(10/28/05) Results
Washington @ LA Lakers 105-95
Minnesota @ Phoenix 77-106
Miami @ Memphis 109-98
(10/29/05) Results
Boston @ Miami 81-99
Houston @ New York 104-80
Portland @ Sacramento 85-91
(10/30/05) Dallas season opener against Cleveland tonight!!!
The Dallas Mavericks will have their first regular season game tonight. They will meet the Cleveland Cavaliers at the American Airlines Center.
Dirk Nowitzki said: Anything but a win would be a huge disappointment. We worked really hard during training camp and especially our defense improved a lot.
Avery Johnson said: Of course our main priority will be to stop Lebron James. Josh Howard will have a hard job tonight but I'm sure he will get James under control. Maybe we have a little disadvantage under the basket but if we can get open shots for Dirk and Jason this shouldn't be a huge problem. Also we have one of the best benches in the league. Jerry Stackhouse or Keith van Horn are always good for 15-20 points. I think we will see an exciting match tonight!
(10/30/05) Dallas Mavericks crushed Cavaliers
The Mavericks defeated the Cavaliers 112-88.
Dallas played a solid defense and was able to hold James at 20 points while Dirk Nowitzki scord 25 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Jerry Stackhouse came off the bench to score 18 points while Marquis Daniels had a solid perfomance with 16 points.
Jason Terry made 13 points and had 7 assists.
Keith van Horn scored 12 points off the bench.
Starting center Diop was able to grab 8 rebounds but only scored 4 points. Second center Dampier made 6 points but only grabbed 2 rebounds.
Dallas team stats:
FG: 41/72 .569
3P: 04/14 .286
FT: 26/33 .788
Rebounds: 36
Turnovers: 13
Cleveland team stats:
FG: 40/85 .471
3P: 01/10 .100
FT: 07/08 .875
Rebounds: 29
Turnovers: 11
Avery Johnson after the match: I'm proud of this team. They made a really good job on both ends of the floor. The key were our bench players who scored 48 points. And of course Dirk had another outstanding performance, it was really fun to watch him play.
Other result from tonight:
New York at Atlanta 99-98