Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present than what his players presented him with on Wednesday night.
On a day Kidd celebrated his 49th birthday, not only did the Mavs defeat the Houston Rockets, 110-91, at American Airlines Center. But the stars aligned to the point that the team which went into Wednesday night’s action right in front of the Mavs in the Western Conference standings – the Utah Jazz – lost to the Boston Celtics, 125-97.
That means the Mavs and Jazz are now locked in a virtual tie for the No.