Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Captain is Back!

The captain Brenden Morrow is officially back with the Dallas Stars. Coach Gulutzan says, "Everyone is healthy and ready for this big test in February." The 2nd half of the season for the Stars starts tomorrow when they take on the Ducks in a late game in Anaheim, California.

Mavericks Defeat Suns 122-99

None of the games against the Suns for the Mavericks have been close. The Suns are very weak right now, and the Mavericks came into this game feeling good after defeating the Spurs in overtime 102-101. I thought though the Suns could have a chance in beating the Mavericks due to the fact Sunday's game was so tiring and exhausting it seemed. Tonight though the Mavericks didn't seem tired and they blew out the Suns. Tomorrow's game will be very good when the Mavericks play the Thunder. This game will take place at the American Airlines Center and will also be aired on ESPN at 7:00.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Mavericks Win in Overtime 101-100 over Spurs

What an enterntaining game this was! Jason Terry's 2 pointer with 0.5 secs landed in for overtime! This was the Mavs first overtime game this year, and this was a back in forth game in the 4th quarter and overtime period. Terry was definitely the player of the game in this one. Jason Terry had a season high 34 points coming off the bench. He definitely carried the team in this game. Vince Carter had an incredible defensive play at the end of the overtime period to get Dallas its first victory over the San Antonio Spurs. This win for the Mavs will keep them in first place in the Southwest Division. After this draining of a game, it will be interesting to see what kind of Mavericks team we will see tomorrow night when the Mavericks play the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix. The last few games between haven't been that interesting, but we could get another overtime game like we saw this evening. You just never know. Tip off tomorrow is scheduled for 8:00.  

Mavericks Vs. Spurs Tonight 5:30

Tonight's game will be the second time in this shorter NBA season where the Mavericks will be playing their in state rival Spurs. The Mavericks come into tonight's game after scoring a season high 116 points against the Utah Jazz. The Mavericks lately have played some good basketball. They are a completely different team then the last time they got blown out by the San Antonio Spurs on January 5th by the score of 93-71. Their last meeting was in San Antonio, but tonight they will play in front of their home crowd at the American Airlines Center sitting at 1st place in the Southwest Division. And the best news is Dirk Nowitzki will make his return tonight! Tip off is scheduled for 5:30 tonight.  

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Stars Fight Off Ducks 1-0

Could the Stars end a 5 game losing streak against the Ducks without their captain Brenden Morrow or Jamie Benn going into the all star break? The answer was yes they could. The Ducks may not be a good team to beat, but I believe it can help the Stars get momentum for hopefully the second half of the season. The Stars only goal (and only goal in the game) was scored by Alex Goligoski 16:41 into the 1st period. The goal was very lucky I believe, because it looked like the puck bounced off the shoulder of Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller. Lately though the Stars haven't been getting luck on their side, so they will obviously take anything they can get. This match had a lot of post play scraps between the two teams as well. You can usually expect that mutual hatred between the two teams whenever they play. Their penalty kill was excellent tonight killing both powerplays that the Ducks had in this game. Kari Lehtonen as well got his first shut out of the season. Lehtonen saved all 27 shots he faced, and was definitely on his game. Their next game after the all star break will actually be a rematch against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday in Anaheim.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Mavericks Blaze the Suns 93-87


The Mavericks looked really good without Dirk tonight in the lineup when they played the Suns tonight. When Rick Carlisle said he needed someone to step up while Carter and Nowitzki he had someone step up. Shawn Marion had an almost flawless game against his former team putting up 29 points including going 4 for 6 from three point range. Shawn Marion was definitely hot in this game! No doubt Marion was definitely the star on the Mavericks bench. The defense looked pretty good as they have in the last 6 games. This is the 15th straight game the Mavericks have held their opponent under 100 points. Honestly though I am not sure it is good defense or players are just out of shape from the lockout. Either way its a record for the Mavericks. The Mavs also are on a pretty good 3 game winning streak. Steve Nash was not very impressive tonight only scoring 8 points and not scoring a single field goal from the three point mark. The Suns definitely are in trouble, meanwhile the Mavericks get another victory. Now we can enjoy the ring ceremony Wednesday as the Mavericks take on the Timberwolves at 7:30. Maverick players will get their rings 30 minutes before tipoff.

