Nowitzki, Terry Pull Mavs Back Into Series

Ten-point win over New Orleans gives Dallas new life
By Mike Buss,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 26, 2008 12:05 AM CDT
Nowitzki, Terry Pull Mavs Back Into Series
New Orleans Hornets coach Byron Scott and Hornets' Bonzi Wells look toward the court in the final minutes of Game 3 against the Dallas Mavericks in a first-round of their NBA playoff basketball series, in Dallas on Friday, April 25, 2008. The Mavericks won 97-87. The Hornets lead the series 2-1.    (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks finally made the Hornets look like playoff novices, pestering Chris Paul and David West to go a combined 6-for-30 well into the fourth quarter on the way to a 97-87 victory in Game 3. Nowitzki had 32 points, 19 rebounds and six assists to pull the Mavericks within 2-1. Game 4 is Sunday night in Dallas.

The Hornets haven't won in Dallas since January 1998. Paul was supposed to change that, the way he's changed everything this series, becoming the first player ever to have at least 30 points and 10 assists in his first two playoff games. But with Jason Terry covering him instead of Jason Kidd, he never came close to making it three straight. (More NBA stories.)

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