Normally, taking 35 shots to score 38 points is not a production level that any NBA coach would embrace. But no one in the Dallas Mavericks' locker room had a problem with Monta Ellis' line in the boxscore Tuesday night. "His shooting numbers were a little unusual, but every time we needed a big shot or a big play, he made it," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. Ellis hit three free throws with 1.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it, then made his only 3-point shot of the game for a go-ahead basket in the second overtime that lifted the Mavericks past the Chicago Bulls 132-129. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400578549