Ribeiro Activated, Morrow Deactivated

The good news, Mike Ribeiro is activated for the Stars. The bad news is Brenden Morrow will take his place on injury reserve. This is not good at all for the Stars to lose their captain. Meanwhile, Jamie Benn is also on injury reserve right now. I honestly don't think the Stars can stay healthy enough to make the playoffs. The Stars are definitely looking forward to the NHL All Star weekend to get the rest they need.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Beaten Down Stars Lose Again 5-2 Against Wild

The Stars came into Minnesota with revenge on the mind from last year's season finale loss against the Wild that kept the Stars out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and caused a lot of changes to go on in the offseason including a new head coach Glen Gulutzan. The Stars looked ready to avenge the loss when Eric Nystrom got the first goal of the night 18:38 into the game. Minnesota would tie it back up 9:06 into the 2nd period with a goal by Devin Setoguchi. Philip Larsen would get his first goal of the season just over 2 minutes later. After taking the lead for the last time in the game, the game would go all down hill from there. Letting the Wild get 3 more goals after that basically put the game away for the Dallas Stars. With that loss the Stars are still looking at the Western Conference playoff picture from outside the top 8. Their next game will be at home taking on the Ducks with the puck drop scheduled for 7:30.

Mavericks Win it Close 83-81

With Dirk Nowitzki out for four games due to a right sore knee, can the Mavericks win without him, or Vince Carter? Well the answer is yes if they are playing the Hornets. Delonte West was playing really well in this game and looked pretty consistent in this game getting 5 rebounds and 16 points. Shawn Marion was even better getting a double double in this game with 12 rebounds and 14 points. We even saw Marion get a 3 pointer in the first half which is rare with Marion. This game came down to the wire, and the defense made the stop it needed with a little over 1 second left Jarret Jack missed the 2nd free throw intentionally to try and sink a bucket for a tie to go into overtime. This win against the Hornets is actually the first win the Mavericks have won in New Orleans in 5 whole years! The Mavericks have tonight off and will play the Phoenix Suns tomorrow at home with tip off scheduled for 7:30.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Dallas Mavericks Standings As of January 21st

Mavericks come into tonight's game with a chance to beat the Hornets after coming in after beating the Utah Jazz 94-91, here is where the Mavericks currently stand.

Southwest Division
1st San Antonio Spurs (10-6) 0.0 GB
2nd Memphis Grizzlies (8-6) 1.0 GB
3rd Dallas Mavericks (9-7) 1.0 GB
4th Houston Rockets (8-7) 1.5 GB
5th New Orleans Hornets (3-12) 6.5 GB

Winning record is good for Mavericks after starting (0-3) this season. The team still needs to work better as a team with their new players.

Western Conference
1st Oklahoma City Thunder (12-3) 0.0 GB
2nd Denver Nuggets (11-5) 1.5 GB
3rd San Antonio Spurs (10-6) 2.5 GB
4th Los Angeles Clippers (8-5) 3.0 GB
5th Utah Jazz (9-5) 2.5 GB
6th Portland Trail Blazers (9-6) 3.0 GB
7th Los Angeles Lakers (10-7) 3.0 GB
8th Memphis Grizzlies (8-6) 3.5 GB
9th Dallas Mavericks (9-7) 3.5 GB

The Mavs will be on the road tonight where I believe they will pick up a victory against the Hornets. Tip off is scheduled for 7:00.


Dallas Stars Standings as of January 21st, 2012

After a loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 at home. The Stars playoffs hopes look even worse.

Pacific Division
1st San Jose Sharks (26-13-5) 57 points
2nd Los Angeles Kings (23-15-10) 56 points
3rd Dallas Stars (24-19-2) 50 points
4th Phoenix Coyotes (21-19-8) 50 points
5th Anaheim Ducks (16-22-7) 39 points

Well I believe that the Ducks have basically wrapped up the last place position, so there is one less team the Stars have to worry about, but they still need to beat them.

