Mavericks rout Warriors 117-93

  • Associated Press
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:50pm
  • SportsSports

DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard keyed a game-changing run during the second quarter, and Jason Terry scored 22 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks past the Golden State Warriors 117-93 Wednesday night.

The Mavericks outscored the Warriors 32-11 over the final 7:45 of the second quarter. Howard and Nowitzki each scored eight points during the push and Dallas led 69-47 at halftime.

Nowitzki scored 20 points, Howard added 19, Brandon Bass had 16 and James Singleton chipped in with a season-high 14 for Dallas, which rebounded after losing by 24 Sunday to the Boston Celtics.

Golden State’s Stephen Jackson had 25 points and Corey Maggette came off the bench to score 21. The Warriors, the NBA’s worst defensive team yielding nearly 112 points per game, have lost their last three games at Dallas by a combined 71 points.

Dallas was up 37-36 when it opened its big run by hitting eight straight from the field.

Howard started the surge with a 3-pointer and Terry connected on a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left to close the first half.

The Mavericks, who outscored the Warriors 38-22 in the second quarter, set a season high for points in a half behind Nowitzki’s 18 points. Dallas led by as much as 30 and the Warriors got no closer than 18 points in the second half.

Golden State dropped to 4-21 on the road and 0-7 against teams from the Southwest Division.

Jackson scored 12 straight Golden State points, including consecutive 3-pointers, during a 15-6 first-quarter run. But Dallas closed out the quarter with a 19-6 run for a 31-25 advantage.

The Warriors got within 37-36 on Ronny Turiaf’s jumper with 7:45 left in the first half before the Mavericks broke the game open.

Notes: Warriors G Jamal Crawford was in the starting lineup after

missing two games due to a bruised right knee. F Brandan Wright (dislocated left shoulder) and G Marco Belinelli (sprained right ankle) remain sidelined for Golden State. …Attendance was announced as a sellout of 19,864, but there were pockets of empty seats as fans stayed home due to freezing rain that hit the area on Tuesday night. …Dallas’ previous high for any half was 67 points. … Mavericks C Erick Dampier had 10 points and 11 rebounds, the first time he scored double figures in 13 games.

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