Dampier

There are nights when things just seem dull and blah. Monday night was one of those nights. The Mavericks beat the Indiana Pacers handedly 91-82. The Mavericks were able to provide their starters with a half night’s workload. Jason Kidd was able to get some well deserved rest, as Rod Beaubois was able to get some experience. Monday night also was a night that the Dallas crowd was able to see DeShawn Stevenson play quality minutes. Both looked good. Brendan Haywood was outstanding, grabbing a career high 20 boards in really only two quarters of play. Who would have guessed [...]

When you are trying to perfect your game you can’t rely on just practice to get it done. However, if you play some really tough competition it makes it kind of hard to work the kinks out or see if a particular idea is one you even want to bother trying. That’s why college football teams typically schedule really soft non-conference opponents. That’s why homecoming opponents are pushovers. For the NBA, that’s why you have the New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks. For the last week the Maveicks were 2-2, beatting the tough Celtics and the dangerous Wizards while [...]