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00:01Brown second fell down with Christie
00:07he found Marshall Marshall in there
00:10with a foul the open to tonight's
00:15broadcast was a pre-produced tease
00:19just talking about the Mavericks
00:20identity this year has been they play
00:23hard in every game they get down they
00:26come back they play with effort they
00:29play with energy they play with the
00:31next man up mentality and despite what
00:33Jamal Murray has done tonight here they
00:35are a chance to make it a five point
00:37game early in the third they hang in
00:39there they find ways 40 minute 48 minute
00:42game Marshall has now put 20 points on
00:48the board nine minutes left in the third
00:55Jokic from Cam Johnson and it's a triple
00:59double for Nikola Jokic he's got a lot
01:01more numbers to add to his 11 points 10
01:04boards and 12 assists that he has early in
01:06the third
01:07hasn't really even started to be
01:08aggressive offensively to score yet yeah
01:10and you know that that moment in time is
01:12coming
01:13Marshall for three Powell keeps it alive
01:16but another rebound on the ledger
01:17Oh look at it look at it
01:19bounce pass and Dallas caught Spencer
01:23Jones and Jones the 24 year old from
01:28Stanford and Shawnee Mission Kansas is
01:31headed to the line talking about a
01:34center yes making that type of pass I
01:36mean so impressive there may be moments
01:46when it looks unorthodox but Jokic's
01:49game is caviar I mean it is incredible
01:53man he found Spencer Jones Jones went
01:59one of two on the line and how they've
02:03got a foul going after that loose
02:05ball and it goes on Jones and so for
02:08Jones that is a bit problematic it is
02:10four fouls as he's starting tonight
02:13with Aaron Gordon sitting on the second
02:16night of a back-to-back a right
02:17hamstring injury is had Gordon in and
02:20out of the lineup this year he's only
02:21played in 31 games he's missing
02:23tonight's game after playing last night
02:25in Phoenix and so Jones starting in
02:28his place and now he's got four fouls
02:30more impressive the Mavs are in the
02:32bones now five in the quarter Devin
02:34in three and a half minutes on Denver
02:40have you ever wondered where greatness
02:42begins at soft deck we're the origin of
02:45achievement soft deck we drive results
02:51Dwight Powell started tonight everything he
02:55scored has been at the free-throw line
03:00Dwight's got five points and four rebounds in
03:0212 minutes in the starting assignment a
03:10rolling Jokic
03:11lob and finish Christian Brown
03:13that is a foul as well on the alley-oop jam
03:16that will send Brown to the strike
03:21that's where you can kind of get in
03:22trouble with two on the ball especially
03:24that far out the quick pass into the
03:28pocket now you got player like Jokic making
03:31quick decisions and nobody better in this
03:34position puts it up there for Brown he
03:38knows what to do with it you know
03:39Christian Brown is another good player
03:41for Denver who's had injury problems
03:42this year left ankle injury has limited
03:45him to just 38 games as of tonight but
03:49Devin he's finding his footing 16
03:51points per game in the last eight his
03:53season average is 12 to give you some
03:55perspective and he's also shooting 59% for
03:58the floor 40% from the arc in the last
03:59eight as well Cooper he loves a P.J.
04:03couldn't guide it home pinballs around
04:05picked back up by Cooper and this time
04:08he'll just get it done himself with a
04:10hoop inside wrinkle there by Denver
04:12through kind of zone out there but
04:16play zone great opportunities for
04:18offensive rebounds 14 points five boards
04:20four assists that's the line for Cooper
04:23flag with 740 to play third quarter
04:26trying to draw a foul Jokic way off
04:29another board for Coop advanced pass to
04:32Marshall steal Jokic and Jokic has it
04:38fall right back to him he missed it
04:42Jokic is going to make his case to
04:44Phinsey Ransom meaning Dallas is in a
04:475v4 and P.J. Washington jams it home
04:50after the scoop attempt by Marshall
04:53boost cascade down here in the Rocky
04:57Mountains Denver's called a timeout and
04:59don't look now but Dallas is still
05:01hanging over by your North Texas Honda
05:03dealers news broke this morning that the
05:06NBA Board of Governors has voted to
05:08authorize the exploration of expansion
05:12for teams 31 and 32 the targeted
05:15expansion cities this of course is not a
05:18secret that Las Vegas and Seattle are the
05:20the only targeted expansion cities and if
05:23expansion comes to fruition the target to
05:26bring them into the league is the 2028
05:2929 season but Las Vegas has been talked
05:32about for a long time and of course the
05:33Seattle Sonics the Super Sonics one of
05:36the franchise the great franchises of the
05:38NBA they won a title in the late 70s
05:41before they moved to Oklahoma City in
05:422008 and it would be a wonderful thing to
05:45have Seattle back on we couldn't agree
05:47more love going to Seattle fans there
05:50but you're you're going to get their
05:51team back
05:54Devon just a minute ago as Jokic hits
05:56Dallas had a steal where Jokic went the
05:58other way didn't end up scoring but I
06:01bring that up because when Dallas turned
06:03the ball over a little bit ago that was
06:06the first turnover in the game tonight for
06:10Dallas we were almost 29 minutes into
06:15the game before the Mavs turn the ball
06:16over tonight
06:20quite the discussion going on here after
06:22the foul on Jokic which will lead to
06:25free throws for Dallas
