Nonetheless sad with DeAndre Jordan, Mavericks topple Clippers

There was 9:16 remaining in the first quarter.

Chandler Parsons doesn’t think too highly of DeAndre Jordan, who jilted Parsons’ Mavericks this offseason, and doesn’t think Los Angeles does either.

And after Matthews also take on the challenge of defending All-Star point guard Chris Paul from the opening tipoff, the 6-foot-5 swingman quickly earned the praise of his head coach and superstar teammate.

Now that everything is said than done, the Mavericks defeated the Clippers, 118-108.

It was another chastening night for the Grizzlies, who were run ragged by the Warriors last week during a 119-69 defeat. They must now begin to build the chemistry with this group even further, in order to contend with better teams like Golden State or San Antonio.

“Someday I’ll let you read all the texts, and we’ll get into it and we’ll talk about it, but now is not the right time”, he said. “We laid an egg (Tuesday night), and that’s not us”.

“He’s not a priority to us”, Parsons told ESPN.com. He also grabbed six rebounds. He was on a 7-for-31 shooting slump in his last four games coming into Wednesday, including an 0-for-5 dud against the New Orleans Pelicans the night before.

Maybe they don’t want to play for Mark Cuban? Sure it’d be great if the Mavericks looked and become like a legitimate title-contender this season. He’s not supposed to be shooting nearly 41 percent from 3-point range. He had scored 10 points in 13 minutes to that point.

The Mavericks shot well over 50-percent the whole night. At the end of the season, the Clippers will likely be in the playoffs, while the Mavs will likely be loitering in the lottery. Instead, it was Wesley Matthews who ultimately kept his word in signing with Dallas on a four-year, $70 million max deal.

Zaza Pachulia: They make size 17s actually. The Mavericks have yet to win back-to-back games this season. When Dirk Nowtizki made an early 3-pointer in Jordan’s face, fans went nuts. The National Basketball Association was it’s most popular back with the Celtics and Lakers facing each other in the Finals.

“He was fantastic, basically picking CP up full court, trying to force him into tough shots, being physical with him, fighting through screens”, Nowitzki said. “It’s not like DeAndre and I pinky-swore, it’s not like we’ve been friends forever, it’s not like he broke a few trust we had. Obviously, they’re going to boo and heckle”, Jordan said. As long as fans don’t go insane or offensive, then this new rivalry can turn into something marketable for the future (especially late in the season). If I were to write this recap in emojis, I’d need more than a full 140-character tweet’s worth of them. “I just think it could have been done in a more tasteful way”.