1. FOUR-QUARTERS MELTDOWN: Something happened Monday night in the Mavs-Nets game that doesn’t happen very often. Brooklyn outscored Dallas in each of the game’s four quarters, and by at least eight points in each quarter. That, in part, led to the Mavs not being able to get any traction against the Nets for an extended period of time.
  2. POWELL STOOD TALL AGAIN: Dwight Powell kept up his “steady as a rock” mantra. The fifth-year veteran scored 20 points, contributed a team-high tying six rebounds and a team-high six assists while going 6-of-7 from the field and 5-of-6 from 3-point land. It’s the third time in the past six games that Powell has scored 20 or more points in a game.
  3. MORE CHEERS FOR DIRK: From the time he was introduced in the starting lineup, Dirk Nowitzki received all sorts of love from the Nets’ fans. And from listening to long-time followers of the Nets, the Nets’ fans never do this type of stuff for visiting players. Not for Kobe Bryant when he retired in 2016. Not for anybody. But they did it for Dirk.
  4. BENCH SCORING DEFICIT: The Nets’ starting five only outscored the Mavs’ starting five, 59-57. However, the Brooklyn bench warmers outscored Dallas’ reserves by a sizeable 68-31 margin. The Nets got 56 points off the bench from three players – DeMarre Carroll (22 points), Caris LeVert (18 points) and Spencer Dinwiddle (16 points).
  5. SHOT-MAKING DISAPPEARED: It was yet another cold performance from the field for the Mavs. One game after shooting 30.6 percent from the floor and 17.5 percent from behind the 3-point line against Memphis, the Mavs shot 35.6 percent from the field and 26.7 percent from beyond the 3-point arc against the Nets.

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