Western Conference
1st Detroit Red Wings (31-15-1) 63 points (Central)
2nd Vancouver Canucks (28-15-4) 60 points (Northwest)
3rd San Jose Sharks (26-13-5) 57 points (Pacific)
4th St. Louis Blues (28-12-6) 62 points
5th Chicago Blackhawks (28-13-6) 62 points
6th Nashville Predators (27-16-4) 58 points
7th Los Angeles Kings (23-15-10) 56 points
8th Colorado Avalanche (25-21-2) 52 points
10th Dallas Stars (24-19-2) 50 points

Injury bug is not helping the Stars chances of making a playoff run, but as you can see they are only 2 points out of the top 8 to make the post season. Stars play tonight in Minnesota at 8:00 Central time.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Mavericks Get Clipped by Clippers 91-89

The Mavericks are now officially 0-2 in the city of Los Angeles after losing to the Lakers on Monday 73-70 and losing last night to the Clippers 91-87 both are obviously losses by 3 points. Though I wish they could have got a win over at least one of the powerful teams in Los Angeles, I am glad the games were at least really close. The Mavericks will play another late game tonight playing their 3rd game in 4 nights tonight when they will take on the Utah Jazz. This game will be on TNT and will be a late start at 9:30. It will be a hard game tonight with Utah Jazz coming into this game with a 3 game winning streak which includes a decisive 108-79 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavericks on the other hand come into this game with a 2 game losing streak to both Los Angeles teams.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Rangers Welcome Yu Darvish with a 6 Year Deal.

The Rangers finally just before they ran out of time sign Yu Darvish to a 6 year deal worth $60 million. After this huge free agency pick up will the Rangers think about picking up Prince Fielder as well? Either way this move will make the Rangers extraordinary, or they will be out of a ton of money. We will definitely know if it was worth it come May after he has got some starts in. It shows though that the Rangers are thinking about their pitching needs and not just hitting. 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Injured Stars Almost Pull Off Upset Over Red Wings 3-2 (SO)


The Stars played their hearts on this night coming just short of possibly defeating the dreaded Detroit Red Wings. It might have been a different if Jimmy Howard was in goal, but Ty Conklin did well in the Red Wings' net. Richard Bachman did a fantastic job as well giving Kari Lehtonen the night off. It was definitely entertaining game that had a few bumps and bruises, and some skill. Bachman had 32 saves in regulation and overtime giving up two goals in regulation. Conklin had 27 saves himself before the shootout. Tomas Holmstrom had the first goal of the night 6:41 into the 1st period. Then finally the Stars get a Power Play goal!!! The goal was scored 10:59 into the 1st by Brenden Morrow and he was assisted by Goligoski and Robidas. Loui Erikson even gets one more goal towards the end  of the first period to get the Stars the lead into the 1st period up 2 to 1. Jiri Hudler though would score early in the 2nd period to tie it up in the 2nd period. The game would end in a shootout where Jiri Hudler would strike again getting the only shootout goal giving the Red Wings a hard fought victory over the Dallas Stars. Though the Stars only pick up one point it was a point they fought hard for without a lot of their key players in the game. Especially against the Red Wings who are always an elite team in the NHL. The Stars next game will be Friday night at home when they play the Tampa Bay Lightning, which I hope the Stars can get out a victory out of the weak Lightning after almost defeating the Red Wings.  

Vince Carter Sprains Foot in Loss Vs. Lakers


We all saw Vince Carter last night leave the court with the help of trainers and players due to a foot injury. Right now it is reported that the tests came back negative, and that it is just a sprain. "I stepped wrong and it popped," Carter said. Right now it is in the air on whether he will play or how bad the sprain is at the moment.

Dallas Mavericks Lose in Los Angeles to the Lakers 73-70

 The Mavericks and the Lakers showed a low shooting performance that showed both teams looked fatigued. Putting only 70 points show that both offenses were in efficient last night. Dirk was the top performer in points put on the board where Nowitzki put up 21 of the Mavericks 70 points. You can also tell the offense is having an off night whenever Kobe Bryant who has been putting up 40 points up consistently only managed to get 14 points. He was second to Andrew Bynum though who scored 17 points but a 3 pointer late in the 4th quarter with 3 seconds left that put the game away for the Lakers to win the game was scored by Derek Fisher who at 13 points. The last play of the game was a 26 foot three point jumper from Vince Carter which did not successfully make it in the basket. The Mavericks will have tonight off and will stay in Los Angeles as they will take on Blake Griffin and the Clippers for another west coast late night start for the Mavericks.

