The D.A.Y. Croshere Beat the Sonics

by Wes Cox on Jan 30, 2007 10:48 PM CST in News

First off, Congratulations to Josh Howard on the birth of his first child. Congratulations to Austin Croshere for a career night and deserved standing ovation. And congratulations to Seattle for having no defense whatsoever.

Game 46

	Rating	Avg	-
Dirk Nowitzki	7	8.4	Quiet night, but to be fair Avery kept his minutes down and and he was more than happy to play second fiddle for a night
Jason Terry	8	7.2	Exactly the kind of night I like him having
DeSagana Diop	5	6	Gave Seattle quite a few offensive rebounds
Anthony Johnson	5	5.8	Someday this season he'll probably have a Croshere game too, someday...
Jerry Stackhouse	6	6.5	Some nice distribution, but the first things I judge Stack by is FG% (2-8 tonight)
Greg Buckner	8	6	Played fantastic offensively, but his D kept him on the floor
Devin Harris	8	7.1	Active defensively and was penetrating all night
Erick Dampier	5	6.8	Made no impact
Austin Croshere	10	5.9	eFG% of 1.04 for 34, some rebounds, some assists, and all in 24 minutes. The reason for the blowout.
Devean George	6	6.5	Just OK
Moe Ager	6	5.5	He jacked up a 3 in his minute, but he made it

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What's up with Dirk?

I didn't have coverage of the game and just followed it on Gamechannel. Was it just an off night for him?

by Marie on Jan 31, 2007 12:36 AM CST reply actions

Dirk on the bench

Avery had Dirk play a lot less minutes than usual. I guess he figured that with Croshere on fire, he could just play the hot hand and save Dirk for tonight so he'd be fresh.

Dallas had 63 points from the bench. You know you're a good team when you're bench can beat most team's starters. Then if you count the way their players are doing in the DLeague, you have to be impressed with the Mav's depth. If someone goes down or has to miss time (like Howard) there are plenty of guys that can step in with team not missing a beat.

Derek

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Jan 31, 2007 7:19 AM CST reply actions

I didn't realize...

...that the Mavs play the Grizz tonight in Memphis, so that may be why Dirk didn't get much playing time. And yes, Croshere was practically unstoppable and they needed him out on the floor.

by Marie on Jan 31, 2007 12:52 PM CST reply actions