Sometimes your starters carry you. Sometimes the bench saves the day.
Wednesday night in Washington, it was both.
The Mavericks would not have become the first team this season to beat the Wizards on the road after trailing by three quarters were it not for Harrison Barnes’ 22 points, or Dirk Nowitzki’s 20. They certainly would not have prevailed without Seth Curry’s 19-point bounce-back performance after shooting 3 of 16 from the field in his last two games. Yogi Ferrell only finished with nine points and three assists, but he quarterbacked an offense down the stretch that consistently found good shots, which often is all you can ask of a point guard.