06:26I can't read lips but I read body
06:29language and I'm pretty sure he's
06:30saying if you're going to call that
06:31down here I want to see that on the
06:34other end
06:35maybe he said it's Serbian that's why
06:36we can't read lips
06:41Marvin Bagley to the free throw line
06:49through five minutes the Mavericks have
06:51deterred Jamal Murray from any field
06:53goal attempts
06:55now obviously Denver still found other
06:57ways to be productive on offense
07:00Bagley one of two
07:12will Murray take his first shots of the third
07:15quarter on this trip down the floor two
07:17defenders chasing and he tries to slingshot it
07:20into the paint of Marshall nearly stole it
07:24Mavericks when they do put two on the ball
07:25outside of the brawn lob rotations on the back side
07:29would have been pretty solid
07:31here's something interesting by the way I
07:32thought from the notes of our friends at
07:35sport radar
07:38let's hold here and see what happens into
07:40the possession Jokic missed it
07:43I'll get to this when we have a little time
07:47six and a half minutes to go third quarter
07:48Kooq Bagley follows him in scores the basket
07:56down to a four point game again they force
08:01Murray to give it up deep three miss Cam
08:03Johnson Bagley screens Marshall
08:11drives around the defense but does it finish
08:14in the end now in the open court Murray's
08:17going to let it rip for the first time in
08:18the second half he drills a three he's up
08:21to 36 points you knew he was going to
08:24shoot that one as soon as he got a little
08:25space well we can get down the floor
08:28before the position before the defense
08:30can put themselves in position to double
08:31team you certainly makes all the sense
08:35of the world to answer Kooq missed with
08:39the perimeter Jokic picked up his dribble
08:45at the free throw line going out to
08:48Jamal Murray Murray driving hard away
08:54swings it Brown shoots it timeout Dallas
09:00the Denver lead has swelled to ten
09:03points at 523 to go in the third quarter
09:09Nikola Jokic is going the extra mile
09:11brought to you by Sewell he's going
09:14extra mile but he's the one that drives
09:15his car doesn't necessarily need to score
09:17to impact the game but he could do that
09:19too but the rebounding the long passes
09:21the assist carving up the defense and you
09:26know we talked about Murray's big night
09:27but he's allowed to do that because of
09:29the gravity that Jokic has out there but
09:31another triple-double just a short amount
09:36of time just speaks to his greatness and
09:38how he impacts on the floor 13 points
09:4114 rebounds 13 assists for Jokic our
09:44friends at sport radar shared notes with
09:46us and one of the interesting thing is
09:47they have a note on the highest scoring
09:51assists to scoring player duos number one
09:56in the league Murray to Jokic has
09:58accounted for 335 points this year play
10:01Thompson three-pointer yes sir nicely
10:03done out of a timeout number three in
10:06the league is Jokic assisting to Jamal
10:08Murray for 297 points so that that's one
10:12in three in the league Murray to Jokic and
10:14then Jokic to Murray one in three
10:16respectively makes sense and there would
10:18be another guy on that list and another
10:20duo if he was healthy would be Jokic to
10:22Aaron Gordon as well that's right because
10:25there's just I mean Aaron Gordon's game
10:28is made to and he has look he has much
10:31more to his game than this of course he's
10:33not just a playoff other people guy
10:36yeah certainly his off ball movement
10:39and what is going on with the Joker the
10:41way he moves and the way Aaron Gordon
10:43plays the game he is just tailor made to
10:46playoff players like Jokic and Murray
10:48couldn't agree more
10:52well the Joker's on the free throw line
10:54here and of course every look he does
10:56everything well 83% on his free throws
10:59this year that's in the ballpark of his
11:02career three-point shooting
11:20Brandon Williams back tonight missed the
11:23last three games in concussion protocol
11:25he found Chris Middleton Middleton had
11:27to work for it does come away with the
11:29three-point shot and then coming away with
11:31the rebound quicker to a ball Marvin
11:34Bagley and taking it to the basket to
11:36score this time successfully so Chris
11:39Middleton with a foul as well
11:43hasn't really found the offensive flow
11:47yet but anytime you get a easy layup and
11:52a free throw line hopefully more to
11:53come
12:03Nikola Jokic by the way the first
12:05player in NBA history to have four
12:08consecutive seasons of twenty five or
12:11more triple doubles
12:15another one for him tonight gives him
12:18thirty this year
12:27thirty four is the most he's ever had
12:30in a season makes the pass then makes
12:33the pass to the corner and another
12:35assist Peyton Watson connects on the
12:38three ball small adjustment that
12:42Nuggets have made since they've seen
12:44time and time again that pick and roll
12:46two on the ball Jokic in the pocket
12:48dangerous 93-84 Denver four minutes left
12:56third quarter Elliot finish Bagley from
12:59Chris Middleton
13:07eight points favor Dallas tonight
13:10Denver has an advantage of 14 made
13:13threes compared to eight in the game
13:14for the Mavs so that certainly helped
13:17the cause tonight for Denver they lead
13:20the game by seven Murray with a two-point
13:24shot that he misses
13:27he's doing this yeah he is human that's
13:29five misses and seventeen attempts
13:31Brandon Williams wow breaks down the
13:34defense hits the deck hard finishes
