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| 739 | HOUSTON | 214 | Pick | | 740 | DALLAS | -1.5 | 215.5 |
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| All Games | 58-26 | +17.6 | 50-33 | 42-42 | 104.2 | 53.6 | 44.4% | 53.5 | 100.6 | 50.3 | 44.2% | 53.7 | | Road Games | 26-15 | +8 | 22-18 | 22-19 | 104.3 | 52.6 | 44.6% | 53.2 | 103.0 | 51.3 | 45.0% | 53.4 | | Last 5 Games | 5-0 | +5 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 113.4 | 56.2 | 47.2% | 58.4 | 100.4 | 49.6 | 41.7% | 54.2 | | Playoff Games | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 114.5 | 56.0 | 44.5% | 59.5 | 103.5 | 53.0 | 41.0% | 56.5 | | Division Games | 10-8 | +1.7 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 102.2 | 50.4 | 44.5% | 53.5 | 103.1 | 52.3 | 45.7% | 52.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 104.2 | 53.6 | 37-83 | 44.4% | 11-32 | 34.8% | 19-26 | 71.6% | 54 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 5 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.3 | 50 | 38-84 | 44.9% | 8-22 | 35.2% | 17-23 | 75.0% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 104.3 | 52.6 | 37-84 | 44.6% | 11-32 | 34.2% | 19-26 | 72.0% | 53 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 4 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 100.6 | 50.3 | 38-85 | 44.2% | 7-23 | 32.1% | 18-24 | 75.5% | 54 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 5 | | vs opponents averaging | 100.6 | 50.1 | 38-84 | 45.1% | 8-22 | 35.1% | 17-23 | 75.2% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 103.0 | 51.3 | 38-85 | 45.0% | 8-23 | 35.1% | 18-25 | 74.5% | 53 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
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| All Games | 50-34 | -3.7 | 34-46 | 40-44 | 105.2 | 53.2 | 46.1% | 49.8 | 102.6 | 51.0 | 45.0% | 54.3 | | Home Games | 27-14 | -5.4 | 15-23 | 21-20 | 106.6 | 52.7 | 47.2% | 49.1 | 102.4 | 50.9 | 45.5% | 53.5 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3 | -1 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 106.6 | 56.2 | 44.4% | 54.4 | 108.4 | 55.4 | 44.8% | 54.4 | | Playoff Games | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 103.5 | 53.0 | 41.0% | 56.5 | 114.5 | 56.0 | 44.5% | 59.5 | | Division Games | 7-11 | -7 | 6-12 | 7-11 | 100.5 | 51.0 | 45.3% | 49.7 | 103.1 | 51.7 | 45.2% | 51.3 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 105.2 | 53.2 | 40-86 | 46.1% | 9-25 | 35.1% | 17-22 | 75.6% | 50 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 5 | | vs opponents surrendering | 100.1 | 49.9 | 38-84 | 44.8% | 8-22 | 34.8% | 17-23 | 75.0% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 106.6 | 52.7 | 40-84 | 47.2% | 9-25 | 34.6% | 18-24 | 75.2% | 49 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 5 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 102.6 | 51.0 | 38-85 | 45.0% | 9-25 | 36.4% | 18-23 | 75.2% | 54 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 100.5 | 50.2 | 38-84 | 44.9% | 8-23 | 35.1% | 17-23 | 75.0% | 52 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 102.4 | 50.9 | 38-84 | 45.5% | 9-24 | 37.4% | 17-23 | 73.1% | 54 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 4 |
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| 3/15/2015 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 100-98 | W | 5 | W | 213.5 | U | 32-86 | 37.2% | 55 | 12 | 36-82 | 43.9% | 62 | 20 | | 3/17/2015 | ORLANDO | 107-94 | W | -11 | W | 206.5 | U | 39-78 | 50.0% | 56 | 14 | 38-89 | 42.7% | 48 | 10 | | 3/19/2015 | DENVER | 118-108 | W | -7.5 | W | 214.5 | O | 37-83 | 44.6% | 59 | 16 | 42-93 | 45.2% | 54 | 15 | | 3/21/2015 | PHOENIX | 102-117 | L | -7.5 | L | 207 | O | 41-87 | 47.1% | 44 | 18 | 46-92 | 50.0% | 57 | 14 | | 3/23/2015 | @ INDIANA | 110-100 | W | -1.5 | W | 203 | O | 31-65 | 47.7% | 41 | 19 | 40-90 | 44.4% | 52 | 18 | | 3/25/2015 | @ NEW ORLEANS | 95-93 | W | 1 | W | 203.5 | U | 40-81 | 49.4% | 50 | 18 | 34-75 | 45.3% | 47 | 13 | | 