Mavs Lose To Grizzlies

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The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Memphis Grizzlies 103-97 Monday night at the American Airlines Center.  With the loss, the Mavericks fall to 40-41 on the year and snaps a streak of 12 straight winning seasons.

Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki tallied a game-high 26 points (8-18 FGs, 2-4 3FGs, 8-9 FTs) in 36 minutes against the Grizzlies on Monday. He scored 20-plus points for the third time in his last four games (19th time this season). Nowitzki is averaging 22.0 points per game on 44.8 percent (30-of-67) shooting over his last four games.

Mavericks swingman Vince Carter totaled 22 points (8-11 FGs, 4-5 3FGs, 2-2 FTs) to go along with five rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes against the Grizzlies. He scored 20-plus points for the second time in his last three games (12th time this season). Carter is averaging 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.7 blocks and 30.3 minutes over his last three games. He has shot 55 percent (22-of-40) from the field and 60 percent (9-of-15) from deep over his last three contests.

With a reverse layup at the 3:30 mark of the first quarter, Carter passed Clyde Drexler (22,195) for 27th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. The basket gave him five points for the game and 22,197 points for his career. Carter finished with 22 points on the night and now has 22,214 points for his career. Elgin Baylor ranks 26th all-time in career scoring with 23,149 points.

Carter went 4-of-5 from beyond the arc against the Grizzlies on Monday. It was 15th game with four-plus 3-pointers this year (he had only one game with four-plus treys all of last season). Carter has now made 161 3-pointers on the season (161-397, .406). He needs two treys in the Mavericks’ final game of the year to set a new career high for 3-pointers made in a season. The most triples he made in a single season was 162 with Toronto in 2000-01 (162-397, .408).

The Mavericks finish the season at home vs. New Orleans on April 17 at 7:00 p.m. CT