Dallas Mavericks 89, Chicago Bulls 74  at Dallas  (December 27)

             1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas        32  11  20  26 -   89   .484  .278  .439  .571
Chicago       20  14  22  18 -   74   .386  .333  .384  .708

Halftime: Dallas 43-34
3rd Q: Dallas 63-56
Technicals: Ron Mercer 7:29 3rd
Refs: Luis Grillo, David Jones, Kevin Fehr
Attendance: 20,018  (sellout)
Did not play due to injury: Greg Anthony (richt Achilles tendinitis),
Charles Oakley (right elbow tendinitis)


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Juwan Howard           30   5-10    0-0     1-1    11  1-2   2  1  4   0   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          30   7-12    3-5     7-8    24  1-6   1  4  4   1   1 
Evan Eschmeyer         15   1-4     0-0     0-0     2  1-8   0  0  1   3   0 
Michael Finley          3   0-0     0-0     1-2     1  0-0   0  0  0   1   0 
Steve Nash             30   4-13    0-4     1-1     9  0-2  14  4  3   0   0 
Adrian Griffin         26   4-10    1-3     0-0     9  1-3   0  0  0   2   0 
Tim Hardaway           27   3-10    1-5     0-0     7  1-1   4  2  0   0   1 
Eduardo Najera         34   7-7     0-0     1-5    15  5-14  1  1  3   3   0 
Danny Manning          16   1-5     0-0     0-0     2  0-3   2  2  2   2   1 
Wang Zhizhi             4   0-3     0-1     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  2   0   1 
Donnell Harvey          9   2-4     0-0     1-4     5  1-1   0  0  1   0   0 
Shawn Bradley          16   2-4     0-0     0-0     4  1-4   0  1  4   1   1 
Totals                 48  36-82    5-18   12-21   89 12-44 24 15 24  13   5 

Chicago Bulls                                          REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Marcus Fizer           28   4-10    0-0     3-4    11  1-7   2  0  5   0   0 
Ron Mercer             39   9-20    0-0     1-1    19  4-4   4  4  2   0   0 
Brad Miller            35   1-6     0-0     5-5     7  3-12  4  1  3   1   0 
Ron Artest             31   5-15    1-1     2-4    13  1-7   2  4  5   2   1 
Kevin Ollie            32   2-5     0-0     2-2     6  2-9   1  6  3   1   0 
Tyson Chandler         22   2-3     0-0     1-2     5  2-5   1  6  2   0   0 
Fred Hoiberg           18   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-3   4  0  0   1   0 
Eddy Curry              8   1-2     0-0     1-2     3  0-0   0  0  1   0   0 
Trenton Hassell        20   1-8     0-2     0-2     2  0-2   0  1  1   1   1 
Dalibor Bagaric         7   3-4     0-0     2-2     8  0-0   0  2  2   2   0 
Totals                 48  28-73    1-3    17-24   74 13-49 18 24 24   8   2