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Streak hits 13 as Mavs thrash T'Wolves

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02/28/2007 - Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and led the Dallas Mavericks to their 13th straight win, a 91-65 rout of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Mavs are now one win shy of their franchise-record victory surge, set at the start of the 2002-03 season.

Jason Terry scored 18 points and doled out seven assists, and Josh Howard came back from a sprained ankle suffered Monday night to score 17 points and rake in seven rebounds for the Mavs. DeSagana Diop pulled down 10 rebounds for Dallas, which has its second 13-game winning streak of the season. Dallas, which also had a 12-game winning streak earlier in the season, is the first team in NBA history to record three winning streaks of 12 or more games in one season.

They can tie the franchise record winning streak Thursday at home against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Kevin Garnett scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who shot a horrid 29.6 percent from the field. Ricky Davis also notched 15 points for Minnesota, which has lost four of five. Mark Blount added 10 points for the Wolves.

The Wolves appeared to be shaking out of their shooting doldrums early in the second half, opening the third quarter with a 13-7 stretch, and pulling to within single-digits. A Davis three capped the stretch, cutting the Mavs lead to 49-40.

That was as close as Minnesota would get, though, as Dallas quickly heated back up, and a Nowitzki three in the final minute of the third quarter posted the Mavs to a 68-53 lead entering the final 12 minutes.

"The second half, we ran a couple of plays for me and I was able to make some shots," said Nowitzki.

Minnesota went out with a whimper in the fourth, scoring only 12 points as the Mavs coasted to their largest road win of the season.

"They're a pretty good team," said Garnett of the Mavs, adding, "We didn't shoot the ball particularly well, we didn't give ourselves a chance."

A Terry three posted the Mavs to a 24-14 lead with 1:41 left in the first quarter, but a Davis three in the final minute pulled the Wolves to within 26-19 entering the second.

Minnesota scored only eight points in the second quarter, making only three field goals, squandering a rare bad offensive quarter by the Mavs, who only scored 16 points in the stanza. Minnesota missed its last 12 shots from the field in the quarter, though, and trailed 42-27 at the break.

The Wolves shot a paltry 22.7 percent in the first half.

Game Notes

The Mavs set two defensive records, as Minnesota's 65 points and 29.6 percent shooting performance were both all-time lows for Dallas opponents...The Mavs improved to 40-3 when holding the opposition under 100 points...Dallas outrebounded the Wolves, 54-39...The Mavs are 11-0 on the second night of back-to-back games.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.


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