Injured Stars Lose 1-0 in St. Louis

An injured Stars team that looked descent for an injured team couldn't score in St. Louis. It is never good whenever your All-Star Forward Jamie Benn is injured, there are too many to even list in this article that is how bad it has gotten. There were two positive things that I took out of this loss against the St. Louis Blues game, the first thing is that the Stars never seemed to give up in this one, and played hard through all three periods. The other was a healthy Kari Lehtonen is a scary Lehtonen. Kari had 32 saves in this game and look incredible. There were also two negatives that I took out of this loss, the first being the offense needs to step it up. The Stars managed to only get 22 shots on the Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak who got a shut out on this game. The second thing I learned that wasn't positive was that the Stars' Power Play team is just awful! They are currently ranked 27th (maybe lower), and if you want to win you have to get power play goals. The beaten up Stars will play the Detroit Red Wings tonight at home at the American Airlines Center where Right Winger Tomas Vincour will return from the injured reserved list. This transaction will send Left Winger Francis Wathier back down to the Texas Stars.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Dallas Stars Standings as of January 14th 2012

Here is where the Stars stand after their loss to the Colorado Avalanche by a score of 2-1.

Pacific Divison Standings
1st San Jose Sharks (25-11-5) 55 points
2nd Los Angeles Kings (22-15-8) 52 points
3rd Dallas Stars (24-18-1) 49 points
4th Phoenix Coyotes (20-18-7) 47 points
5th Anaheim Ducks (14-22-7) 35 points
Dallas needs to start taking more games into overtime!

Western Conference Standings
1st Vancouver Canucks (28-14-3) 59 points
2nd St. Louis Blues (26-12-6) 58 points
3rd San Jose Sharks (25-11-5) 55 points
4th Chicago Blackhawks (26-13-6) 58 points
5th Detroit Red Wings (28-15-1) 57 points
6th Nashville Predators (25-15-4) 54 points
7th Los Angeles Kings (22-15-8) 52 points
8th Minnesota Wild (22-16-7) 51 points
10th Dallas Stars (24-18-1) 49 points
If the playoffs started today the Stars would not be in them due to the fact they lack losing close games. They need to learn to lose them in overtime to get at least 1 point.


Dallas Mavericks Standings As of January 14th

After a 99 to 60 victory over the Sacremento Kings here is where the Mavericks are in both the Southwest Division and Western Conference.
Southwest Divison Standings
1st San Antonio Spurs (8-4) 0.0 GB
2nd Dallas Mavericks (8-5) 0.5 GB
3rd Memphis Grizzlies (5-6) 2.5 GB
4th Houston Rockets (5-7) 3.0 GB
5th New Orleans Hornets (3-9) 5.0 GB
Very much improved for Mavericks after starting (0-3) this season.

Western Conference Standings
1st Oklahoma City Thunder (11-2) 0.0 GB
2nd San Antonio Spurs (8-4) 2.5 GB
3rd Los Angeles Clippers (6-3) 3.0 GB
4th Denver Nuggets (8-4) 2.5 GB
5th Los Angeles Lakers (9-5) 2.5 GB
6th Utah Jazz (7-4) 2.5 GB
7th Dallas Mavericks (8-5) 3.0 GB
8th Portland Trail Blazers (7-5) 3.5 GB

The standings don't mean too much right now, but hopefully the Mavs can step it up a little more this season to get a higher seed.


Friday, January 13, 2012

NFL Divisional Weekend Predictions

These are my predictions for this weekend's NFL Playoff games.

The first game of the weekend is the New Orleans Saints traveling down to Candle Stick Park to take on the 49ers. There has been skepticism on if the Saints can win on the road. The biggest example being how the Saints lost to the (7-9) Seattle Seahawks in the wildcard round of the playoffs. I, on the other hand believe Drew Brees and the Saints can beat the 49ers by 10 points.

The New England Patriots as the number 1 seed will host the Denver Tebows I mean Broncos in the second game on Saturday. I love watching Tebow play, but it might be the end of the road for the Broncos. Though the Patriots defense is pretty pathetic; Tom Brady will carry the Patriots to a victory and a spot into the AFC Championship. Patriots will win by 7 points.

The Texans playing the Ravens in Baltimore looks like an uphill battle. The Texans in their history as a team have never defeated the Ravens. That defense will probably rattle young rookie TJ Yates into throwing some interceptions in the direction of Ed Reed. He might also have Ray Lewis come through the offensive line "welcoming" him into the NFL. Ravens win by 14.