13:36through contacts
13:40shifty
13:41shifty
13:41yeah it's not just about speed and
13:43changing directions but he certainly
13:45needed to have some strength there in
13:47the end to finish through contact
13:48Evan
13:49more so the English too to finish it
13:51while falling down
13:56a lot of good stuff on display there in
13:58that sequence of Brandon Williams
14:02nearly 13 points per game this year
14:05for people tonight his sixty first
14:08appearance he had only played seventy
14:16four games in the league prior to this
14:19year offensive foul Denver on Hardaway
14:25Hardaway had an eighteen point game in
14:27Phoenix last night but just four
14:29points for Tim tonight got him with
14:32the elbow called the little chicken
14:33wing yes Hardaway of course 352
14:39games over six seasons with Dallas
14:42average over fifteen points per game
14:46and made nearly one thousand threes in
14:49his time with the Dallas Mavericks a
14:51very low turnover game tonight only one
14:55for Dallas it was earlier in the third
14:57quarter and Denver's doing a good job
14:59just six
15:01Middleton foul and makes it and we have
15:05ourselves a tie game or two point game
15:09I'm sorry at 307 left in the third
15:11quarter
15:12that's really good
15:14tough for how you know get layups and
15:16free toes can you know get you into
15:18rhythm and now you start making those
15:19tougher ones
15:21with a lot more ease
15:28Denver's led by as many as eleven
15:32Maverick bench has been great tonight
15:38forty one points in the game from the
15:41bench for Dallas block shot Dwight Powell
15:43Jokic got it back and able to score
15:50Dwight's got to tie his laces very
15:52quickly behind the play right now
15:55Brandon Williams could have tied the
15:57game while Powell was tying his laces
16:01missed on a three-pointer wraparound pass by
16:04Jokic to Peyton Watson Watson dribbles way
16:08out to mid-court to free himself from a
16:10crowd Bruce Brown three-pointer
16:15well that puts Denver at fifty percent
16:17on threes in the game fifteen to thirty
16:19two
16:21three
16:23Chris Middleton has come to life here
16:25in the third quarter missed that shot
16:30Bruce Brown back in Denver where you
16:32helped Denver win a ring in twenty
16:35twenty three
16:37Watson Euro steps in the lane
16:39up to eleven for him
16:42seven in a row quickly scored by
16:43Denver
16:45this last two minutes going to be
16:47pivotal once and forth
16:50runs happen so quickly in this game
16:53catching fading scoring
16:55Blake Thompson
16:58just so under control to catch that
17:01and then twist his body to get into
17:03fadeaway shooting position
17:07about keeping the shoulders square
17:09but a tough catch but
17:11with shoulders always square to the
17:13basket
17:14makes something so difficult looks so
17:17easy I mean that looked effortless
17:18and it's anything but
17:27there haven't been many in the history
17:29of the game who have understood how to
17:31move off the ball quite the way Klay
17:34Thompson has he just knocked down a
17:36two-pointer but of course three
17:39pointers is what he's known for
17:42fourth in NBA history and made threes
17:46and what he's done this year has now
17:48tied Tim Hardaway jr. for most threes
17:51made off the bench in a single season
17:53for a Mavs player
17:55plays hit two tonight
17:56he's got 173 bench threes this year
17:59which tied what Tim Hardaway jr. did in
18:01the twenty three twenty four campaign
18:07then Tim went on to Detroit first season
18:09and now Hardaway playing this year with
18:12in his thirteenth season in the league
18:19Tyler's missing he had a nice first
18:20half man Powell cuts off the ball
18:24does it go
18:28Jokic to Bruce Brown and Brown all the way
18:30to the top
18:35Denver's the leading scoring team in the
18:37league 121 a game they already have
18:39104
18:42they had 104 and you look down there was
18:44104 left in the third quarter as I was
18:46saying that now 59.9 with another
18:50foul on Denver
18:53Denver's been pretty loose in that
18:57regard here in the third quarter
18:58they're fouling a lot
19:00tend to run a lot but when they do
19:02they make it
19:03count and those shooters on the floor
19:05so much space in the paint
19:08Brandon Williams on the free throw line
19:10to bring Dallas back to single digits
19:15just needs one to do so
19:17hits the first of two
19:25when you look at Dallas and Denver and
19:28fouling both the Mavericks and Denver draw
19:31a lot of fouls and typically don't commit
19:35many fouls as a matter of fact Dallas is
19:37fewest in the league when it comes to
19:39fouls committed per game and in foul
19:42differential Dallas leads the NBA
19:46they draw 2.8 more fouls per game then
19:50they commit and Denver second in the NBA
19:53they draw 2.5 more fouls per game then
19:57they commit but Denver's been over the
20:01limit since what eight and a half
20:03minutes to go in the third quarter
20:04Mavs haven't really had a chance to take
20:06advantage
20:08Dallas does have 23 free throw attempts
20:11for the game having made 20 love to
20:13see that Dallas shot him so well
20:14tonight 87 percent one of their best
20:17performances of the year
20:20meanwhile Jokic is on the line now
20:22after a foul on Dallas these free
20:25throws will be 17 and 18 in the game
20:28for Denver
20:33mentioned this a little bit ago we
20:34talked about this at the open to the
20:35telecast Jokic four straight seasons
20:3925 or more triple doubles the first in
20:41NBA history and of course he's got very
20:45little wiggle room to be eligible for
20:47postseason awards because he's got to
