Game 10: Mavs at Knicks
When: 6:15 P.M.
Where: Madison Square Garden
Watch: MSG
Starting Lineups:
Mavs (2-7)
PG: Jason Kidd (12 ppg, 8 assists)
SG- Gerald Green (8.5, 47%, 31% 3-points)
SF- Josh Howard (18.7 43%, 73%)
PF- Dirk Nowitzki (22.3, 43%, 90%)
C- Erick Dampier(6 ppg 8 rebounds)
Rest of rotation: Jerry Stackhouse, DeSagana Diop, Jason Terry, Brandon Bass
Knicks (6-3)
PG: Chris Duhon
SG: Jamal Crawford
PF: Wilson Chandler
C: Zach Randolph
Rest of Rotation: David Lee, Anthony Roberson, Nate Robinson, Malik Rose
Injuries:
Mavs: Howard (wrist day-to-day)
Knicks: OUT: Eddy Curry, Danilo Gallinari (back); Jared Jeffries (leg)
Keep an eye on: Continued teamwork
The Knicks have won 6 of their last 7 games and averaging 23 assists per game as a team. For the year they are averaging 23.3 APG at home and 22 on the road. Another interesting stat is that the Knicks opponents are shooting just 68% from the line. That could be from tired legs in having to compete against D’Antoni’s style. Dallas shoots 80% as a team.
The Other Blog’s Take: From Mark Cuban’s blog maverick
No question the start of the season has been a struggle for the Mavs and all of our fans. I guess the good news is that hopefully we are getting the bad part of the season out of the way at the beginning rather than during the end of the year, as we have the last several years.
I hate to lose, and we are going to do everything we can to get everyone on the same page so we can finish games the same way we have been starting them.
Thanks to all Mavs fans for hanging in there with us. I hate to lose games as much as you do, but the season is just starting. We have gone through struggles before, and Im sure we will go through them again. As will every team.
What separates the Mavs from other teams is that we have great fans who have stuck with us through our entire history. My committement (sic) as always, is that Im going to make sure we do everything we possibly can to set things in the right direction.
