Mavs spread wealth in romp through East
"Everybody's having fun with that. Everybody's competing to get more assists, so it's fun when we can do that."
DALLAS -- The week is playing out to perfection. The Mavericks appear to be revving up and there's still two more to go in the tour of the East's bottom five.
As impressive as the Mavs have played over the past three games -- wire-to-wire blowouts over New Jersey and New York preceded another laugher from the start Wednesday, 118-93 against Charlotte -- the real gauge of progress comes to town next week in the form of three division leaders -- the Lakers, Celtics and Spurs.
But, until then, the Mavs can only play who's on the schedule. And, in those terms, they're pounding these teams as they hadn't all season. Just when they needed some exhibition-like games for starters to mesh and a bench to be found, the Mavs are starting to feel good about themselves again. Read more