20:51play every game to be at 66 down the
20:55lane power another foul and a finish as
20:58well for Dwight DP a chance for three the
21:01old-fashioned way
21:02of course the 65 game rule that's why I
21:07was bringing that subject up about
21:09Jokic that's what you've got to play 65
21:11games to be eligible for most not all
21:15postseason awards but the ones of
21:16course that Jokic would be under
21:18consideration for of note most valuable
21:21player in all NBA those those who fall
21:23under the umbrella of the 65 game rule
21:28a left knee bone bruise caused him to
21:30miss a bunch of time in January
21:35long three they want the two for one
21:38and they get three on the two for one
21:41Julian Strother
21:44Denver's done a phenomenal job closing
21:46this quarter
21:47I mean it was 93 92 after a middle to
21:51three point play and Denver seen the
21:54league go back to its biggest 11 points
21:56and now an offensive foul on Dallas
21:58gives it back to Denver back to your
22:00point about 65 games when that knee
22:03injury happens we see the three here
22:07for the two for one I think the bullet
22:10that they dodged when that happened
22:12with Jokic the minimum time he missed
22:16they will take that every day the
22:17week compared to what it could have
22:18been yes no question yeah and you're
22:21talking about Denver yes dodging a
22:23bullet not not the NBA with regard to
22:24the 65 game rule which of course you
22:27know has come under a lot of screaming
22:28look at it
22:29a behind the back pass from the high
22:32post Jokic to a cutting Peyton Watson
22:35one of the most magnificent of the 17
22:39assists tonight for Jokic but then
22:41Brandon Williams they left him with
22:43enough time and he attacks and in less
22:46than five seconds he's up the floor and
22:48draws a foul
22:54unbelievable
22:56look at the vision right on time on
22:58target
23:01incredible
23:05yeah the Kate Cunningham collapse long
23:09that's come to light in the last few
23:10days obviously is really put the 65
23:13game rule under the microscope
23:1958 would be a good number in my
23:21opinion because that's the minimum
23:22that's 70 percent that's what you have
23:24to have to qualify for league leaders
23:27I would personally be a fan of seeing
23:29a consistency of awards and qualifying
23:32for league leaders I would be a fan of
23:35seeing that be the same thing
23:39and I have been beating that drum for a
23:41while
23:43well last night Jokic had 23 points
23:4617 boards and 17 assists he almost has
23:49the same line through three quarters
23:50tonight 21 17 and 17
23:54Denver is up by 11 as we go to the
23:56fourth on Mavs TV
23:59frankel and frankel the three things to
24:01know
24:02Najee Marshall leads Dallas with 20
24:04points tonight
24:05Nikola Jokic has his third straight
24:08triple-double
24:09and Denver is shooting over 50% on a
24:13high volume of threes they're 16 of
24:1631 they've made twice as many threes as
24:18the Mavs tonight
24:20and that of course is a contributor to
24:22why Denver's in front by 11 as we go to
24:25the fourth and final quarter in the
24:27fourth and final regular season
24:29matchup between Dallas and Denver this
24:31season
24:32Mavs have won two of the first three
24:34they've been great games
24:37Denver had a win in Dallas on January
24:3914th couple of December wins for the
24:41Mavs against Denver including here on
24:44December 1
24:46John Polakidas trying to bring Dallas a
24:49little bit closer in that three-point
24:51shooting department
24:55Polakidas made one in the first half he
24:57had nine points all on threes Monday
25:00night
25:01Strother stopped
25:02Maverick bench wanted to travel
25:03everyone was up with something to say
25:05about that
25:05but he missed the shot
25:07all's well that ends well
25:10PJ up and in
25:16the third quarter for Jokic who has a
25:18well-earned rest right now 14 points
25:20eight rebounds six assists just in the
25:23third quarter
25:23and you said at some point obviously he
25:25was going to be more aggressive with
25:27regard to his score
25:30Murray rebounds his own miss back up on
25:32the second try 38 points in the game
25:35at 33 in the first half
25:37Mavs has done a good job controlling him
25:39in the fourth
25:41second half double-teamed him along
25:43Devon
25:46Middleton Amity doesn't get the good
25:48bounce going after the rebound PJ
25:50Washington is fouled
25:57Peyton Watson call for the foul
26:05more free throws for the Mavs
26:18because of the amount of fouling
26:20that Denver did in the third quarter
26:23let's see here
26:25Dallas took 21 free throws in the third quarter
26:29and they made 16
26:30David Alleman is not going to like that number
26:41now up to 28 attempts in the game for Dallas
26:4619 I'm sorry 19
26:4819 not 21
26:50they've taken 21 in the second half now
26:52so 19 free throws in the third quarter
26:55and they made 16 certainly love to see that
26:58because Dallas is language near the bottom
27:03and free throw percentage this year
27:04they go on to play tonight 29 to 30 team
27:07now their number isn't that it's about 75%
27:11but the leagues in this run where free throw shooting
27:14has been better over the last four years than it's ever been
27:16we're looking at four straight years with a league shot over 78% on freebies
27:22the offensive skill and talent
27:24and it manifests itself in a lot of different ways
27:27Devin free throw shooting is just one of many
27:30but the amount of skill and talent
27:34on offense in this league is just mind-blowing
27:38and two of the best play right here in Denver
27:41bounce off the round miss for P.J.
