Dallas Mavericks 97, Denver Nuggets 79  at Dallas  (January 20)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas     22  31  21  23 -   97   .359  .444  .375  .810
Denver     20  23  16  20 -   79   .333  .350  .338  .750

Halftime: Dallas 53-43
3rd Q: Dallas 74-59
Technicals: James Posey 8:02 2nd, Nick Van Exel 5:44 3rd, Shawn Bradley
3:55 4th
Refs: Ed F. Rush, Mike Callahan, Courtney Kirkland
Attendance: 18,187  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Steve Nash (strained left hamstring)


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         42   8-19    2-4     5-6    23  1-3   6  1  2   1   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          38   9-21    0-1     9-9    27  6-12  5  1  3   0   2 
Christian Laettner     23   4-9     0-0     0-0     8  1-6   3  1  1   4   2 
Courtney Alexander     12   1-4     0-0     0-0     2  2-3   0  1  2   2   0 
Howard Eisley          27   2-11    1-6     0-0     5  0-6  10  2  2   3   1 
Gary Trent             11   2-7     0-0     3-6     7  5-8   0  0  1   0   0 
Loy Vaught             22   4-10    0-0     0-0     8  3-8   1  0  1   0   0 
Hubert Davis           37   6-12    5-6     0-0    17  3-6   0  4  2   0   0 
Shawn Bradley          27   0-3     0-1     0-0     0  2-11  1  0  5   0   2 
Donnell Harvey          1   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  36-96    8-18   17-21   97 23-63 26 10 19  10   7 

Denver Nuggets                                         REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Antonio McDyess        32   4-11    0-0     0-0     8  2-9   1  4  1   1   0 
James Posey            31   0-6     0-3     4-5     4  2-7   0  1  6   1   0 
Raef LaFrentz          19   2-3     0-1     1-2     5  0-1   1  5  4   0   0 
Voshon Lenard          29   4-11    3-7     2-2    13  2-4   0  1  2   0   0 
Nick Van_Exel          34   6-16    3-7     1-3    16  1-8   3  0  1   0   0 
Kevin Willis           29   4-11    0-0     2-2    10  3-9   0  0  2   0   1 
George McCloud         21   1-6     1-1     4-4     7  0-2   4  1  2   0   0 
Mark Strickland        16   4-7     0-1     4-6    12  1-3   0  1  1   0   1 
Robert Pack            19   1-7     0-0     0-0     2  0-1   6  1  1   1   0 
Bruce Bowen             7   1-2     0-0     0-0     2  1-2   0  0  2   0   1 
Tariq Abdul-Wahad       3   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   0  1  0   1   0 
Totals                 48  27-80    7-20   18-24   79 12-47 15 15 22   4   3