Postgame Recap: Kings @ Mavs
November 20, 2009 by Darryl Arata
DALLAS 104, SACRAMENTO 102
November 20, 2009 – At American Airlines Center, the Kings held Dirk Nowitzki under his scoring average, but Dallas’ bench lifted the Mavericks to a 104-102 win over Sacramento. Dallas’ bench tallied 52 points, a team-high-tying 20 coming from Jason Terry. The Kings rallied from 10 points down, 98-88, with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter, as Tyreke Evans drilled a three-pointer to trim the lead to three, 102-99, with 2.8 seconds remaining. Terry was fouled and sealed the win with two free throws. Omri Casspi’s trey at the buzzer completed the scoring. Evans just missed a triple-double, recording a game-high 29 points, seven rebounds, and a career-high 10 assists. He also had a steal and a block in 44 minutes. Beno Udrih contributed 20 points, four rebounds, five assists, and a block in 42 minutes. Andres Nocioni, who missed the previous game with a right hip pointer, scored 15 points and harassed Nowitzki into a 6-of-15 shooting performance. Nowitzki finished with a team-high-tying 20 points, but entered the game averaging 27.5 points per game and had scored a combined 73 points in the previous two Dallas games. All five of Jason Kidd’s made field goals were three-pointers as he finished with a double-double of 15 points and 11 assists. Drew Gooden grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds.
NOTES: The Mavericks have won the last 12 meetings against the Kings in Dallas. Sacramento turned the ball over 21 times, resulting in 24 Dallas points. Sacramento had eight turnovers in the second quarter and were outscored by the Mavericks, 25-18, in that quarter. The Kings shot 61.9 percent from the field in the fourth quarter; the Mavericks, 65. Both teams each grabbed 44 rebounds.
hang in there kings we'll get back soon.
keep it up kings….
Hang in there guys, huge improvement over last year and that's all we're asking for. GOOD JOB!
I'm getting excited this year. Cut the turnovers in half and we win 90% of these games. I'm ready to start buying tickets!
man i love the kings im young so the will bring me good times for yrs when im capable of buying good seats lol but the only thing we have to make sure we dois keep our talent and trade for talent im not to concerned about the kings right now or for a couple of yrs …. we are pretty god right now and we will be great but after that great i hope we dont do nothing stupid and trade for nothing and get rid of all of our players …..Web, Divac, Peja(at the time he could play good), Bibby, Hedo, Miller, every salmons lol i think its really important to keep not all of course for money isssues but some of those player for the next generation to learn something from…… think about it if C-web was able to mentor JT or Hawes….. if we had Hedo (not to mentor but actually to play lol)……. i just hope we can keep certain player … at least Reke or JT until they retire … that would be great lol and have them bring just one title to sac that would be great