National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Dallas 97,
Washington 86
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2008
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #35 Jack Nies, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 15582
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #35 Jack Nies, #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 15582
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Dallas | 22 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 97 |
| Washington | 21 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 86 |
Dallas Mavericks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jason Kidd - G | 34:24 | 0-7 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Howard - G | 27:16 | 7-14 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Dirk Nowitzki - F | 35:20 | 11-22 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Devean George - F | 34:10 | 5-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Erick Dampier - C | 16:39 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jason Terry | 32:15 | 8-18 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| James Singleton | 28:40 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jose Barea | 22:11 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| DeSagana Diop | 9:06 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shawne Williams | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Antoine Wright | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-87 | 5-30 | 12-14 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 97 | |
| 46.0% | 16.7% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Washington Wizards
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Mike James - G | 38:59 | 6-15 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Deshawn Stevenson - G | 15:02 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caron Butler - F | 43:30 | 6-16 | 3-4 | 3-3 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Antawn Jamison - F | 40:04 | 9-20 | 1-3 | 3-4 | -10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Andray Blatche - C | 19:19 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Darius Songaila | 24:21 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Dominic McGuire | 23:48 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nick Young | 13:18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| JaVale McGee | 12:08 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Javaris Crittenton | 9:32 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Dixon | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Etan Thomas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-76 | 5-11 | 21-25 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 86 | |
| 39.5% | 45.5% | 84.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DAL | None |
| WAS | Mike James |
Team Statistics
| Dallas | Washington | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 6 |