And the game of the weekend in my opinion is the Packers at home welcoming the New York Giants to Lambeau Field. To me it is a wildcard on who can win this game. With the weather looking like it will look awful it can really be anyones game. I still though like Aaron Rodgers as a quarterback then Eli Manning. There will be a ton of points in this one basically setting up a shoot out style type of game. I will pick the Packers defense being a little better than the Giants with possibly Clay Matthews getting a sack or two. The Packers will win this game by a field goal!

Then again anything can happen in the NFL!!! 

Mavericks Trample the Bucks 102-76

After a well deserved day of rest after defeating the Boston Celtics the Mavericks return back to the court in dominating fashion. Point leaders in the game were Jason Terry off the bench with 17 points, and Vince Carter with 16 points filling in for the injured Jason Kidd. Kidd I believed is reported to return back with the Mavericks possibly Tuesday, maybe sooner due to a lower back season. An easy victory over teams that the Mavericks are supposed to beat is a key to having another successful year. The Mavericks will play tomorrow night again for their 3rd game in four nights taking on the Sacremento Kings. The game will be at home and is scheduled to tip off around 8:00.

Stars Top the Kings in Shootout 5-4

Sorry this article is so late this game was actually played Thursday night. Let's just fast forward our DVRs to the shootout, which in my opinion is always fun to watch. Kari Lehtonen was in at goal for the Stars, and Jonathan Quick was the goal tender for the Kings. First shooter up for the Kings was Jarret Stoll. Lehtonen makes the pad save. Michael Ryder was next and eouldn't get it in. Round 2, Dustin Brown shoots and a glove save by Kari Lehtonen. Loui Erikson slides it in and scores! Round 3 Kari needs one more save against Trevor Lewis which this is Lewis's first shootout attempt. Lehtonen stops the puck and thats the game! The Stars will leave the Staples Center in Los Angeles with two points. The Stars will play a matinee game at home on Saturday against the Colorado Avalanche. Should be a pretty close competitive game both teams have similar records going into that game.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Jamie Benn Makes the All Star Game

Forward Jamie Benn for the Dallas Stars has been selected to participate in the 2012 NHL All Star Game and other festivities in Ottawa, Canada. The Skills competition will be Saturday January 28th and the actual All Star game will be on Sunday January 29th. All the events will be taking place at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. This is the 22 year olds first ever All Star selection in his young career.

Thanks Dirk! Mavs beat Celtics 90-85

Dirk's lay up with 5 seconds left in the game shows that when the game is on the line you gotta give the ball to Dirk Nowitzki. This is an impressive road win for the Mavericks after playing a night before not already fully rested. The points leader for the Mavs in this game was Jason Terry who had 18 points on the night. Brenden Haywood almost had a double double performance with 11 rebounds, but only had 8 points on the night. The offense might have not looked as flashy as they were in Detroit, but they were obviously not at 100 percent physically being tired and Jason Kidd still out of the lineup. The win might not have been a pretty one, but they get to have a day off today knowing that they are now 1 win over .500 after starting the season off with 0 wins and 3 straight losses. The Mavericks come home Friday when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks. They will then play the Sacramento Kings the next night.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Stars West Coast Woes Lose to Ducks 5-2

Games like these make me excited about the realignment coming next season in NHL. The Stars seem to struggle a lot whenever going into the west coast, and it was evident in this game. I was still proud of the fact that it seems there is no quit in this Stars team. In the first 2 periods the shot attempts were there, but they just couldn't make it in the goal. The Stars came into the 3rd period down 2 goals to nothing and decided to try and come back into the game. Only 1:39 into the 3rd period did Steve Ott get the Stars their first goal of the evening. Alex Goligoski tied it up at 2:43 to make the score 2 to 2. After tying it up it seemed that the Stars somehow lost all the momentum they had got when they tied the game up. The Stars just went flat giving the Ducks' center Saku Koivu a hat trick. Though the Ducks are way back in the Pacific Divison Standings, I would not be surprised if they made a comeback. The Stars will play the Kings next in a late one on Saturday with the puck drop scheduled for 9:30 (central time) at the Staples Center.

