Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks Coasted Through Friday (Nov.27) Night's Game Against the Indiana Pacers. Nowitzki scored 31 points in only 30 minutes. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)The Dallas Mavericks led by as many as 22 points in the first half on their way to their 12th victory of the season. The Pacers didn't put up much of a fight as they spent the evening dribbling the ball off of their feet into the back-court, passing the ball to no one in particular out-of-bounds, and basically playing an all-around terrible game.
"We did not play tough enough. That's why we got pounded," Pacers coach Jim O'Brien said. "You have to play with tremendous force and we did not."
The Dallas bench played a large role in a 13-0 second quarter run that basically iced the game in the first half. Kris Humphries had the first double-double of his career with 12 points and 11 rebounds, including eight points and 10 rebounds in 10 first half minutes.
Jason Terry had another big night off the bench, scoring 17 points on 50 percent shooting. Terry has scored in double figures in all but one game this season (Nov. 15 at Detroit, nine points).
Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points or more for the fifth time this season and Dallas is 4-1 in those games. Nowitzki scored 31 points, shooting 10 for 14 (71.4 percent) from the field, and 11-13 from the free throw line.
"I don't really know what happened, but our offense really seems to click, really everybody is shooting the ball," Nowitzki said.
Dallas took care of business against a bad team which is what they are supposed to do, especially on the first night of a back-to-back. No Mavericks' starter played more than 30 minutes, which is a good thing as Dallas flies to Cleveland following the game and take on the Lebrons tomorrow night.
Tip-off is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday (Nov 28).
(Portions of this article were taken from The Associated Press)
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