27:46Coop's going to be among the great offensive players in the game
27:50as here his career continues to flourish
27:54already having such a tremendous rookie season
27:57leading rookie score over 20 points per game
28:01and you know Coop's doing that by the way Devin
28:04and a lot of that is on his shoulders
28:07to generate his own offense
28:0955% of Coop's baskets this year are unassisted
28:14so the ball's in his hands
28:16we've seen his assist numbers rising steadily throughout the year
28:20he's got 11 straight games now a five plus assist
28:22and then he's creating
28:24I mean he's cooking a lot of his own meals man
28:27he's got a lot on his plate as a young player but
28:30you know he can handle it he's he's proved that he can handle it
28:33he's gotten better over the course of the year
28:34even in his struggles
28:36his struggles don't stay very long
28:39yes right his struggle it's all relative
28:41what struggles are for him
28:42and now it's 12 straight games with five plus assist
28:45after recording five in this game
28:49long pass to Nimhard
28:51and after it goes inside Nimhard goes outside
28:56Watson beat Polakidis to the ball
28:58as it almost came right back to the shooter
29:00quick threes up for Julian Strother and missed
29:03and Washington with the ball
29:05and out look to Middleton
29:07a drive here for Cooper
29:09they rolled off the paint effectively
29:11and then Cooper finds PJ
29:13who waits a minute to finish
29:16another assist for Coop
29:20the ball
29:22well I know Nimhard was having some fun talking to Leslie this morning about how well Cooper passes the ball
29:28and
29:28made sure to point out hey Coop would be the leader and rookie assist if it weren't for me
29:32but there's company coming Ryan
29:34there is
29:35he better get he better be looking in the rearview mirror
29:37I mean Nimhard's got two tonight but Coop's got six
29:42he's closing ground
29:44there's a three for the corner
29:46and Nimhard with that assist
29:48as he sets up Middleton to drain the three ball corner pocket
29:58under nine to go in the game
30:00eight points the lead
30:0311 points is the lead Jamal Murray
30:05stop it
30:08there's no stopping tonight
30:10two
30:11three
30:13if he can find a way to shoot
30:15it's curtains
30:16turn around shot off one leg
30:18good for Middleton
30:21this is Middleton's best scoring game
30:23over his last seven
30:25since the 35 point outburst
30:29on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies
30:33for three
30:34Murray again
30:36he's human
30:38long pass way up ahead
30:40to Middleton
30:44and it's going to be Denver ball
30:46with about the ball out off the Mavs
30:5043 tonight for Jamal Murray
30:52I was just you know
30:55sidestep three but
30:56everything
30:57within his realm seems to be possible
31:00with the way he puts it up and
31:02everything's fluent
31:05but when he gets it going from three point line
31:07it's it's it's really hard to stop
31:09still no return to the game yet for the Joker
31:16Cam Johnson
31:18nice line Spencer Jones
31:19rolls to the basket and scores
31:25Ryan Nembhard will push the tempo
31:28Denver equaling an 11 point lead which they've had multiple times in the game
31:32three ball missed
31:34Marshall missed it
31:36Murray with five rebounds in the game
31:38lost the ball
31:40lost it again picked up by Cooper
31:42warts off Murray
31:44Cooper flag
31:46quickly up the floor
31:47and skies for the jam
31:52I'm all getting a little too casual with it
31:55and Cooper flag flying up amongst all those 14ers in Colorado
31:59but then Murray slices into the lane to score
32:05there are 53 peaks in Colorado
32:0814,000 feet above sea level or higher
32:12and Coop climbing the 14er right here with the jam
32:16Dallas
32:16down on the road by 11
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32:36Denver 124
32:39Dallas 113
32:41the jokers back for Denver
32:43Cooper flag just had an opportunity to score in transition
32:48so as a result he's up to 16.6 boards and six assists
32:53put this on your radar
32:56Nikola Jokic has a chance
32:57for just the fourth
33:002020-20 game in NBA history
33:03open three Cooper
33:04yes sir
33:06you love to see it
33:08only took his time with that one got his feet underneath him
33:12good rhythm on that three
33:15well Cooper is
33:17one point away from the 15th game of his rookie season of at least 20 points
33:22five rebounds and five assists
33:25just absolutely splendid
33:28Jamal Murray
33:30he's missed two in a row
33:32I don't believe my eyes Devon
33:35really good defense too
33:37high-degree difficulty on those shots man no doubt
33:41Brandon Williams the gap to drive baseline goes out to Max Christie
33:45he'll let it rip
33:46love pass over the top
33:48it was a rebound
33:49and it's an assist
33:51for Jokic he finds
33:53Jamal Murray
33:57new season high in assist for Nikola Jokic with 18
34:01Jamal Murray he's had a 52 point game this year
34:05he's not far away he's shooting for his 48 point with his freebie Devon
34:10talked about the ability to pass the head off the rebound
34:14way Jamal's going
34:15and at that 2020 is definitely within reach
34:19needs two boards and two assists
34:27there have been three in the history of the NBA
34:31Jokic has one
34:33did it last season
34:35a pull up he switches it
34:38and now he ascends past 20 points for the game
34:42the other 20 20 20 games
34:45no surprise Russell Westbrook with one
34:47Wilt Chamberlain with one
34:53and of course Jamal Murray having a tremendous game himself on 48 points
35:00he unselfishly gave it up to Bruce Brown who missed
35:03now Williams fouled by Bruce Brown the calls on the floor
35:08537 remaining in the game
35:09what you call a frustration foul
35:12he got fouled on the other end
35:14and now he's going to take one
35:19three fouls in the game tonight for Bruce Brown
35:25had a 9.9 rebound game in Phoenix last night
