Denver Nuggets 98, Dallas Mavericks 96  at Denver  (January 4)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Denver     28  17  31  22 -   98   .478  .368  .455  .579
Dallas     31  23  20  22 -   96   .453  .444  .452  .889

Halftime: Dallas 54-45
3rd Q: Denver 76-74
Dallas' largest lead: 46-36 4:12 2nd
Dallas' last lead: 96-95 0:27 4th
Denver's largest lead: 76-69 1:13 3rd
Lead changes: 22
Technicals: Nick Van Exel 4:48 1st
Refs: Hugh Evans, Blane Reichelt, Luis Grillo
Attendance: 10,549  (cap 19,099)
Did not play due to injury: Steve Nash (sprained right ankle)


Denver Nuggets                                         REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Antonio McDyess        40  10-16    0-0     7-14   27  7-13  3  4  4   2   3 
James Posey             7   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   1  0  0   0   0 
Raef LaFrentz          30   4-9     0-2     3-3    11  1-9   2  1  4   0   1 
Ron Mercer             40   7-18    0-0     0-0    14  2-3   2  2  3   0   0 
Nick Van_Exel          43   8-19    1-7     0-0    17  1-5  13  2  2   0   0 
George McCloud         30   7-14    5-9     0-0    19  0-3   3  1  3   1   1 
Keon Clark             26   3-8     0-0     0-0     6  3-10  3  2  2   0   1 
Bryant Stith            8   1-1     1-1     1-2     4  0-1   1  0  1   0   0 
Chris Herren            5   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   1  0  0   0   0 
Ryan Bowen             11   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  1-3   0  1  2   0   0 
Totals                 48  40-88    7-19   11-19   98 15-48 29 13 21   3   6 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         48  10-22    1-2     7-7    28  3-8  10  3  1   0   1 
Gary Trent             27  10-16    0-0     0-0    20  3-6   0  4  3   1   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          34   6-12    0-1     2-2    14  0-6   1  0  4   0   0 
Erick Strickland       25   3-10    1-2     2-2     9  0-4   3  0  4   2   0 
Hubert Davis           35   2-6     2-3     1-1     7  0-1   2  1  2   0   0 
Shawn Bradley          34   3-5     0-0     2-4     8  1-7   1  0  4   0   3 
Cedric Ceballos        27   4-11    0-1     2-2    10  1-4   2  1  2   0   0 
Damon Jones             6   0-2     0-0     0-0     0  1-2   1  1  2   0   0 
Sean Rooks              4   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   2  1  1   0   0 
Totals                 48  38-84    4-9    16-18   96  9-39 22 11 23   3   4