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Sunday, November 26, 2000

Nowitzki's 24 leads Mavs past Nuggets, 108-84

Associated Press

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points and 13 rebounds for his third double-double in four games as the Dallas Mavericks extended their winning streak against Denver to five with a 108-84 victory over the Nuggets on Saturday night.
   Steve Nash added 19 points and Hubert Davis had 15 as the Mavericks improved to 9-5 and matched the second-best start in their history.
   Dallas won 10 of its first 14 in 1983-84 for the fastest start in team history. The Mavericks also had 9-5 starts in 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89.
   Michael Finley had 14 points and Dallas went 11-for-19, for a season-best 58 percent, from 3-point range to win for the fourth time in five games.
   Antonio McDyess had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Nuggets, coming off a 102-92 win at San Antonio on Friday night.
   Denver had won four of its previous five but was unable to contend with Dallas' up-tempo offense, which produced its most lopsided victory of the season.
   Dallas held a 52-43 halftime lead, then opened the third quarter with a 12-3 run to expand its advantage to 64-47.
   Nowitzki and Davis hit 3-pointers during the spurt at the start of the third quarter and the Mavericks carried an 80-62 lead into the final quarter.
   Nowitzki had eight points and six rebounds in the third quarter as Dallas held a 28-19 advantage.
   Dallas broke the game open with a 10-0 fourth-quarter run that included 3-pointers by Howard Eisley and Davis for a 98-72 lead.
   Notes: Dallas guard Greg Buckner missed his fourth straight game due to a sprained right foot. ... Referee Bill Kennedy left the game in the third quarter with a sprained right ankle. Kennedy jumped to get out of the way of McDyess, who had been fouled under the Nuggets basket, and twisted his ankle when he landed. Kennedy had the ankle taped by a Dallas trainer and returned late in the third quarter. ... Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, fined $45,000 by the league over the past two weeks for three separate incidents in which he criticized the officiating, watched most of the game from the upper deck rather than his usual courtside seat.
  
  

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