35:34Koops knocked down a couple of jumpers here
35:36now he gives it up Christie corner Christie
35:40nails it
35:42still hanging around
35:44and that's what Dallas does night in night out
35:48it's a six point game
35:51Jokic to Christian Brown
35:52a missed three
35:54and then Jokic slaps the ball out of bounds
35:58Max Christie
35:59not many shots tonight
36:01three threes he's made two of them
36:05Cooper assists in corner Christie
36:07taking advantage
36:09well remember that Cooper flirted with the triple double
36:12earlier this year against Denver
36:14December 23rd at American Airlines Center
36:1633 points nine boards nine assists
36:18he's having a heck of a game tonight
36:20Coop is six boards seven assists
36:22and the scoring is at 21 points
36:24he was just fouled by Bruce Brown who has four fouls
36:28but it won't be free throws for Cooper
36:33Cooper's been lumping some tonight
36:35we showed you a replay where he stepped on someone's foot in the first half of the game
36:42we'll get a short rest here
36:47Marvin Bagley
36:49Bagley on the drive
36:51PJ Washington
36:53another assist for PJ to tie a season high with 14
36:56and he's up to 17 points as well
37:01Dallas leads the NBA
37:03Denver's fourth in the NBA in clutch games
37:05and they both are out obviously adding one to their respective totals tonight
37:13Jamal Murray
37:14shooting for 50
37:16and he misses
37:18on the fancy layup attempts
37:21Christie
37:22same spot
37:23same results
37:25and we have ourselves a one point game
37:29in Denver
37:32Dallas continues
37:33there it's like climbing up one of those 14ers man
37:36they just keep hiking up the mountain
37:39that's what these dudes do
37:42timeout Denver
37:46go back to within one
37:47it starts with the coop
37:48dunking transition
37:50it's a rhythm three here
37:52and then they find Max Christie for two threes in the corner
37:55rinse and repeat
37:59into another clutch game
38:00and both teams are familiar territory with that because they play a ton of them
38:05Dallas now a league leading 42nd
38:08and Denver fourth at 39
38:12and Dallas will see Portland on Friday night and they're tied for second
38:19Mavs are 15 and 26 in their first 41 clutch games
38:22and Denver last night they're 500 in clutch games 19 and 19
38:26Christian Brown dug out a loose ball and will go to the free throw line
38:30with 4 0 8 left of the game he's fouled
38:33let's talk more clutch games
38:35and from the Mavs perspective on things here's Leslie
38:39there's a benefit for the Mavericks in playing these clutch games even going into next season
38:44even though there's not post season now Jason Kidd was asked about that
38:47and he said yeah we're going through it we've seen it we are getting the experience
38:51and so all of that will carry over into next year and and hopefully next year then
38:55shots are going to go down and things are going to get easier but
38:58already feeling like what they have accomplished here and playing these 42 games will definitely help these young guys next
39:05season
39:05well let's turn that frown upside down and make that clutch record 26 and 15 next year instead of 15
39:10and 26
39:121 of 2 Christian Brown on the free throw line that stopped a 10 nothing Dallas run that
39:16single point that Brown comes away with on the line
39:19what did you learn as a young player from playing in close games Devin?
39:23to Leslie's point about it
39:24it's all about the experience and learning and I'm going to make a point about
39:28Coach Adelman and his view of the clutch games that they've dealt with this year
39:33and one of the levels of concern for Denver is through all the injuries that they've dealt with
39:39they don't really have a lot of experience with who they're going to finish the game with going into playoff
39:44you want to have an idea of which guys fit together and those guys have experiences of knowing
39:50now you still have Jamal Murray you still have Aaron Gordon and Jokic who have a lot of history together
39:55but who those other two guys will be coming to playoff time they still need to figure out
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40:13Nikola Jokic now has five fouls
40:15that's what put Brandon Williams on the free throw line
40:19hoping to salvage a split an opportunity to tie the game
40:24doesn't materialize
40:26and he doesn't even bring Dallas to within one that one part of the way down and crawled out
40:32Jokic now with his 19th rebound
40:35he's going to shoot a runner in the lane he's got 23 points
40:42the thing that can prevent him from a 20-20-20 game is that he's out there with five fouls
40:48right now
40:49Koop has come back
40:50he's having his own outstanding performance
40:53oh the sideline got Max Christie
40:55Cardinal sin
40:58caught it and stepped out of bounds
41:03the Mavericks have only committed four turnovers tonight
41:08all of them in the second half
41:15Denver up by four
41:19Jamal Murray going back to Jokic
41:22a pass to the corner
41:23Payton Watson a three
41:26timeout Dallas with 3.16 to go
41:30Jokic takes one more step towards history
41:35now there's a S-A-N
41:39Dallas takes a timeout
41:41it got down to 127-126
41:47pocket pass
41:48thunderous dunk
41:50P.J. Washington
41:51that stopped a little mini Denver run of six in a row
41:55it's smart to attack Jokic in the pick and roll with those five fouls knowing that he doesn't want to
41:59commit a foul
42:01great execution coming out of the timeout
42:06Jamal Murray sitting on 48 points tonight
42:09he just got the ball back from Jokic
42:12low clock situation
42:13Murray in rhythm
42:14double pump
42:15double pump
42:16same tense
42:16he's got 51
42:24the lead is back up to eight points
42:30can Dallas answer
42:32Coop gave it up
42:33a three for Marshall
42:35it's no go but it's tipped out
42:38Marshall
42:39has it back
42:41offensive rebound for Dallas
42:43can they cash in?
42:44no!
