The Dallas Mavericks moved to 7-0 at home, and won their fourth game in a row, beating the Utah Jazz, 103-93, at the American Airlines Center.
The Mavs lead by 28 points at one point in the second quarter against the team with the worst record in the NBA coming into last night's game.
The Jazz whittled the deficit in the second half down to a 90-85 score with 4:41 left in the contest. At that point, Dallas went on an 8-2 run to increase their lead to 98-87 with 3:01 left, and then closed the game out.
Monta Ellis led five Mavs in double figures, scoring 26 points on 8-of-19 shooting. Dirk Nowitzki tossed in 18 points, and Samuel Dalembert tallied his first double-double of the season, with 18 points and 12 rebounds.
For the fifth time in the month of November, Dallas will play in a back-to-back set of games, as they travel to Denver tonight to face the Nuggets. The Mavs are 3-1 thus far in the second game of their back-to-back set in November, with two more back-to-backs set for this month.
