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Sefko: 'Hearty Boys' give Mavs mini options off bench; why that's no small thing to Rick Carlisle

Looking at the smurfs, munchkins or whatever endearing small-people term you want to give the Mavericks' reserve guard trio, you tend to wonder how they are surviving this season given their lack of size.

Missing is the 6-6 instant-offense shooter that so many teams seem to roll out as one of their top reserves.

So how are Raymond Felton, J.J. Barea and Devin Harris making this work?

"Heart," Felton said. "We all got heart. We don't care how tall you are. Devin has to guard guys 6-7, 6-8. We ain't going to back down. It's all about heart.