Mavericks Dismantle the Pistons 100-86

Not very hard for the Mavericks to win this one against the Pistons. At one point the Mavericks were up by 26 points. Not a real difficult night for the Mavericks who were taking on the lowly Detroit Pistons. At no point in the game did I ever think the Pistons would come back. If there was going to be a game before tonight's matchup against the Boston Celtics, it is good that it was against the Detroit Pistons. Nothing negative to say for the Mavs who won this game pretty good who actually started the game as a team going 9 for 9 on field goals. The highlight of the night was Brandon Wright's left handed dunk in the 4th quarter with 6:46 left in the game. Tonight's game against the Celtics will be a good test to see if the Mavericks are getting back on track to a championship caliber team we hope they can be.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Do you believe in Mr. Tebow?

Just when you think Tebow can't pull it out, Tebow time shines again!!! In the debut of the new overtime rule which requires a touchdown to end the game; Tebow throws an 80 yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas for the Broncos to advance into the AFC Divisional Playoff Round. It'll be an uphill battle next week, but anything can happen in the playoffs. That means that the Patriots could possibly be upsetted by Tebow Time! Or the clock could strike midnight for the Broncos next week.

Mavs Sting Hornets 96-81

The Mavericks came into this game needing a win after getting embarassed against the Spurs last week, and a win is what they got. I always like seeing when Vince Carter has plays where he looks like his old self when he played for the Toronto Raptors. His dunk on Emeka Okafor showed flashes of the days where he was known as "half man half amazing." Though Carter isn't as good as he once was Carter is still pretty darn good. Carter filled in for the injured Jason Kidd and scored 13 points with 3 rebounds with 26 minutes of playing time. Dirk played better in this game then he did against the Spurs, but still only had 10 points shooting only 2 for 11 in his field goal attempts. His other points came off of going 6 for 6 on the free throw line. While it is an improvement from 6 points against the Spurs the other night, it is still not the Dirk we are accustomed to seeing. Another top performing coming off the bench was Ian Mahinmi who had 13 points with 7 rebounds who has been a pretty consistent bench player for the Mavericks lately. The Mavericks next game will be in on Tuesday in Detroit taking on the Pistons who have a record of 2 wins and 6 losses, but on any given day an NBA team can be upset and loss. Tip off is scheduled for 6:30 central time.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Stars Cap Off the Oilers 4-1

When Jamie Benn is hot it is very obivous. Benn had an incredible afternoon of hockey taking on the Edmonton Oilers where he finished the afternoon with 2 goals. I was hoping he would get the empty netter in the third period, but he missed the empty netter. It might be too early to speculate, but Jamie Benn's playing ability is starting to remind me of a young Mike Modano. Mike Ribeiro though had an incredible game himself picking up the other 2 goals which were both in the third period including an empty netter. The past few years the Stars have seemed to struggle in daytime games, but today the Stars were able to take it to there Western Conference rivals the Edmonton Oilers at home. There next game will Monday in Anaheim taking on the "Not So Mighty Ducks" who have a record of 11 wins, 22 loses, and 6 overtime loses with only 28 points.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Mavericks Transaction News Jan. 6, 2012


Forward/Center Sean Williams has been sent back down to the Texas Legends. Also today Mavericks sign 24 year old Chinese Forward Yi Jianlian to a one year contract. Jianlian is expected to stay with Sean Williams with the Texas Legends, and work his way up to the Mavericks.

Mavs Look Tired Against the Spurs 93-71


You know that the Mavs are totally out of sync whenever Dirk Nowitzki can only manage to get 6 points on the board. I actually believed the Mavericks going into San Antonio would be riding high on a 2 game win steak and it would be a close game. It was definitely hard to watch this game because of the lack of points. The game could possibly be the worse one played of the season. You can't blame the fatigue factor for the Mavericks losing to the Spurs due to the fact it wasn't a long travel, and Spurs played the previous night as well. Manu Ginobili being out of the lineup still didn't look like it helped out the Mavericks. Their next game will be against the new look New Orleans Hornets at home. As they set currently the Mavericks have 3 wins and 5 losses.

Sheldon Souray to Return on Tuesday in Anaheim

 
The eye injury is supposedly getting better for defensemen Sheldon Souray and he is expected to return with the Stars on Tuesday. ESPN Dallas.com reported he said ""It feels good. You've just got to get your conditioning up. That's really it," Souray said. "Couple days here in between tomorrow's game and hopefully be ready for Tuesday." He will definitely help out the Stars against the Ducks on Tuesday.