J.J. Barea has a flair for coming back after weeks off and looking like he was never gone.
He did it again Saturday night after missing seven games with a leg-muscle strain.
He was darting all over the place, dishing out assists and hitting shots well enough for seven points, seven assists and four rebounds in 17 quality minutes.
If only his teammates could claim to have been as solid.
The Mavericks fell behind in the third quarter then got blown out in the fourth quarter as the Atlanta Hawks ran away with a 97-82 victory at American Airlines Center.