DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki scrambled to replace Tyson Chandler with the Dallas centre sidelined by back spasms, then he found himself with five fouls early in the fourth quarter.
Kyle Rudolph Vikings Jersey .When the big German returned to the game, he carried the Mavericks to a come-from-behind win.Nowitzki matched his season high with 30 points, including 10 in the final 5 minutes, Chandler Parsons added 26 and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 Sunday night.We had to adjust a little bit, Id say, without Tyson, our warrior, our paint protector, said Nowitzki, who put Dallas ahead for good with two free throws with 3:25 to play and made all 12 of his shots from the line. Not really used to playing in foul trouble, because I never really foul. So I tried to move my feet and be long out there.The Thunder played their sixth straight game without Kevin Durant because of a sprained right ankle. They fell short in their third chance to reach .500 for the first time after Durant and Russell Westbrook were sidelined by injuries for 14 of the first 16 games.Serge Ibaka led Oklahoma City with a season-high 26 points, but was limited to just one shot and two points in the fourth quarter. Westbrook scored 18 but was 6 of 23 from the field. He missed a triple-double with nine rebounds and nine assists. He also had five steals.He didnt shoot the ball well, coach Scott Brooks said. But he competed. He put us in position to have a chance to win this game. He gave everything he had.Nowitzki made his first start at centre in almost five years, according to STATS, and the resulting matchup issues made the 1,000th career game on the bench for Dallas coach Rick Carlisle a challenging one.The Mavericks often had the small-ball look that was a staple earlier in the 36-year-old Nowitzkis career, when he started at centre a little more often. It looked good early, with Parsons scoring 15 in the first quarter as the Mavericks led by as many as 11.It was the most unathletic front line weve ever had in the history of the NBA with him at five and me at four, said Parsons, who was 10 of 16 from the floor, including 5 of 9 from 3-point range. The biggest concern was who was going to do the jump ball.Facing their biggest deficit at seven to start the fourth quarter, the Mavericks opened with an 11-2 run capped by consecutive baskets from Charlie Villanueva, the latter a 3-pointer from the left corner after Rajon Rondo found him with a cross-court bounce pass that travelled about 40 feet.Carlisle brought Nowitzki back with 5:44 left, and he scored eight of the next 12 points for a 106-102 lead.TIP-INSThunder: Brooks said Durant had another good day at shootaround Sunday but was not ready for the next step. The Thunder have two days off before their next game. ... Reggie Jackson scored 21, including a 3-pointer that got Oklahoma City within a point before Dallas pulled away in the final 3 minutes. ... Thunder players other than Westbrook made 39 of 67 shots (58 per cent).Mavericks: Carlisle, whose career record is 591-409 in 13 seasons, had 188 career games as a player with Boston and New Jersey. Hes also coached at Indiana and Detroit. ... PG Raymond Felton, the other major piece in the New York trade, made his Dallas debut in a brief appearance on the same night Chandler missed his first game.FRONTCOURT CHALLENGEAs expected, the Mavericks were outrebounded, 53-37, without Chandler, whos third in the league in that category. But they held their own on second-chance points at 19-15, part of the reason they rallied.BANGED-UP BACKCOURT MATESMonta Ellis scored 18 for Dallas before spraining his left ankle late in the game. Rondo, who played the fourth quarter with a small bandage over his right eye after getting cut late in the third, had 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds.UP NEXTThunder: home against Phoenix on Wednesday.Mavericks: home against Washington on Tuesday before starting stretch of 14 of 19 on the road.
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Andrew Sendejo Vikings Jersey .J. Burnett made a couple of mistakes with his pitches and gave up the lead in the seventh inning.OAKLAND, Calif. - Klay Thompson is ready for the regular season.Thompson scored 35 points in nearly 36 minutes to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 119-112 on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.Our offence is going good and tonight is a good indication of what we can do, Thompson said. After eight preseason games we are all ready for the real thing.Thompson was 13 of 26 from the field.I think Klay is taking another step up this year, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. Maybe some of that has to do with his summer performance with Team USA, but you can just tell the confidence that he has.Stephen Curry added 17 points for Golden State (6-2).Steph, obviously, on high screens is so difficult to handle and those two guys (Curry and Thompson) are more than likely going to be the guys with the ball in their hands, Kerr said.Jusuf Nurkic led Denver (2-6) with 16 points.He is really smart and has been playing pro for a long time, Nuggets teammate Danilo Gallinari said about Nurkic. I think he is going to be an All-Star in this league.Denver cut it to 104-98 with 6:18 left when Gary Harris hit a 3-pointer. Nurkic made a layup with 5:21 to play and converted two free throws 34 seconds later to cut the Warriors lead to 104-102 with 4:47 left.The Warriors countered with a Thompsons layup in traffic, Currys two free throws and Thompsons 3-pointer to make it 111-102 with 3:23 to play.
Brandon Fusco Vikings Jersey. TIP-INSWarriors: The Warriors also beat the Nuggets 104-101 in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 16.Nuggets: J.J. Hickson, Nate Robinson, JaVale McGee and Danilo Gallinari all saw action against the Warriors, a welcome sight for Denver. All four missed a significant number of games last season, but are all relatively healthy going into the season.Denver coach Brian Shaw rested starters Ty Lawson and Kenneth Faried the entire game.We had a lot of guys on minute restrictions tonight, Shaw said. I saw what I needed to see. Im glad preseason is over and we can start to gear up and get ready for our season opener on Wednesday.PACKED HOUSEEven with two other big sporting events — Game 3 of the World Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco and the Oregon-Stanford football game in Santa Clara — going on, Oracle Arena was sold out with a crowd of 19,596.QUOTES OF THE NIGHTI think Klay Thompson may be the best 2-guard in the league right now. — Shaw said.Defensively we have to get better — a lot of mistakes. Our effort and our rotations are getting better. All in all, a good night. — Kerr.UP NEXTDenver hosts Detroit on Wednesday night in its regular-season opener.Golden State plays at Sacramento on Wednesday night in its regular-season opener.
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