Dallas Mavericks 118, Indiana Pacers 97  at Dallas  (December 17)

             1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas        35  27  37  19 -  118   .493  .417  .474  .889
Indiana       26  24  28  19 -   97   .484  .211  .422  .742

Halftime: Dallas 62-50
3rd Q: Dallas 99-78
Technicals: Ron Artest 3:45 1st, Dirk Nowitzki 3:45 1st,
Jamaal Tinsley 3:10 1st, Ron Artest (ejected) 1:24 2nd,
Raja Bell (1-T ejection) 1:24 2nd, Indiana defensive 3 seconds 
2:44 3rd, Jeff Foster 0:27 3rd, Walt Williams 7:06 4th
Refs: Joe Forte, Luis Grillo, Violet Palmer
Attendance: 19,954  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Jonathan Bender (sore left calf)


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Adrian Griffin         19   2-5     0-0     0-0     4  2-6   1  3  4   1   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          28   8-15    2-6     2-2    20  1-5   1  1  3   0   2 
Raef LaFrentz          17   5-8     1-2     2-3    13  0-1   0  1  6   0   2 
Michael Finley         35  13-21    6-9     1-1    33  3-13  3  0  0   2   0 
Steve Nash             26   4-11    0-1     5-5    13  0-2   7  0  2   2   0 
Raja Bell               6   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  1-1   1  0  2   0   0 
Walt Williams          29   1-4     0-1     1-2     3  1-6   2  1  3   2   0 
Shawn Bradley          26   2-5     0-0     2-2     6  5-5   1  3  4   1   4 
Nick Van_Exel          31   8-20    1-5     3-3    20  0-2  10  1  1   0   0 
Popeye Jones           11   0-4     0-0     0-0     0  3-5   0  0  0   0   0 
Avery Johnson           8   3-3     0-0     0-0     6  0-1   1  1  0   1   0 
Adam Harrington         4   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  46-97   10-24   16-18  118 16-47 27 12 25   9   8 

Indiana Pacers                                         REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Jermaine O'Neal        26   7-16    1-2     5-7    20  5-7   1  3  3   0   2 
Ron Artest             20   3-8     0-1     0-2     6  1-5   0  0  3   2   2 
Brad Miller            23   3-7     0-0     5-5    11  1-5   0  2  3   0   0 
Jamaal Tinsley         33   4-10    0-4     1-2     9  1-9   6  4  4   0   1 
Reggie Miller          29   3-8     1-6     4-5    11  0-3   2  0  0   1   0 
Al Harrington          27   6-10    1-1     2-2    15  3-7   2  2  3   0   0 
Ron Mercer             29   3-10    0-0     0-0     6  1-2   0  1  3   1   1 
Erick Strickland       24   2-6     1-4     1-2     6  0-1   4  4  2   0   0 
Jeff Foster             7   0-1     0-0     2-2     2  1-5   0  2  1   0   0 
Austin Croshere        15   3-4     0-1     2-2     8  2-5   0  0  1   1   0 
Primoz Brezec           7   1-3     0-0     1-2     3  0-0   0  0  0   0   1 
Totals                 48  35-83    4-19   23-31   97 15-49 15 18 23   5   7