Mavs lose to Grizzlies, 103-104

Dallas – The Memphis Grizzlies ended the Dallas Mavericks’ eight-game win streak with a 104-103 win at the American Airlines Center. The loss also snapped the Mavericks’ nine-game home winning streak.  Memphis won the season series 3-1 and is 6-4 in their last 10 meetings with Dallas.

Jason Terry totaled a team-high 26 points off the bench for Dallas. He is averaging 24.2 points per game over the last five games.

With his first steal at the 9:55 mark of the first quarter, Jason Kidd moved past Gary Payton (2,445) and into third place on the all-time steals list behind Michael Jordan (2,514) and John Stockton (3,265). Kidd has recorded 104 steals in 2010-11 and now has 2,447 for his career.

Shawn Marion tallied his eighth double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Rodrigue Beaubois scored 10 of Dallas’ first 13 points in the game (including 12 of the Mavericks’ first 19) and had 15 points (5-7 3FGs, 2-3 3FGs, 3-3 FTs) at the half. He recorded 13 first-half points in the previous game vs. Indiana on March 4. Beaubois has scored in double figures in back-to-back games despite failing to score a point in the second half of either game.

The Mavericks went 10-of-21 (.476) from beyond the arc against the Grizzlies on Sunday (7-of-15 in the first half alone). It marked their 32nd straight game with six-plus 3-pointers made, which is the longest active streak in the NBA. It also marked their 1,000th consecutive game with at least one 3-pointer made. The streak, which began on Feb. 27, 1999, is the longest in NBA history. The Mavericks have made 6,467 triples during that span, and 67 different players have made a trey. Dallas has recorded 14 games with only one 3-pointer made during that stretch. The last time the Mavericks failed to hit at least one three in a game was on Feb. 26, 1999 (vs. Utah).  The Raptors went 986 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer made, but had their streak (which began on 2/26/99) come to an end vs. Memphis on Jan. 24, 2011. The Lakers have the second-longest active streak in the NBA. They have gone 627 straight games with at least one 3-point basket (11/18/03-present).

The Mavericks next game is at Minnesota on March 7 at 7:00 p.m. CT