Game 66 | Cavs (40-25) @ Mavericks (40-24) | March 10, 2015 | 8:30pm EST

[MoFlo]

Game 66

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(21-10 Home)

Cavalier Starters

Kyrie Irving

Recently became the 16th player in Cavaliers history to reach 5,000 points

J.R Smith

W/ NY: 0.8 SPG, 2.4 RPG
W/CLE: 1.7 SPG, 3.6 RPG

LeBron James

Cavs are 28-7 when LeBron gets 7+ assists
They're 10-10 when he plays & dishes out less than 7 assists
(2-8 when he doesn't play)

Kevin Love

Shooting 46.3% from deep over his last 12 games

Timofey Mozgov

Shooting 65.7% over his last 15 games​

Dallas Starters

Rajon Rondo

Dallas is 8-10 when Rondo has over 5 assists

Monta Ellis

Despite shooting 12-22 Sunday night, is still shooting just 34% over his last 5 games

Chandler Parsons

Was shooting 32% from the field in the 6 games pre-injury

Dirk Nowitzki

Since the All-Star break, averaging just 12 points on 40% shooting

Tyson Chandler

Averaging just 7.8 boards over his last 5 games

News & Notes​

-David Blatt joined Mike Fratello & Mike Brown as the only coaches in franchise history to secure 40 wins in his 1st season with the team.

-Rick Carlisle is 1 win away from passing Dick Motta as the 2nd winningest coach coach in Mavs history.​

 

[amurderofcrows]

Game 66

(16-16 Road)

@

(21-10 Home)

Cavalier Starters

Kyrie Irving

Recently became the 16th player in Cavaliers history to reach 5,000 points

J.R Smith

W/ NY: 0.8 SPG, 2.4 RPG
W/CLE: 1.7 SPG, 3.6 RPG

LeBron James

Cavs are 28-7 when LeBron gets 7+ assists
They're 10-10 when he plays & dishes out less than 7 assists
(2-8 when he doesn't play)

Kevin Love

Shooting 46.3% from deep over his last 12 games

Timofey Mozgov

Shooting 65.7% over his last 15 games​

Dallas Starters

Rajon Rondo

Dallas is 8-10 when Rondo has over 5 assists

Monta Ellis

Despite shooting 12-22 Sunday night, is still shooting just 34% over his last 5 games

Chandler Parsons

Was shooting 32% from the field in the 6 games pre-injury

Dirk Nowitzki

Since the All-Star break, averaging just 12 points on 40% shooting

Tyson Chandler

Averaging just 7.8 boards over his last 5 games

News & Notes​

-David Blatt joined Mike Fratello & Mike Brown as the only coaches in franchise history to secure 40 wins in his 1st season with the team.

-Rick Carlisle is 1 win away from passing Dick Motta as the 2nd winningest coach coach in Mavs history.​

So "Precious".

 

[All4One1ForAll]

Hate playing the Mavs. For some reason we always have a tough time against them.

 

[bleedwineandgold03]

we have a tough stretch coming up it, it will be amazing

 

[All4One1ForAll]

we have a tough stretch coming up it, it will be amazing

Yeah, I'm just looking forward to seeing some good games against good teams.

 

[Binkster]

Hate playing the Mavs. For some reason we always have a tough time against them.

I don't know what it is about them lately, it feels like we've been inept against their fast break. We are 2-11 in our last 13 trips to Dallas.

I feel like tonight we flip the script, however. News that came in saying we had a great practice yesterday and a few days of rest should serve us well.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I don't know what it is about them lately, it feels like we've been inept against their fast break. We are 2-11 in our last 13 trips to Dallas.

I feel like tonight we flip the script, however. News that came in saying we had a great practice yesterday and a few days of rest should serve us well.

We went bowling again?

 

[kip stabone]

Interesting how things change...

 

[Marcus]

I don't know what it is about them lately, it feels like we've been inept against their fast break. We are 2-11 in our last 13 trips to Dallas.

I feel like tonight we flip the script, however. News that came in saying we had a great practice yesterday and a few days of rest should serve us well.

This cannot be understated at all. This was the first practice they were able to have since the All-Star break because of the way the schedule was set up. It really showed with their sloppy play on defense in recent games, as well as their susceptibility to turning the ball over (they have turned the ball over less than 14 times only once in the month of March, committing 9 against the Raptors).

They are 3-2 in their toughest month of the entire season so far, and those two losses probably should have both been wins (especially that bullshit game in Houston).

Here's hoping they are able to capitalize on Chicago losing last night, and hopefully San Antonio does them another favor against Toronto tonight.

 

[Green Lantern]

Cavs cannot come out sluggish and allow Dallas to dictate the tone of the game.

 

[All4One1ForAll]

I'm just happy Cavs basketball is back. For some reason it feels like we haven't played in like a week.

 

[Helium filament]

I'm just happy Cavs basketball is back. For some reason it feels like we haven't played in like a week.

Yeah, it feels like forever probably because we had so many games in the last couple weeks that two days off is unusual lol.

 

[tocov]

Dallas is a great team. This will be very hard.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Dallas is a great team. This will be very hard.

 

[Sean King 87]

I'm kind of worried about how we'll defend against Nowitzki.