3/27/2015 | MINNESOTA | 120-110 | W | -14 | L | 206 | O | 44-83 | 53.0% | 49 | 17 | 37-76 | 48.7% | 38 | 13 | | 3/29/2015 | @ WASHINGTON | 99-91 | W | -2 | W | 204 | U | 34-80 | 42.5% | 61 | 19 | 29-75 | 38.7% | 50 | 17 | | 3/30/2015 | @ TORONTO | 96-99 | L | 2 | L | 209 | U | 35-84 | 41.7% | 56 | 13 | 35-78 | 44.9% | 55 | 15 | | 4/1/2015 | SACRAMENTO | 115-111 | W | -10 | L | 212 | O | 41-89 | 46.1% | 49 | 17 | 48-96 | 50.0% | 65 | 21 | | 4/2/2015 | @ DALLAS | 108-101 | W | 2.5 | W | 210.5 | U | 34-77 | 44.2% | 63 | 18 | 37-84 | 44.0% | 46 | 13 | | 4/5/2015 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 115-112 | W | -1 | W | 219 | O | 38-81 | 46.9% | 59 | 10 | 40-92 | 43.5% | 63 | 18 | | 4/8/2015 | @ SAN ANTONIO | 98-110 | L | 6.5 | L | 204.5 | O | 39-84 | 46.4% | 49 | 13 | 48-95 | 50.5% | 51 | 9 | | 4/10/2015 | SAN ANTONIO | 103-104 | L | 3.5 | W | 204 | O | 31-66 | 47.0% | 57 | 20 | 41-85 | 48.2% | 49 | 15 | | 4/12/2015 | NEW ORLEANS | 121-114 | W | -5 | W | 199 | O | 39-73 | 53.4% | 52 | 11 | 44-91 | 48.4% | 50 | 10 | | 4/13/2015 | @ CHARLOTTE | 100-90 | W | -12 | L | 201 | U | 35-85 | 41.2% | 59 | 10 | 34-83 | 41.0% | 53 | 15 | | 4/15/2015 | UTAH | 117-91 | W | -11.5 | W | 194 | O | 41-76 | 53.9% | 62 | 18 | 38-101 | 37.6% | 55 | 14 | | 4/18/2015 | DALLAS | 118-108 | W | -5.5 | W | 213 | O | 38-85 | 44.7% | 58 | 13 | 44-99 | 44.4% | 60 | 17 | | 4/21/2015 | DALLAS | 111-99 | W | -6.5 | W | 215 | U | 39-88 | 44.3% | 61 | 11 | 33-89 | 37.1% | 53 | 8 | | 4/24/2015 | @ DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4/26/2015 | @ DALLAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3/16/2015 | OKLAHOMA CITY | 119-115 | W | -6.5 | L | 215 | O | 42-89 | 47.2% | 46 | 12 | 40-90 | 44.4% | 68 | 21 | | 3/18/2015 | ORLANDO | 107-102 | W | -12.5 | L | 205 | O | 39-80 | 48.7% | 52 | 20 | 40-87 | 46.0% | 45 | 18 | | 3/20/2015 | MEMPHIS | 101-112 | L | -2.5 | L | 196.5 | O | 34-76 | 44.7% | 53 | 17 | 41-77 | 53.2% | 46 | 15 | | 3/22/2015 | @ PHOENIX | 92-98 | L | -4.5 | L | 205.5 | U | 37-96 | 38.5% | 54 | 12 | 39-76 | 51.3% | 60 | 19 | | 3/24/2015 | SAN ANTONIO | 101-94 | W | 3.5 | W | 207 | U | 42-87 | 48.3% | 52 | 16 | 36-85 | 42.4% | 49 | 16 | | 3/27/2015 | @ SAN ANTONIO | 76-94 | L | 8.5 | L | 205.5 | U | 31-82 | 37.8% | 51 | 18 | 37-84 | 44.0% | 55 | 14 | | 3/29/2015 | @ INDIANA | 99-104 | L | 3 | L | 198 | O | 40-90 | 44.4% | 50 | 12 | 38-76 | 50.0% | 52 | 15 | | 4/1/2015 | @ OKLAHOMA CITY | 135-131 | W | 3 | W | 214.5 | O | 56-91 | 61.5% | 41 | 6 | 45-93 | 48.4% | 53 | 10 | | 4/2/2015 | HOUSTON | 101-108 | L | -2.5 | L | 210.5 | U | 37-84 | 44.0% | 46 | 13 | 34-77 | 44.2% | 63 | 18 | | 4/4/2015 | GOLDEN STATE | 110-123 | L | 5.5 | L | 211 | O | 34-80 | 42.5% | 56 | 16 | 43-95 | 45.3% | 66 | 14 | | 4/8/2015 | PHOENIX | 107-104 | W | -8.5 | L | 205.5 | O | 45-94 | 47.9% | 52 | 8 | 40-82 | 48.8% | 45 | 12 | | 4/10/2015 | @ DENVER | 144-143 | W | 1.5 | W | 212 | O | 57-109 | 52.3% | 61 | 17 | 53-125 | 42.4% | 71 | 15 | | 4/12/2015 | @ LA LAKERS | 120-106 | W | -6 | W | 202.5 | O | 45-83 | 54.2% | 48 | 12 | 34-78 | 43.6% | 47 | 12 | | 4/13/2015 | @ UTAH | 92-109 | L | 6 | L | 187 | O | 34-82 | 41.5% | 49 | 16 | 41-82 | 50.0% | 58 | 14 | | 4/15/2015 | PORTLAND | 114-98 | W | -6 | W | 208.5 | O | 39-86 | 45.3% | 62 | 14 | 38-91 | 41.8% | 48 | 19 | | 4/18/2015 | @ HOUSTON | 108-118 | L | 5.5 | L | 213 | O | 44-99 | 44.4% | 60 | 17 | 38-85 | 44.7% | 58 | 13 | | 4/21/2015 | @ HOUSTON | 99-111 | L | 6.5 | L | 215 | U | 33-89 | 37.1% | 53 | 8 | 39-88 | 44.3% | 61 | 11 | | 4/24/2015 | HOUSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4/26/2015 | HOUSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | HOUSTON: GUARDS: The postseason was a different story for JAMES HARDEN, but he was a dominant all-around performer during the past two regular seasons. He'll do the bulk of the ball-handling for the up-tempo Rockets . . . After looking for an upgrade during the offseason, it's back to PATRICK BEVERLEY