The Dallas Mavericks began a four game home stand tonight versus a hot Chicago Bulls team. Chicago beat the reigning champion Cavaliers last night, and looked good doing it. Despite Dwayne Wade not making the trip to Dallas, many had this game written off as a Mavs loss. Good thing they didn’t tell the team that.
In the first quarter Dallas came out blazing, with Andrew Bogut and Harrison Barnes leading the way. Bogut was a beast on the glass early and even scored some, including a nice alley-oop dunk.
In the second quarter the Mavs continued their solid play, and despite allowing Chicago to pull within 6, ended up leading at halftime 45-57.