NEW YORK (AP) — Naji Marshall scored 22 factors off the bench to steer the Dallas Mavericks to a 120-101 rout of the Brooklyn Nets on Monday evening.
P.J. Washington and Spencer Dinwiddie completed with 16 every, Brandon Williams scored 15 and Kai Jones added 13. Anthony Davis, in his first sport again after lacking six weeks with a groin damage, had 12 factors in 27 minutes.
Brooklyn dropped to 23-49 with its fourth straight loss. Nic Claxton led the Nets with 19 factors.
Takeaways
Mavericks: For a crew that’s in a neck-and-neck race with Phoenix for the ultimate Western Convention play-in spot, Dallas believes that the reinsertion of Davis — amongst others — can present a lift. “We perceive what’s at stake right here,” coach Jason Kidd stated earlier than the sport. “We received to determine win.”
Nets: With three weeks remaining, coach Jordi Fernandez desires his crew to make use of the ultimate 11 video games of the season to work on in-game execution. “We now have to regulate (so as) to (have) another possession,” Fernandez stated earlier than the sport. “I believe profitable groups handle these possessions.”
Key second
Dallas guard Spencer Dinwiddie knocked down a left nook three, after which assisted on buckets by Marshall and Jones in a 26-second span halfway via the third quarter that allowed the Mavericks to increase their result in 75-56.
Key stat
Brooklyn entered the sport ninth within the NBA in three-pointers tried per sport (39.1) and twenty ninth in three-pointers made per sport (34.5). In opposition to the Mavericks, the Nets made 11 of their 33 makes an attempt from past the arc.
Up subsequent
The Mavericks play the Knicks on Tuesday evening.
Brooklyn hosts Toronto on Wednesday.
