CLIPPERS HANDED 10TH STRAIGHT LOSS DALLAS 99, CLIPPERS 90.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. didn't play well on a wintery win·try also win·ter·y adj. win·tri·er also win·ter·i·er, win·tri·est also win·ter·i·est 1. Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold. 2. Thursday night, but they didn't have to. The Clippers were in town. Dirk Nowitzki Dirk Werner Nowitzki (IPA pronuncation: [no'vɪtski]) (born June 19, 1978 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German basketball player for the United States' National Basketball Association's (NBA) Dallas Mavericks. scored 24 points, four during a key fourth-quarter run, as the Mavericks handed the Clippers their 10th consecutive defeat 99-90, despite a career-high 35 points from Derek Anderson
Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats. . ``It would have been devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. to lose to the Clippers at home,'' said Mavericks point guard Steve Nash Steven John Nash, OBC (born February 7, 1974),[1] is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash was brought up in a family of sportsmen and he excelled in a variety of sports. . ``We can't slip up in these games.'' Lamar Odom had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who've lost four in a row to the Mavericks. ``We had our moments tonight, but we committed 21 turnovers and it's tough to win on the road with that many turnovers,'' said Clippers coach Chris Ford. ``We had a great game from Derek Anderson. He was absolutely fabulous tonight.'' The Mavericks have won six of their last eight to move within 10 games of .500 (16-26). With a 7-5 record and one game left this month, the Mavericks are guaranteed a winning January for the first time since going 9-7 in January of 1990. ``This moves us up another notch,'' said Mavericks guard Erick Strickland. ``We want to make a run before the All-Star break. We need to do a better job of putting away teams. We're just finding a way to win.'' Michael Finley added 20 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Mavericks, who won their third straight in their most-successful stretch of the season. The attendance was announced at 11,927, but the actual crowd was only about 4,000 because of a winter storm. Dallas won despite being outrebounded 45-39 and on a night when the Clippers went 25 of 27 from the free-throw line while the Mavericks made 12 of 14. ``I thought that we played terrible and still came out with a win,'' Finley said. ``That's saying a lot for a team that is used to giving up games like this.'' CAPTION(S): photo, chart Photo: Guard Erick Strickland of Dallas drives against Eric Murdock during the Mavericks' 99-90 win over the Clippers, who lost their 10TH straight game. Bill Janscha/Associated Press Chart: Game recap |
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