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• Takeaways: Nurkic was a big difference-maker for the Suns

  28-10-2024 03:32 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX — Jusuf Nurkic turned out to be the biggest difference-maker in the Phoenix Suns’ 114-102 triumph over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in the Valley of the Sun.
  The Suns’ center scored 18 points, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, was 7-of-12 from the field, and played a lot of bully-ball at the Mavs’ expense.
  “Yeah, he was aggressive,” coach Jason Kidd said. “We talked about it. We had to box him out.
  “He got (three) offensive rebound
  
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• Takeaways: Nurkic was a big difference-maker for Suns

  28-10-2024 03:32 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX — Jusuf Nurkic turned out to be the biggest difference-maker in the Phoenix Suns’ 114-102 triumph over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in the Valley of the Sun.
  The Suns’ center scored 18 points, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, was 7-of-12 from the field, and played a lot of bully-ball at the Mavs’ expense.
  “Yeah, he was aggressive,” coach Jason Kidd said. “We talked about it. We had to box him out.
  “He got (three) offensive rebound
  
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• Mavs-Jazz preview: Even smart moves don’t always work out well

  28-10-2024 02:56 via mavs.com
  
  Every general manager in the NBA is trying to make his team better.
  Bad teams are trying to get mediocre. Mediocre teams are trying to get good. Good teams, great. Great teams want to be champions.
  But it doesn’t always work out, even when teams make good decisions.
  The Utah Jazz have fallen into a tough situation in spite of doing a lot of things right.
  They invade American Airlines Center on Monday night and the team the Mavericks will see brings an 0-2 record into the 7:30 p.m. game. Th
  
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