Dallas was able to hold on to victory number 18, their 4th win in a row, after multiple attempts to give the game away including the final seconds. With roughly 12 seconds remaining and up by 2 points Jason Kidd made an errant inbounds pass that was deflected then stolen by the Clippers. This led to a wide open three pointer by Caron Butler that just missed. With just two seconds remaining Delonte West was able to ice the game with two free throws.
During the fourth quarter Dallas sent Blake Griffin to the free throw line multiple times and he was unable to connect on most. He was 0-7 at one point and finished the game just 2-9 from the line. Dallas even fouled him away from the ball using the hack-a-shaq tactic on him. He was completely rattled.
The Clippers went just 3-9 from deep in the second half, struggling to find an offensive groove with Chris Paul not scoring much. Not to mention they got almost no production out of the 2 guard spot. Randy Foye was 0-7 from the field and finished with 3 points. He was left wide open on most possessions and unable to knock down the shot.
The Dallas bench outscored the Los Angeles bench 35 to 25. The Clippers also turned the ball over 21 times including several key turnovers with only a few minutes remaining. The Mavs only turned the ball over 11 times. Dallas was +6 on points in the paint and +12 on points off turnovers. Dirk led the Mavs with 22 points including 11 in the 4th quarter and Caron Butler led Clips with 23.
The Mavericks received some nice production out of Lamar Odom who seems to be turning the corner the last couple of games. It might not show up in the stat sheet but he has been aggressive and been making some excellent passes that aren't showing up as assists but getting teammates to the foul line.
Roddy Beaubois didn't play for the third straight game. With Jason Kidd returning he has taken a seat at the end of the Mavericks bench struggling to find minutes with Delonte West and Jason Terry using the reserve minutes at both guard spots.
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