The Mavs once again got blown out of a pre-season game. The good news was that they actually played a good quarter. The Mavs shot 55% FG and only committed 3 turnovers in the first quarter to go up 26-22 over Vancouver. Derek Harper had a good quarter with 10 points. The ball movement and offensive play sounded like it was a lot better in the quarter. They followed up that quarter by only scoring 8 points, shooting about 21% FG, and committing 9 turnovers. It was sloppy play by the Mavs. They got down as much as 20 points in the 3rd quarter before cutting that deficit down to 13 points after 3. In other news, word is that the Mavs are trying to trade Loren Meyer. Doing so will open up a roster spot for Oliver Miller (though I don't really think they need to do this for the roster room - they can easily carry 13 players and have Terry Davis on IR (and release Fred Roberts)). It could a move to free up some money for Miller, though. The Mavs are currently $427,000 over the salary cap, but the cap is expected to increase in the next few days (I've heard about $500,000). If it goes up and the Mavs trade Meyer and his $667,000 salary for a draft pick, the Mavs could offer the money they would then be under the salary cap to Miller. Else, the Mavs are limited to offering Miller the league minimum ($247,500). Rumoredly the reason that Meyer DNP'ed last night is that the Mavs are close to trading him to Orlando. Charlotte has also shown interest in Meyer. Former Mav update: New York signed Scott Brooks. patricia ---- Vancouver 86, Dallas 75 - at Van 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Vancouver 22 28 15 21 - 86 .436 .263 .392 .719 Dallas 26 9 17 23 - 75 .467 .222 .410 .875 Halftime: Vancouver 50-35 3rd Q: Vancouver 65-52 Technicals: Vancouver Illegal D 1:41 2nd Refs: Ed F Rush, Terry Durham, Derek Richardson Attendance: 14,893 Vancouver Grizzlies REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Eric Mobley 23 1-1 0-0 4-7 6 3-9 0 4 4 0 2 Tim Breaux 21 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 0-0 2 2 2 0 0 Bryant Reeves 37 7-17 0-0 7-9 21 1-3 0 7 4 0 1 Anthony Peeler 38 8-18 1-7 2-2 19 3-11 4 1 3 3 0 Lee Mayberry 31 1-7 1-5 4-6 7 0-4 8 1 1 1 0 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 34 5-17 0-0 2-3 12 7-13 1 4 4 2 2 Blue Edwards 12 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 Greg Anthony 17 2-5 1-3 1-2 6 0-4 5 0 1 1 0 Chris Robinson 13 2-2 2-2 0-0 6 0-0 2 1 2 3 0 Roy Rogers 2 1-1 0-0 1-1 3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 George Lynch 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2-3 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 48 29-74 5-19 23-32 86 16-47 23 21 21 12 7 Dallas Mavericks REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK George McCloud 32 5-13 1-6 0-0 11 0-2 4 3 3 1 1 Fred Roberts 27 2-5 0-1 1-2 5 2-4 0 2 4 0 0 Eric Montross 35 5-8 0-0 0-0 10 5-8 0 3 2 0 1 Jim Jackson 42 5-17 1-4 4-4 15 0-6 8 3 1 4 0 Derek Harper 35 5-13 0-2 2-2 12 1-7 4 3 5 1 0 Erick Strickland 17 3-8 2-5 0-0 8 0-1 4 1 4 1 0 Greg Dreiling 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1-5 0 0 4 0 0 Jamie Peterson 21 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 1-6 1 2 2 0 1 Jimmy King 19 4-8 0-0 0-0 8 0-0 1 4 1 2 0 Totals 48 32-78 4-18 7-8 75 10-39 22 22 26 9 3