_____
_____......................................
PF:
C:
SF:
................................................................................................................................................................ Hickson #21 .................. O'Neal #33 ............................... James #23
.............................................................................................................................................................. PG:
SG:
........................................................................................................................................................................................................ Williams #2 ......................... Parker #18
................................................................................................................................................................... PG:
SG:
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Kidd #2 ....................................... Beaubois #3
.........
PF:
C:
SF:
............................................................................................................................................................ Nowitzki #41 .................... Gooden #90 ......................... Marion #0
_____
________________ Keys To Victory __________
• Give the ball to Shaq in the post.
• Don't shoot too much threes.
• Move the ball on offense.
• Rebound the f*cken ball.
• Attack the basket.. Stop being so perimeter oriented.
• Narrow down on LeISO.. (Although that is probably impossible.)
• Play the whole game, not just the last 5 minutes.
* Name some more, if you want.
_____________ Game Notes ____________
• The Mavericks look to win a sixth straight road game for the first time since their record-setting 2006-07 season Saturday night against the Cavaliers, who have historically frustrated Dirk Nowitzki. Dallas (12-4) has been without Josh Howard for all but three games as he recovers from ankle surgery, but it's shown no ill effects from missing a player who averaged 18.0 points in 2008-09.
• Nowitzki has averaged a career-high 27.1 points through the season's first month, scoring more than 30 five times. He had 31 in three quarters Friday at Indiana before sitting out the fourth quarter of a 113-92 win, which came two days after a 130-99 victory in Houston. The Mavericks haven't won six in a row away from home since a 6-0 road trip from March 18-27, 2007, during their franchise-best 67-15 regular season.
• The Cavaliers entered the game as the NBA's best 3-point shooting team but shot 6 of 28 (a season-low 21.5 percent) while Wallace -- 3 of 21 from beyond the arc coming in -- went 3 of 7 for the Bobcats. Cleveland's larger concern is the trend of stagnant play with O'Neal on the floor. The Cavaliers went 5-1 and averaged 102.0 points while shooting 49.8 percent in the six games O'Neal missed with a shoulder injury, but are 6-4 and scoring 96.1 points on 45.6 percent shooting when the veteran center has played. O'Neal averaged 20.0 points and shot 70.6 percent in his last three games versus Dallas while with Phoenix last season.
