*The Mavs are 14-5 since an 0-3 start and have allowed just 87.9 points per game in that span. They’ve also topped 100 points in each of their past three games after doing so just four times in the season’s first 19 games.
*Dirk Nowitzki's scoring average (16.7 ppg), field goal percentage (.448) and 3-point percentage (.200) are all at their lowest since his rookie season in the last lockout-shortened season in 1999. He’s also missed his last 10 attempts from 3-point range, which is Nowitzki’s longest such drought since missing 12 in a row in December 2005.
*The Mavs are the oldest team in the NBA with an average age of 30.0 … but Dallas’ bench averages a league-leading 45.4 points per game.
*After failing to score 20 points in his first 15 games as a Mav, Vince Carter has scored 21 points in each of the past two games.
*The Mavs currently rank in the top 10 in converting opponents’ turnovers into points, sitting No. 8 by scoring on 19.0 percent of those opportunities. Dallas ranked just 23rd in the NBA last season by scoring on 15.2 percent of their opponent’s turnovers.
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Senior Writer, ESPN.comBegan covering the NBA in 1993-94
Has also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics
ABOUT THIS BLOG
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Tim MacMahon
Tim MacMahon joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. Tim covers the Cowboys and Mavericks. He has covered the local sports scene from high schools to colleges to pros during his six-year tenure at The Dallas Morning News. MacMahon is a graduate of UNT.
Marc Stein
Marc Stein began writing for ESPN.com in 2000 and signed on full-time in 2002 as Senior NBA Writer. He also makes regular appearances on "SportsCenter," "NBA Shootaround," "NBA Fastbreak," "NBA Coast To Coast," ESPNEWS, ESPN "First Take" and ESPN Radio.
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Jeff Wade joined ESPNDallas.com in November 2009. He is one half of "The Ben & Skin Show," heard weekdays from 9a-12p on 103.3 FM ESPN, and also works as sideline analyst for the TV broadcast of all Maverick home games.
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TEAM LEADERS
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Dirk Nowitzki
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| Rebounds | S. Marion | 7.4 | ||||||||||
| Assists | J. Kidd | 5.5 | ||||||||||
| Steals | J. Kidd | 1.7 | ||||||||||
| Blocks | B. Wright | 1.3 | ||||||||||
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