at the point. He's the No. 4 or 5 option on offense, but his defense will keep him on the floor . . . There's little backcourt depth, so rookie NICK JOHNSON has a shot at the rotation. He's NBA-ready as a defender, but his offensive game is shaky . . . ISH SMITH will push for that back-up point guard job . . . ISAIAH CANAAN will have to shoot the lights out early to get a look in the rotation . . . FRANCISCO GARCIA is still here as a 3-and-D option. FORWARDS: TREVOR ARIZA slides into Chandler Parsons' old role, providing defense and three-point shooting. He has a chance for a career-best output offensively . . . The Rockets know they need an upgrade over TERRENCE JONES, but they struck out during the offseason. He's a hustle guy, but he's too much of a defensive liability at the 4-spot . . . After disappearing last season, DONATAS MOTIEJUNAS has a chance to play himself into a thin frontcourt rotation. He's a potential 7-foot floor spacer . . . JEFF ADRIEN will be a "little things" guy in the second unit . . . They wanted to leave CLINT CAPELA overseas, but he'll be in Houston. He might be the future at the 4-spot, but he's years away . . . KOSTAS PAPANIKOLAOU has potential as a versatile bench option. CENTERS: DWIGHT HOWARD looked healthy again and was, at times, dominant. His game still has obvious flaws, namely free-throw shooting and an inability to step away from the basket, but there's no reason he can't flirt with 20-10 nightly while being among the league leaders in blocks . . . Ex-Rocket JOEY DORSEY returns after a strong stint in Spain. He'll bring some muscle (and six fouls) behind Howard. | | DALLAS: GUARDS: MONTA ELLIS will be the Mavs' lead guard again, taking on even more ball-handling responsibilities with their black hole at point guard. In his first season in Dallas, he proved to be the perfect fit running pick-and-rolls in head coach Rick Carlisle's system . . . The Mavericks are in trouble if they have to rely on RAYMOND FELTON, a fringe rotation-caliber player even in his brief 'prime,' but he might end up the starter by default . . . JAMEER NELSON's poor defense makes him difficult to pair with Ellis, but offensively he's the best option . . . DEVIN HARRIS is a superior defender and a dangerous offensive player, but the questions are durability and how well he fits alongside Ellis . . . GAL MEKEL struggled offensively, but his defense is going to earn him minutes at both guard spots. He's a borderline rotation guy. FORWARDS: DIRK NOWITZKI came back on a discounted deal, but at age 36 he still has plenty left in the tank. He's a legit All-Star-caliber player . . . Dallas pried CHANDLER PARSONS from Houston, giving the team someone to run the floor with Ellis and shoot some corner threes in the half-court set. He figures to have a slightly smaller role than he did with the Rockets though . . . Last season in Utah, RICHARD JEFFERSON reestablished himself as a rotation player by adding a consistent three-point shot . . . AL-FAROUQ AMINU gives the Mavs an energy guy who can play both forward spots . . . JAE CROWDER will have to fight to keep his spot in the rotation. He has yet to put it together offensively and he needs to add a three-point shot . . . GREG SMITH won't make a significant contribution unless his knee proves healthy. CENTERS: Durability is an underlying issue, but the Mavs were thrilled to bring TYSON CHANDLER back into the fold. He'll be much happier in Carlisle's defensive system than he was in Mike Woodson's switch-everything approach . . . BRANDAN WRIGHT will play fewer minutes behind Chandler as an extra rim protector and rebounder. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW (HOUSTON-DALLAS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Rockets-Mavericks Preview* ===========================
Houston At Dallas, Game Three, 7:00 p.m. EDT
(AP) - The Dallas Mavericks are back home, but at the rate things are going they might be staying there for the summer.
