Mavericks-Grizzlies Preview
By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
Posted Feb 06 2016 2:26AM
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The Memphis Grizzlies are on their longest winning streak in a year, while
the Dallas Mavericks are trying to avoid their longest slide over that same
time frame.
The Grizzlies try to win for the 10th time in 11 games and send the Mavericks
to a fourth straight defeat Saturday night.
Memphis (30-20) has won five in a row for the first time since taking eight
straight from Jan. 21-Feb. 4, 2015. The Grizzlies are averaging 106.6 points
during the run, a marked improvement from their 97.5 season mark.
They overcame a subpar shooting effort Friday, making 43.4 percent from the
floor - 4 of 18 from 3-point range - in a 91-85 victory at New York.
"I thought we did a good job of just playing within ourselves," point guard
Mike Conley said. "We didn't get too crazy. We didn't turn the ball over. We
made free throws. Those are things that you got to do."
Conley had eight points and nine assists against the Knicks, giving him
averages of 11.8 and 7.8 in eight games after sitting out six with a sore
left Achilles.
"I am getting better," Conley said. "I am not all the way 100 percent. I am
trying to adjust, get into basketball shape, get to the All-Star break and
get a little bit of rest."
Before that, Memphis will try to capitalize on a meeting with the Mavericks
(28-25), who have lost three straight while yielding 107.0 points and 48.4
percent shooting.
The Mavericks last dropped four in a row from Jan. 23-28, 2015, a stretch
that included a 109-90 home loss to the Grizzlies.
Dallas has split two season matchups with Memphis, winning the most recent
97-88 at home on Dec. 18.
The Mavericks will need to be much better than they were Friday against San
Antonio if they are to end Memphis' six-game home win streak. They only
scored 26 first-half points and trailed the Spurs by a team-record 36 at the
break before losing 116-90.
"We had a bad night, but we're going to have to flush it and get ready for
(Saturday)," coach Rick Carlisle told the team's official website.
Dallas is 2-10 against winning teams since beating Golden State without
Stephen Curry on Dec. 20.
A better effort from Dirk Nowitzki - the team leader with 17.6 points per
game - is imperative. He had 10 points Friday after totaling 46 over the two
previous games.
He scored 20 against the Grizzlies in December, but he's averaging 15.3 on
35.6 percent shooting - 4 of 15 from behind the arc - over the last three
visits to Memphis.
Chandler Parsons is also seeking improvement after totaling 18 points and
missing 15 of 22 shots over the last two games. He had 16 points, seven
boards and six assists at home against the Grizzlies.
Parsons will try again to slow down Memphis' Jeff Green, who missed all seven
of his shots and finished with two points in December's meeting. However, he
enters this matchup averaging 24.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in the last five
games.
The Grizzlies have been one of the league's best teams on the second of back
to backs, winning eight of 10 to trail only San Antonio and Golden State.
簡單說明一些內容：
1. Dirk會上，明天也不會有人輪休。這是卡帥的決定，而Dirk自己也這樣認為
，推測很大原因是禮拜六輸太慘了，Dirk只打了24分鐘不到， 而且明天是目
前競爭排名很重要的一場比賽，灰熊就在我們前面，如果能贏得系列賽， 會
有利於日後如果戰績相同，要比較對戰成績的話。
2.小牛今天上半場只得26分，打破隊史新低...... 之前最低是1992年對國王所
創下的35分。
Dirk對今天的上半場的感想： 上半場真是難堪，一個半場輸了將近40分真是
煎熬，過去18年我打過一些艱辛的比賽，但明顯的， 這個上半場是特別難堪
的。
3.從2012後，小牛幾場輸給馬刺的分數是：17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 29 和 38。
很明顯的，馬刺是支比小牛還要好很多的球隊，本季三次碰頭，在總共144分
鐘裡面，小牛處於領先的時間只有9分25秒，包括今天的55秒......
4.灰熊過去十場戰績是9勝1敗，處於五連勝狀態，小牛則是要避免四連敗。
兩隊都是連兩天比賽， 但灰熊是全聯盟最會打back to back第二場的球隊之
一，十場贏了八場，只輸給勇士和馬刺。
Dirk生涯單場得分最好與最糟糕，所面對的球隊
Best
Opponent Games Average
Boston 33 26.0
New York 31 24.2
Indiana 30 23.7
Worst
Opponent Games Average
Cleveland 29 19.6
San Antonio 68 20.1
Portland 65 20.9