Quote of the week: Motta on Popeye, "He's a real good rebounder and I was just wondering if Madonna would want to date him now." Don't forget that Tuesday night's game vs the Lakers will be televised on TNT starting at 7:00. Charlotte at Dallas Just some real quick notes as I get ready to go to work on this Sunday. 1st Q: Dallas looked good and was out rebounding Charlotte. Popeye had 10 points and 5 rebounds, Jamal had 11 points. FG: Dallas 44%, Charlotte 43%. 28-19 Dallas. 2nd Q: Charlotte started the quarter strong with a good rally to cut Dallas' lead and take the lead themselves. They shot an incredible 80% (15-19) FG in the quarter. Popeye was in foul trouble and didn't see much time (for the rest of the game, actually). 52-51 Dallas. For the half, Charlotte shot 60% FG and Dallas 45% FG. Mashburn had 12 points including 5-15 FG, Tarpley 9 points, Lorenzo Williams 7 rebounds, Curry 11 points on 5-6 FG off the bench, Larry Johnson 13 points and Mourning 8 points and 5 rebounds. Dallas out rebounded Charlotte 29-17, including 15-2 offensive boards. 3rd Q: Dallas came into the 3rd strong and took over the game behind the three Js. 78-67 Dallas. Kidd had 11 assists so far and Mashburn was up to 22 points. Dallas' rebound edge was up to 46-24 and Charlotte was shooting 53% FG. 4th Q: Dallas' didn't let Charlotte make a surge and finished the game at 99-86 Dallas. The victory gave Dick Motta his 865 career victory, passing Jack Ramsay (864) for 3rd place on the all-time coaching victory list. Red Auerbach (938) and Lenny Wilkens (934) head the list. 1 2 3 4 Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Dallas 28 24 26 21 - 99 .477 .250 .467 .750 Charlotte 19 32 16 19 - 86 .554 .214 .494 .556 Rebounds Def Off Tot Ast Fouls Dallas 38 22 60 27 15 Charlotte 26 7 33 20 17 Technicals: 2 Dallas illegal D Attendence: 17,502 (sell-out) Dallas FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS Jamal Mashburn 11-28 1-4 8-10 31 Popeye Jones 5-10 0-0 0-0 10 and 8 rebs, 6 fouls Lorenzo Williams 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 and 11 rebs Jason Kidd 2-6 0-0 1-1 5 and 13 asts, 7 rebs Jim Jackson 10-21 0-0 0-0 20 Lucious Harris 2-5 0-0 2-2 6 Roy Tarpley 8-13 0-0 1-1 17 and 12 rebs Terry Davis 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 Donald Hodge 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 Totals 43-92 1-4 12-16 99 Charlotte FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS Larry Johnson 9-17 0-1 1-4 19 Scott Burrell 3-6 1-3 0-0 7 Alonzo Mourning 9-14 0-0 2-2 20 and 11 rebs Muggsy Bogues 2-5 0-0 1-1 5 and 8 asts Hersey Hawkins 2-7 0-2 0-0 4 Joe Wolf 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 Robert Parish 4-10 0-0 0-0 8 Greg Sutton 2-5 1-4 0-1 5 Dell Curry 7-13 1-4 1-1 16 Totals 39-79 3-14 5-9 86 patricia