Dallas Mavericks 89, New Orleans Hornets 80  at Dallas  (December 14)

             1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas        24  19  18  28 -   89   .485  .375  .473  .800
New Orleans   13  22  22  23 -   80   .385  .263  .357  .833

Halftime: Dallas 43-35
3rd Q: Dallas 61-57
Technicals: Dallas defensive 3 seconds 9:49 4th
Refs: David Jones, Scott Foster, Eric Lewis
Attendance: 20,071  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Melvin Ely (broken eye socket)
IL: 
  Dallas - Maurice Ager, J.J. Barea, Nick Fazekas
  New Orleans - Ryan Bowen, Adam Haluska


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Devin Harris           29   3-7     0-0     4-4    10  0-1   3  2  5   1   0 
Jason Terry            39  11-16    3-5     0-1    25  0-3   2  4  3   0   1 
Dirk Nowitzki          32   2-8     0-0     3-4     7  3-9   6  3  5   2   0 
Josh Howard            39   6-16    0-1     3-5    15  2-10  5  2  1   0   0 
Erick Dampier          19   2-2     0-0     1-1     5  1-5   0  1  2   0   3 
Jerry Stackhouse       29   6-11    0-2     4-4    16  0-2   2  2  1   2   2 
Brandon Bass           24   2-8     0-0     0-0     4  2-9   1  1  0   0   1 
DeSagana Diop          15   3-4     0-0     1-1     7  4-5   1  0  2   0   0 
Eddie Jones            10   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   2  1  0   0   0 
Juwan Howard_           5   0-2     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  1  1   0   0 
Totals                 48  35-74    3-8    16-20   89 12-45 22 17 20   5   7 

New Orleans Hornets                                    REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Chris Paul             40   9-21    1-4     3-3    22  2-4   3  2  4   1   0 
Morris Peterson        23   1-6     0-2     3-4     5  0-3   3  1  3   4   0 
David West             41   2-10    0-1     3-4     7  5-13  3  3  3   0   1 
Peja Stojakovic        25   4-11    2-5     0-0    10  1-5   1  0  2   1   0 
Tyson Chandler         38   7-12    0-0     1-1    15  4-11  0  3  3   0   0 
Rasual Butler          23   2-7     1-4     2-2     7  0-1   1  0  2   0   0 
Bobby Jackson          19   3-7     1-2     0-0     7  1-3   0  1  1   2   0 
Jannero Pargo          15   0-6     0-1     3-4     3  1-2   1  1  3   0   0 
Julian Wright          10   2-3     0-0     0-0     4  2-3   0  0  0   1   0 
Hilton Armstrong        7   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  1-1   0  2  1   0   0 
Totals                 48  30-84    5-19   15-18   80 17-46 12 14 22   9   1