Mavericks’ J.J. Barea: Torches Nets with five from beyond the arc

Mavericks: Nowitzki is eighth on the combined NBA-ABA scoring list, behind No. 6 Julius Erving and No. 7 Moses Malone….

“Sounds pretty good, huh?” he said. He hit his first eight shots and finished 13-for-20 and also dished out 11 assists.

Indiana’s Paul George missed a potential game-tying shot with one second remaining. How sad, because I was looking forward to see Andrea Bargnani smack the hell out of his shots and Bojan Bogdanović cross him over in what will eventually turn out to be a 20 point loss for the Brooklyn Nets. After his basket, Jarrett Jack missed a jumper on Brooklyn’s final possession.

Look, I mean, I’m not going to take back anything I’ve said about Barea this year.

Nowitzki – who is now serving his 2nd year in his 3-year $25 million contract – now sits at 6th place and is on pace to break Wilt Chamberlain’s scoring record at 31,419 points given that Dirk would opt in on the final year of his contract. “We had a couple of good defensive plays – Thad blocking Barea was one – and we had 15 offensive rebounds, which really helped us…we got the efforts we needed, extra efforts on loose balls, but somebody had to lose, and unfortunately, it was us”.

Williams said he understood why fans might have booed him had he played.

And the way he passed Shaquille O’Neal on Wednesday couldn’t have been more fitting.

So when Nowitzki was greeted during a timeout with one hug after another from his teammates and coaching staff after he reached the milestone that moved him past O’Neal, Matthews knew this was a moment he would always treasure. “I was just trying to bring a lot of energy and a lot of intensity to the game”, Young said.

The game went down to the wire, as Dallas came back form a seven-point deficit in the fourth and J.J. Barea completed a three-point play to give them a 108-105 lead with 12.4 seconds left in the game.

“Just a tremendous effort”, Hollins said of Young. Kawhi Leonard led six Spurs players in double figures with 19 points, and grabbed six rebounds, while Tony Parker made six of 11 shots for 14 points. “We found a way”.

Carlisle vented his frustrations after Tuesday’s 103-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors where the Mavs had a lackluster performance in the first half, before turning up the energy in the second half with the reserves playing well only to come up short.

“I was a gym rat, ” Nowitzki said. 5 of a second left in regulation.

Both teams exchanged three after three as the lead changed hands multiple times in the extra frame, with Barea hitting a three for a 117-116 lead. Nowitzki, with Young defending in the post, backed in for the layup to give the Mavericks a 119-118 lead.