In cruising past Duncan Keith Authentic Jersey OKC Saturday, the Mavs won for the third time in four games, after
winning just twice in 16 games over the season’s first four weeks. The
Dallas players see their recent improvement as a glimmer of hope in a
season that began so glumly, as ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reports:
For better or worse, the Mavs have experience in this sort of
situation. They stumbled out of the gate to a 4-17 start last season and
managed to give themselves a slim chance of sneaking into the ED Belfour Authentic Jersey playoffs until being eliminated in April.
"That's what gave us the hope that if we continue to fight, we can
turn this thing around," said Harrison Barnes, who had 12 points and 12
rebounds Saturday, a couple of nights after hitting a buzzer-beater to
sink the Memphis Grizzlies. "But if we gave in and threw in the towel,
this can get really ugly. It's just a commendable job of everyone in
this locker room of just continuing to fight."
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"We've put ourselves Erik Gustafsson Authentic Jersey in such a hole that we don't really have the luxury to think of big
picture," said [Wesley] Matthews, who had 12 points in the win over the
Thunder and was a major factor in Paul George's poor night (2 points,
1-of-12 shooting). "Our big picture is the next day."
Added Smith, who celebrated his 20th birthday by scoring 15 points
in a win over Russell Westbrook: "Nobody likes to lose. We've got a team
full of winners. Regardless of what our record says, we've got a team
full of winners."
The biggest winner of all the Mavs, Glenn Hall Authentic Jersey of course, is Dirk Nowitzki. He'll never again return to 2011 NBA
Finals MVP form, but the 20-year veteran has played a significant role
in the Mavs' sudden turnaround.
Nowitzki is a team-best plus-59 over the past four games, averaging
13.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in that span, shooting 52.4 percent from
the field and 47.1 percent from 3-point range. He was plus-26 in only 22
minutes against the Thunder, scoring a season-high 19 points on 7-of-10
shooting.
"My legs feel stronger. My stamina is better," the 39-year-old
Nowitzki said. "It just took me a while to get going into the season.
Eleven games in 18 days didn't help against a lot of great, great
opponents, but I feel better now and I'm going to keep working."
