Stackhouse sharp in Mavs' win over Cavs
The Dallas Morning News
PITTSBURGH – Jerry Stackhouse showed Wednesday that he hasn't been lounging around during the preseason.
Looking fresh in his first action of the exhibition season, the Mavericks' sixth man had 12 points in slightly less than 19 minutes of the 83-81 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Mellon Arena.
"I've been feeling well and obviously my conditioning is good because that's all I've been doing," Stackhouse said. "I've been off for a while, and it's always exciting being back doing what I love to do."
Mavs 83, Cavs 81
Stackhouse missed the first six preseason games as a safeguard for his right knee, which cost him the first 26 games last season.
"Jerry looked pretty good," Mavericks coach Avery Johnson said. "He had a few shots go in and had a few go out. But I liked his aggressiveness."
As dress rehearsals go, this one left plenty to be desired. The Cavaliers rested one of their top players, Larry Hughes. Josh Howard (left thigh) and Erick Dampier (hip and hamstring) were out for the Mavericks.
Jason Terry had his first action of the preseason, and he will need some time to get in the flow.
"I'm glad his first action wasn't in the first regular-season game," Johnson said.
Terry hit just one of six shots in 17 minutes.
"It's always good to knock the rust off," Terry said.
DeSagana Diop and Austin Croshere each made a free throw in the final minute for the margin of victory and Diop picked off an offensive rebound in traffic to clinch the win, which moved the Mavs' preseason record to 3-4.
Former UT standout Daniel Gibson played most of the fourth quarter for the Cavs.
Honored again: For the third year in a row and the fourth time in five years, Del Harris was picked by NBA general managers as the best assistant coach in the league.
The Mavericks' top aide nosed out Phoenix's Mark Iavaroni and Utah's Phil Johnson.
Dirk Nowitzki was easily voted the best international player by the GMs.
Taking the show on the road: Avery Johnson came up with a novel idea when asked about
playing in non-NBA cities like Pittsburgh.
"I'd like to, maybe, have training camp in Africa one day in DeSagana Diop's hometown," Johnson said. "Let's go to Senegal."
The NBA sent four teams to Europe for camp this year and it's likely that the league will branch out in coming years.
Meanwhile, owner Mark Cuban, who helped bring Wednesday's game to Mellon Arena in his hometown, said he's ramping up efforts for what he hopes will be some unique events.
First, he would like to bring an NBA All-Star Game to the new Cowboys' stadium in Arlington.
"We've had some preliminary conversations at the board of governors meeting [Monday and Tuesday]," Cuban said.
Cuban also said he's considering playing an outdoor preseason game. marshall
Looking fresh in his first action of the exhibition season, the Mavericks' sixth man had 12 points in slightly less than 19 minutes of the 83-81 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Mellon Arena.
"I've been feeling well and obviously my conditioning is good because that's all I've been doing," Stackhouse said. "I've been off for a while, and it's always exciting being back doing what I love to do."
Mavs 83, Cavs 81
Stackhouse missed the first six preseason games as a safeguard for his right knee, which cost him the first 26 games last season.
"Jerry looked pretty good," Mavericks coach Avery Johnson said. "He had a few shots go in and had a few go out. But I liked his aggressiveness."
As dress rehearsals go, this one left plenty to be desired. The Cavaliers rested one of their top players, Larry Hughes. Josh Howard (left thigh) and Erick Dampier (hip and hamstring) were out for the Mavericks.
Jason Terry had his first action of the preseason, and he will need some time to get in the flow.
"I'm glad his first action wasn't in the first regular-season game," Johnson said.
Terry hit just one of six shots in 17 minutes.
"It's always good to knock the rust off," Terry said.
DeSagana Diop and Austin Croshere each made a free throw in the final minute for the margin of victory and Diop picked off an offensive rebound in traffic to clinch the win, which moved the Mavs' preseason record to 3-4.
Former UT standout Daniel Gibson played most of the fourth quarter for the Cavs.
Honored again: For the third year in a row and the fourth time in five years, Del Harris was picked by NBA general managers as the best assistant coach in the league.
The Mavericks' top aide nosed out Phoenix's Mark Iavaroni and Utah's Phil Johnson.
Dirk Nowitzki was easily voted the best international player by the GMs.
Taking the show on the road: Avery Johnson came up with a novel idea when asked about
playing in non-NBA cities like Pittsburgh."I'd like to, maybe, have training camp in Africa one day in DeSagana Diop's hometown," Johnson said. "Let's go to Senegal."
The NBA sent four teams to Europe for camp this year and it's likely that the league will branch out in coming years.
Meanwhile, owner Mark Cuban, who helped bring Wednesday's game to Mellon Arena in his hometown, said he's ramping up efforts for what he hopes will be some unique events.
First, he would like to bring an NBA All-Star Game to the new Cowboys' stadium in Arlington.
"We've had some preliminary conversations at the board of governors meeting [Monday and Tuesday]," Cuban said.
Cuban also said he's considering playing an outdoor preseason game. marshall
"To play a preseason game outside in front of 100,000 people would be a blast," he said.
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