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1st quarter: Cold Mavericks trail Utah

By Tim MacMahon

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Dallas Mavericks entered the night ranked 28th in field-goal shooting percentage. They managed to make it worse in the first quarter against the Utah Jazz. Fortunately for the Mavs, the Jazz's offense didn't exactly play sweet music, either. Jazz 20, Mavs 17, after a dozen ugly minutes. It was sort of fitting that the quarter ended on an airball by J.J. Barea, who put up a prayer from about 30 feet. That was one of 15 misfires on 23 shots by the Mavs. Coach Rick Carlisle's focus throughou ...

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