So the Mavericks will disappear today sort of like they did in the fourth quarter against the Hornets, who shot 39 percent and still outscored the Mavericks, 25-18.

The Mavs are not holding a practice at all today, and that seems like a good idea to me.  Carlisle said after the game they need to "get away from this for a day."  I think Mavs fans know the feeling.  Of course it still won't change anything on Saturday -- Dallas will still be playing Utah and trying to avoid a five game losing streak.

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Hubbard recaps the game with a focus on Chris Paul.  Sigh, I hate that we as Mavs fans just have to accept that Paul will kill us every time.

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Tim Cowlishaw says the Mavs should probably get used to being ninth in the West.

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Mike Fisher has his notes on the game and isn't too impressed with Kidd's shooting touch.

After a 2-for-9 effort here, Jason is 1-of-9, 1-of-9 and 2-of-9 in his last three. That'd be 15 percent.

In this month's eight games - in which the Mavs have a 3-5 record -- Kidd is shooting 19-of-67. That'd be 28 percent.

Take away his 6-of-9 night in the 28-point loss at Phoenix (I say it's fair to take it away; team-wise, it was an empty performance) and Jason in the other seven games is 13-of-58. That'd be 22 percent.

Since Dec. 2, Kidd is shooting 57-of-181. That'd be 31 percent.

Here's a list of Mavs who I'm really not comfortable seeing shoot at the moment --  Kidd, George, Wright, Diop, Singleton, Dampier, Green, Barea, and Williams.  That leaves Dirk and Terry with Bass somewhere behind them. Basically Dallas has two people they can depend on each night right now -- not exactly ground breaking analysis, but it's not my fault the Mavs problems on offense are so obvious.

Dallas is finding that it has to work quite a bit and involve contributions from unlikely sources (Antoine Wright, 15 points) just to be able to compete. Raymond Felton won't fix that.

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Sefko has an article on the Cuban/Karl war of words over JR Smith.  (here's video of what all the fuss is about)

"There's no room for it. If this was a normal fan, he would have been banned from the building. In general, I think Mark is good for the game. He's always trying to make the league better. ... But don't mess with my players."

Hey Karl, if you were just a regular fan then you would be banned from the building too!  Of course you aren't, and either is Cuban.