. Van Horn's injury doesn't sound too good, he won't be returning for the game Milwaukee only getting 3 points of Dallas' 5 turnovers, and Dallas are capitalising on Milwaukees turnovers.
Definately, I want Dallas to build on the lead and then have DJ get into the game in the third quarter. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting mavsrock27:</div><div class="quote_post">dallas needs to keep it up and not blow their lead.</div>
What a sick block by Dirk, Dallas leading by 21 Dirk and Howard are taking over this quarter, 18 points combined
Why I love Josh - Misses shot - Offensive rebound - Misses Shot - Offensive Rebound - Makes shot and is fouled - Hits FT This guy doesn't give up
Mavs 114 Bucks 95 Grades: Dirk Shoots Down Bucks Interesting. The Mavs just achieved their second blow out in a row. DeSagana is now 2-0 as a starter. FSSW : A; The FSSW camera crew must have been taking notes from the UPN 21 broadcast. Nice. +24 Laura Green : A+; Laura once again comes to the rescue and provides incredible insight from the sidelines and Avery?s timeouts. +36 Johnson: A, Avery is now 2-0 since changing the rotation of DeSagana to Keith to Erick. Avery must know what he?s doing as the Mavs have responded and even Erick has raised his game. Jerry must have had a heart to heart with Dampier. Howard: A+, Josh returns to his old productive-self and gets another double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Zero turnovers. +30 Nowitzki: A, Dirk had a game high 35 points (14-21 FG, 2-2 treys, 5-6 FT) and really didn?t have to try too hard. Dirk was in double figures before he every put the ball on the floor to drive to the hoop. +35 Diop: B+, DeSagana provides the energy the Mavs apparently need. Diop doesn?t score, but collects 6 rebounds, 2 blocks and an assist against Zero turnovers. +7 Griffin: B; Adrian has another quiet solid game. Adrian puts up 4 points (2-4 FG) to go with 3 assists and 2 steals. +7 Terry: B, Jason pitches in 20 points (6-13 FG, 2-5 treys, 6-7 FT) to go with 5 assists. +15 Van Horn: A+, Keith was having a nice sequel to his game against the Nets with 9 points (3-4 FG, 1-1 trey, 2-2 FT) in only 6 minutes before bowing out after spraining his left ankle twice. The good news is that x-rays were negative. Hopefully Keith will be ready for the next game. Zero turnovers. +10 Dampier: B+, Erick produced another good game off the bench with 10 rebounds, 3 points (1-1 FG, 1-2 FT), 2 assists and a blocked shot in only 12 minutes. +14 Harris: B; Devin started slow but was able to turn it around and ended up with 12 points (3-6 FG, 1-1 treys, 5-7 FT) to go with 3 steals, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Erick also had several intimidations in the paint. +12 Stackhouse: B+, Jerry was looking good tonight, all the more important with the loss of Keith. Jerry pitched in 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Armstrong : C, Darrell only got 3 minutes of garbage time tonight. -1 M?Benga: C+, DJ went 1-2 from the field for 2 points and grabbed an offensive board in the last 3 minutes of the game. +2 Powell: C, Josh also got in for the last 3 minutes of the game, grabbing an offensive board but missing both his shots. -1 Daniels: DNP-Inactive, Marquis is out yet again with neck swelling from the Kurt Thomas clothes line hit. Marshall : DNP-Inactive, Rawle has been sent to the Fort Worth Flyers (NBDL) to get playing time. Podkolzin: DNC-Inactive, Pavel had surgery to repair his right foot and ankle and is expected to miss three months. Typical Chef Ed Type
