The Dallas Mavericks picked up a much needed 111-105 victory against the Washington Wizards Saturday night in a sad-off for the ages. Naji Marshall was the man of the moment with a game-leading 30 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals off the bench while CJ McCollum led the Wizards with 25 points.
Both high scorers got off to a fairly fast start with McCollum scoring 14 points in the first quarter and Marshall nine of the Mavericks’ points amid a 29-8 run from the 6:30 mark of the first quarter to early in the second. Despite this, the Wizards cut the Mavericks’ game high 14 point lead to 57-53 by halftime with a flurry of threes on their end and a bevy of bricks by Dallas.
The game became a bit of a back and forth in the second half, but the Mavericks’ offense stabilized after a healthy dose of Cooper Flagg playmaking, Moussa Cisse energy, and live ball turnovers from Washington (18 total) that led to transition buckets (33 fast break points allowed to the Mavs). Flagg finished the game with six assists, most of which coming in the second half, and a few finishes in the lane like this one that should give fans hope for his finishing prospects.
Cisse tallied nine total rebounds, four offensive boards and three blocks in his high octane effort for the Mavs.
By the end, Cam Whitmore had poured in 19 points on the night, PJ Washington and Brandon Williams each supplied 14 points for the Mavericks and a young Wizards squad found themselves allowing a 16-4 run early in the fourth quarter that proved too much for them to overcome.
Dallas returns to action on Monday night, looking to snag their first winning streak of the season by taking on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks.
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