42:45it's gonna fall right back to Marshall
42:47who would hit the deck
42:482-10 to go
42:49another bite of the apple
42:51Dallas
42:51they need something here
42:53and Coop was right there
42:54it's in and out
42:55and Jokic just grabbed his 20th rebound
42:59so many opportunities
43:0623 points
43:0820 rebounds
43:0919 assists for Jokic
43:11put him in the pick and roll
43:12try to get him in the pocket
43:14it's Murray with it
43:16he shifts and hits
43:1753 points for Jamal Murray
43:23we are seeing two individual performances
43:28that are absolute showstoppers
43:34been in rhythm all night
43:35set him up with the pump fake
43:37contest doesn't matter
43:40not the step back fading away
43:45he's hype
43:48fired up and he's got this crowd fired up too
43:54for Jamal Murray
43:56this is the second highest scoring game of his career
44:00by the way
44:01it's now one of the top five games ever against the Mavericks in the regular season
44:07Kobe 62
44:08Damian Lillard 61
44:10Steph Curry 57
44:12Tim Duncan and Jamal Murray with 53 point games against Dallas
44:20138
44:21128
44:22141 to go in Denver
44:25Devin you are a teammate of Jamal Murray's in his second season in the league
44:30and I mean you said it when it started happening tonight in the first quarter
44:34it's like I've seen this movie before
44:36I've seen it before I've seen it in practice
44:38I've seen it do it to other guys
44:40I mean when he gets it going to start the game
44:44his level of competitive picks up his shot making ability really comes into play
44:49and when he's shooting the ball that well from three I mean you just forget about it
44:55141 left in the game the Mavericks will advance it into the frontcourt
45:03got to get something out of this possession
45:05back to the inbounds passer Cooper flag drives
45:08puts it up off the glass and another bad bounce for him
45:12and then Jokic swarmed in the backcourt
45:15he passes up ahead
45:20wanted to make sure that they didn't have an eight second backcourt violation
45:23Jokic leaves it for Cam Johnson
45:28Offensive foul Christian Brown
45:30he's had two in the second half
45:32two offensive fouls in the second half
45:34for Brown
45:38Foul on Brown is his fifth in tonight's game
45:40I said just the extension and moving but
45:45Jokic I'm a little upset
45:47he had to open three there
45:49yes
45:49yes
45:50yes
45:50could have shot at the game with 20 assists but
45:54Drive Koop goes to Marshall
45:57Marshall inside
45:58he's fouled with 1-10 to go in the game
46:06and the call is on Christian Brown so he just fouled out
46:21Brown with the left ankle entry has been limited to only 38 games this year
46:26Devon was talking about you know you heard what David Adelman said before the game about
46:30you know he's concerned that they haven't had their ideal group play a lot of clutch games together because
46:36Jokic has missed 16 games Browns missed 34
46:40Gordon's missed 38 Cam Johnson's missed 23 Peyton Watson's missed 20
46:46and you want to go into that playoff mode knowing
46:49who your 5 is to finish games because all those playoff games are going to be clutch games but if
46:54you don't have those reps
46:55you know you have to figure out on the fly now they're more than capable of figuring out on the
46:59fly
46:59for sure for sure
47:01I mean it makes you appreciate Jamal Murray the fact that this year Murray's only missed
47:07three games this season I'm sorry five games this season that's it
47:12Murray with it under a minute
47:14Dallas back to within eight after the Marshall free throws
47:17Jokic to Watson
47:20underneath blocked by PJ Washington
47:22there's been a foul called
47:24there's no assist for Jokic obviously
47:27there is a trip to the free throw line coming
47:32the fifth foul of the game on PJ Washington
47:34he's got a new season best in rebounds with 15 along with 19 points tonight
47:39Dallas is challenging instead
47:41I think they should I think it's a good challenge if there's a lot of ball
47:55out to challenge a ruler on the foul on the floor
47:59coach's challenge for just the 37th time this year the fourth fewest of any team in the NBA
48:08A lot of ball there.
48:10Yes.
48:14Not an immediate possession either.
48:16The crew chief is Carl Lane, 15th year from Little Rock, Arkansas.
48:21Joining him on the headset to communicate with the replay center is Phenasy Ransom in his third year from Atlanta.
48:27Andy Nagy, who you just saw in the screen and now out of it, is his ninth year from Toledo,
48:33Ohio.
48:34And as Devin noted, if there is a successful challenge here, then what would the ruling be on imminent possession?
48:42Jump off, probably.
48:43Jump off.
48:44Yeah.
48:52You could call it on the wrist there.
48:54Yeah, I think you got him on the wrist.
48:55Yeah.
48:56There.
48:57We see a better angle of it.
49:02Now, you can hit the hand when it's in contact with the ball, hands part of the ball when in
49:06contact with the ball.
49:07But I think that that excellent camera look that we just got, obviously there was a close-up look and
49:13there was certainly what you deem risk.
49:16Yeah.
49:16Would you say that's accurate?
49:17I would agree.
49:17Yeah.
49:22Carl Lane will tell us.
49:26After a view, the defender comes up short of the ball is on the wrist and moves off as a
49:31clear hand off the ball.
49:32Therefore, this is an unsuccessful challenge.
49:34We have two shots to watch it.
49:37Dallas will be charged with a timeout and lose your ability to challenge further in the game.
49:43That's a good shot.
49:47Great throws for Peyton Watson.
49:5323 years old who's seen opportunity give him the chance to jump to a 15-point-per-game score last
50:02year.
50:02He was eight points per game.
50:05Before he got hurt.
50:06I mean, he was balling.
50:08Yes.
