Win Again?

Personally I have lost all faith in the Dallas Mavericks after their loss to the New Orleans Hornets this past week. They dropped their fourth straight loss, losing to the New Jersey Nets and Memphis Grizzlies before this. The Hornets, who lost their star player Chris Paul this year aren't a favorite team anymore. But after kicking Dallas' butt this past game, the view about them has changed a tad bit. Hornets star player for this game was the amazing Jarrett Jack who didn't know if he would be in the game because he was losing it in the Hornets' last game against the Raptors on Wednesday. Jack scored six straight points in the last minute of the game, and also made a pivotil 11-foot shot in the last 17 seconds of the game. This type of game playing by Jack was what helped the Hornets grasp onto the win on Friday night. Apart from Jarrett Jack, Chris Kasman was also on fire on scoring 20 points and 13 rebounds for his 4th consecutive double-double. 

Dallas on the other hand was struggling a lot. Dirk was carrying them as usual with 19 points and Jason Terry was 1 of 9 and Kidd only had one field goal in the entire game. With their star players playing like this, it was evident that the team was not going to come out with a win this time. This type of playing and the fact that this is the 4th game that the team has lost in a row really makes one realize how this team is not the same team as last year. They are not the team that went and defeated the Miami Heat who had three superstars on its team. If Dallas wants to get back on track, its going to have to pick it up ASAP.