Chandler Parsons' playoffs are over, Rajon Rondo's volatile turn in Dallas is done and a postseason run that barely got started may soon be finished as well if the Mavericks can't quickly turn things around in Friday night's Game 3 against the Houston Rockets.
Dallas announced Wednesday that Rondo injured his back before the last of several times the point guard was benched in four months under Rick Carlisle - including almost all of the second half of a 111-99 loss to Houston on Tuesday night that gave the Rockets a 2-0 series lead.
Asked if he thought the free agent-to-be - who came over in a December trade with Boston - would wear a Mavericks uniform again, Carlisle didn't mess around.
"No, I don't," the coach said.
Rondo and Carlisle had a February shouting match on the court that resulted in a one-game suspension, and the latest of his benchings came Tuesday. Rondo was quickly pulled in the second half after picking up his third and fourth fouls guarding James Harden and receiving a technical after one of the calls.
Parsons won't get to finish the first year of a three-year, $46 million deal he signed last summer, an offer Houston declined to match. He tried to keep playing after getting hurt at Indiana on March 29, but came out early two games later against his former team.
The 26-year-old forward pushed hard to get ready for the playoffs, then played 37 minutes in the opener before sitting out Game 2.
Devin Harris also missed Game 2 with a left toe injury, but he's probable to play Friday and the Mavericks certainly could use him with Rondo done. It's unclear if he or J.J. Barea will start in the backcourt alongside Monta Ellis.
"We're coming home and we've got the best fans in the league," Carlisle told the team's official website. "We're excited to be home, so that's where we are.
"From here, we're moving forward. We've got a series to win and we've got to win Game 3 with the guys that are available."
Unfortunately for Carlisle, no one on the roster looked capable of defending Dwight Howard in Game 2. After foul trouble limited him to just 17 minutes in the opener, Houston's big man had 28 points and 12 rebounds Tuesday in 33 minutes - his most since January 19.
"It's playoff basketball," said Howard, who missed 41 regular-season games with right knee injuries. "I think for guys that have been around for a while they tend to play a little bit different in the playoffs than they do in the regular season. It's a new season for myself and I get a chance to start fresh."
Howard had a huge series in the first round against Portland a year ago even as Houston lost, and he seems to be relishing a matchup with fellow former defensive player of the year Tyson Chandler. The two had to be separated by teammates in Game 2 after Chandler pushed Howard down and received a technical foul.
"It's not a one-on-one matchup," Howard said. "I know his job is to get me frustrated and get me into a fight and a wrestling match with him and that way I'm not focused on what I need to do for my team. I have to stay in that zone."
While Howard's dunks and blocks - he has seven of the latter in the first two games - could fill a highlight reel, they're far from his only contributions. Teammates raved about the work he does on defense that doesn't show up under his name on the box score.
"(There's) the shots that he deterred," point guard Jason Terry said. "They're coming in there throwing up these high-arching, rainbow shots ... that's not a high-percentage shot. It's not something that you work on, so he's doing his job whether it shows up in the block category or not."
His presence in that area can be seen in the Mavericks' statistics, though, where Chandler and Dirk Nowitzki combined to make just 5 of 20 shots in Game 2.
"You've got a guy that's a massive difference-maker at the rim at both ends of the floor," Carlisle said. "We know his game, we know his greatness. Two summers ago, backed up the truck and tried to get him here."
Houston didn't have to do that for Howard's former AAU teammate Josh Smith, grabbing him for just $2 million after Detroit ate $27 million to make the erratic veteran go away. But Smith has been excellent off the bench for the Rockets, posting one of his best all-around efforts in Game 2 with 15 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.
"He and Dwight had some beautiful hook-ups and lob passes, and he just did a wonderful job of getting into spots and making the next play and breaking down the defense," coach Kevin McHale said.
The Rockets haven't grabbed a 3-0 lead in a best-of-7 series since sweeping Orlando to win the 1995 title.
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