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The Fast Break: Mavs at Jazz

The first half was a pretty dazzling display of shot-making, with Utah scoring 1.49 points per possession to the Mavs’ 1.32. The score at the break was 64-58, which is incredibly high given the low number of possessions the teams played in the first half (only 43). The offenses were the aggressors in the early going, to be sure.

Notebook

  • The Mavs fought, scratched, and clawed their way back into this thing, tying the game with under a minute left after trailing by as many as 15 points. But after Deron Williams missed a go-ahead 3-pointer, Utah grabbed the board and sped the other way, and Rodney Hood drained a trey of his own with 0.