50:10I mean, I think Nikhil Alexander-Walker seems like he has one hand on the trophy
50:15when it comes to most improved player of the year, but Peyton Watson,
50:19I mean, he's going to get votes, and those votes are deserved.
50:21Yeah, I agree.
50:27One of two. Rebound Coop.
50:30Dallas, of course, they've got to go.
50:33Driving, finishing.
50:42A reset of the clock to 47.2.
50:46Coop drives and scores.
50:5123 points in the game tonight for Cooper.
50:54Oh, no.
50:57He went after a steal and crashed to the floor.
51:06A foul has been called.
51:11He's probably saying, don't help me up some bets.
51:13Let me gather myself up here for a little bit.
51:21Well, look, that left elbow was cut last week.
51:26I mean, Coop was pointing to that on a play.
51:28I think it was either the Atlanta game or the Flipper game.
51:31I don't remember, but there was an early timeout in the game,
51:34and he thought he got fouled.
51:35And he's like, my elbow is bleeding, hello.
51:38And so that same area that was scraped open last week.
51:5546 seconds left in the game.
51:59Official timeout because Coop is bleeding.
52:01That's been wrapped very quickly.
52:08And by the way, the call ended up being on Cam Johnson.
52:13The foul was called on Cam Johnson there on that play.
52:16I'm sorry.
52:17I think my concern was so high with regard to Cooper.
52:25And then when the Phenom goes down, that's all my focus gets on that.
52:30Yeah, it makes sense.
52:33First free throw good for Coop.
52:38Well, the theme of the night from the second we came on the air
52:42is that we've just, we've seen it in the last two games.
52:45The Mavericks have been down by double digits in both.
52:47They ended up sending those games to overtime against the Clippers and Warriors.
52:52Trying to keep it alive.
52:54Murray's got it.
52:55Pass up ahead to Bruce Brown.
52:58Bruce Brown now to Watson, and they foul.
53:06One-thirty-nine, one-thirty-three.
53:09Denver leads the game, and Peyton Watson shooting free throws again.
53:17A while back, remember, when Jokic was sitting on 19 assists,
53:22he did pass it to Jamal Murray, but Murray just dribbled so much at the top of the yard
53:26that that was not going to be a basket where you would have given an assist.
53:30The assist would have been the wing three by Braun.
53:35That was the one to shoot.
53:36That was the one to shoot.
53:38I don't think they're going to have another offensive possession
53:40where he's going to have a chance to get another assist.
53:41That would have been, you know, kind of like the assist they would give John Stockton
53:45back in the tank if that one had been scored as a Jokic assist for his 20th.
53:53Cooper Flagg pulls up, shoots, in and out and back in.
53:58Nice to see him get a good bounce because there were a couple of shots in deep
54:05that the ball went part of the way down and crawled out.
54:08He had really good opportunities and just did not have a kind bounce off the iron then.
54:15But here he does, and so Coop has filled up the stat sheet to the tune of 26 points,
54:22seven boards, seven assists.
54:27Ten times this year, Coop has scored at least 25, pulled down five rebounds, and dished five assists.
54:36And that's more than the rest of the entire rookie class of this year combined, dude.
54:41And the numbers by Coop this year, truly special.
54:48Talked about his confidence in jump shooting Mize and being there defensively,
54:54getting active, and the playmaking has all been there post-injury.
54:59High-flying finish, another block here on the weak side.
55:06And the time he's in transition, knows how to finish.
55:09And just so glad the free throws that he's made and that jump shot,
55:13you know, he's been holding that right wrist after that fall.
55:16His ability to make those shots lets me know that that part of the injury is okay.
55:26Now it's hit to Murray.
55:27They trap Murray.
55:29Ball, it's hit with Cam Johnson.
55:32Johnson to Bruce Brown.
55:34And a foul with 22 seconds left in the game.
55:51P.J. just picked up his sixth.
55:54So his game will end with 19 points scored.
55:57Season-high 15 rebounds.
56:00That's his eighth double-double of the year.
56:11Solid night for P.J., for sure.
56:14Well, and that's kind of been what he's been doing lately, playing really well.
56:1818 points, seven rebounds a game over the last five.
56:34Here comes Cooper.
56:36Dallas needs points quickly.
56:38Seven-point game.
56:41Marshall missed it.
56:42Ball is chased by Powell, but out-of-bounds off him.
56:51One-forty-two, one-thirty-five, 11 seconds left.
56:55Jamal Murray with the second-highest scoring game of his career.
57:01Nikola Jokic will end up one assist shy of a 20-20-20 game.
57:06And Denver wins an unbelievably entertaining affair tonight in which the Mavericks stayed connected,
57:17absorbed punches through many punches of their own.
57:21But in this fight that goes the distance, it's a 142-135 win on the judges' cards for the Denver
57:31Nuggets.
57:31Yeah, the strong first half by Murray.
57:34Did a good job of trying to contain him in the third quarter, but got loose in the fourth.
57:37And then, obviously, Jokic impacted the game in all the ways that he does.
57:41Just two of the top guys on their team really playing well and leading this team to another win.
57:47And for the year now, Denver 46-28.
57:51And Dallas will be back in action on the road against Portland at 9 o'clock Friday night.
57:55That game is on WFAA and KFAA in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
58:01Mavs Center Court begins tonight at 8.30.
58:03For Devin Harris, Leslie McCaslin, and the whole crew in Denver, Colorado, I'm Mark Folliwell.
58:08Mavs Center Court comes up after a short break.
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