Dirk, Ellis fuel Mavs past Suns, into playoffs

Monta Ellis matched his season high with 36 points and Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 of his 23 during a second-half rally that carried the Dallas Mavericks back to the playoffs in a 101-98 victory against the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.
Apr 13, 2014, 01:47 am - Associated Press

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  • Jose Calderon misses 8-foot step back jumpshot
  • Channing Frye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Monta Ellis misses jumper
  • Samuel Dalembert misses layup
  • Goran Dragic makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Channing Frye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
  • Shawn Marion misses layup
  • Goran Dragic misses 18-foot jumper
  • Monta Ellis makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Channing Frye misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Monta Ellis makes 20-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
  • Channing Frye makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe makes two point shot
  • Dirk Nowitzki misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Channing Frye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
  • Jose Calderon misses 8-foot
  • Samuel Dalembert makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Samuel Dalembert makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dirk Nowitzki misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Markieff Morris misses 15-foot jumper
  • Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Shawn Marion assists)
  • Monta Ellis misses driving layup
  • Brandan Wright misses 8-foot Running Jumper
  • Monta Ellis misses two point shot
  • Monta Ellis makes driving layup
  • Markieff Morris makes jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe makes driving layup
  • Vince Carter misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Marcus Morris makes 16-foot jumper
  • Brandan Wright makes two point shot (Vince Carter assists)
  • Gerald Green misses two point shot
  • Brandan Wright makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
  • Goran Dragic makes 19-foot jumper (Marcus Morris assists)
  • Vince Carter makes driving layup
  • Goran Dragic misses two point shot
  • Monta Ellis makes two point shot
  • Markieff Morris makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Brandan Wright makes driving layup (Vince Carter assists)
  • Shane Larkin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
  • Marcus Morris misses 18-foot jump bank shot
  • Vince Carter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Larkin assists)
  • Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ish Smith misses 4-foot Running Jumper
  • Marcus Morris makes 16-foot jumper
  • Brandan Wright misses driving layup
  • Vince Carter makes 25-foot three pointer (Devin Harris assists)
  • Ish Smith makes 19-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Channing Frye misses two point shot
  • Gerald Green makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Goran Dragic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Brandan Wright makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandan Wright makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Plumlee makes 10-foot two point shot (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Vince Carter misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 4-foot jumper
  • Miles Plumlee makes two point shot
  • Shawn Marion makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jose Calderon assists)
  • Gerald Green misses driving layup
  • Gerald Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Vince Carter misses 7-foot
  • Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot
  • Gerald Green misses driving layup
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monta Ellis makes two point shot
  • Channing Frye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 17-foot jumper
  • Jose Calderon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 19-foot two point shot
  • Monta Ellis misses 8-foot
  • Goran Dragic misses driving layup
  • Goran Dragic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Goran Dragic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Monta Ellis makes 19-foot jumper (Brandan Wright assists)
  • P.J. Tucker makes 17-foot jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe makes driving layup
  • Shawn Marion misses three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dirk Nowitzki misses 12-foot jumper
  • Shawn Marion makes two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monta Ellis makes 20-foot two point shot
  • P.J. Tucker misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • P.J. Tucker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • P.J. Tucker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Samuel Dalembert misses
  • P.J. Tucker misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Dirk Nowitzki misses 21-foot jumper
  • Channing Frye misses layup
  • Monta Ellis makes 19-foot two point shot (Jose Calderon assists)
  • Channing Frye misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Monta Ellis misses 19-foot jumper
  • Goran Dragic makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes 9-foot jumper
  • P.J. Tucker misses two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Goran Dragic misses jumper
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
  • Channing Frye makes 15-foot jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Channing Frye makes 13-foot two point shot
  • P.J. Tucker makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
  • P.J. Tucker misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Vince Carter makes two point shot
  • Monta Ellis makes three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
  • Gerald Green misses jumper
  • Monta Ellis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
  • Gerald Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
  • Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Markieff Morris misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
  • Gerald Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Bledsoe makes two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 7-foot
  • Monta Ellis makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Channing Frye makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Channing Frye makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monta Ellis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dirk Nowitzki misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Goran Dragic makes driving layup (Markieff Morris assists)
  • Shawn Marion makes 13-foot two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
  • Monta Ellis makes 19-foot two point shot
  • Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Markieff Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Markieff Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shawn Marion misses 13-foot Running Jumper
  • Brandan Wright makes two point shot
  • Marcus Morris makes two point shot
  • Vince Carter misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe misses 15-foot jumper
  • Monta Ellis makes driving layup
  • Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Gerald Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gerald Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Goran Dragic misses driving layup
  • Brandan Wright makes dunk (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
  • Markieff Morris misses 14-foot jumper
  • Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
  • P.J. Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Monta Ellis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Monta Ellis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Channing Frye misses 23-foot jumper
  • Goran Dragic makes two point shot
  • Monta Ellis misses 20-foot jumper
  • Goran Dragic misses 19-foot jumper
  • P.J. Tucker misses
  • Dirk Nowitzki makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
  • Monta Ellis makes driving layup
  • Channing Frye misses two point shot
  • Devin Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
  • Markieff Morris misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Gerald Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gerald Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monta Ellis makes two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes driving layup
  • Monta Ellis misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Markieff Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Markieff Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Eric Bledsoe makes two point shot
  • Dirk Nowitzki misses two point shot
  • Eric Bledsoe makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Gerald Green misses 10-foot jumper
  • Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monta Ellis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Monta Ellis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monta Ellis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Markieff Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
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