DALLAS -- Jason Terry finished Monday night's inspired win over the New Orleans Hornets with a flurry. His final stat line read: 9-of-19 from the field, including 3-of-6 from beyond the 3-point arc.

It was quite a turnaround from his first half: 2-of-11 and 0-of-3.

"He came in at halftime, changed his shoes and look what happened in the second half," guard J.J. Barea said. "So he blamed it on the shoes."

Terry, blazing from the arc at 46.3 percent for the season, had a huge fourth quarter in the 98-95 victory in which the the Mavs rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final seven-plus minutes. He hit 4-of-5 shots, including two 3-pointers to start the fourth quarter.

"I'm a shooter. I'm going to keep shooting. Nothing's changed in that respect," Terry said. "If it was tough shots then I would have been concerned. But, they weren't tough shots. I was missing wide-open looks, shots that I practice. I just told myself, change your shoes at halftime, get a new feel and come back firing."

As Terry's fortunes changed from long rage, so too did the team's. The Mavs average 18.7 shots from behind the arc, but against the Hornets it became apparent that they'd blow by that number. They were struggling early -- 1-of-6 in the first quarter and 3-of-11 at halftime -- but kept on firing. By the end of the third quarter, Dallas was 5-of-18 from downtown.

Coach Rick Carlisle never flashed the stop sign.

"We approach things systematically with our team. We have a defensive system that we stick with. With we have an offensive system that we stick with. One of the things that's in our system is if you're a 3-point shooter and you've got an open shot, you have to step into it aggressively."

So they did.

Terry hit both of his attempts in the final period. Jason Kidd buried all three of his in the fourth and Dirk Nowitzki's 3 tied the game at 90-90. In the last 12 minutes, the Mavs made one more 3-pointer than in the first 36.

On the next possession, Nowitzki passed one up and instead showed trust in his point guard. He swung it over to Kidd wide open, who nailed his third 3 of the quarter for a 93-30 lead that the Mavs would not relinquish.

"At some point, it's going to open up," Kidd said. "I swear, I'd rather miss left or right where you know it's not going in. A lot of mine were straight or back rim. I've learned from guys who shoot the ball a lot you've got to keep firing."