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The Dallas Mavericks' offense barely had a pulse for most of three quarters. Then Dirk Nowitzki decided to take control. Nowitzki scored a club-record 29 of his 40 points during a frantic fourth-quarter comeback and the Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 96-85 on Tuesday night. Nowitzki broke the franchise record of 24 points in any quarter set by Mark Aguirre against Denver on March 24, 1984. "It was an ugly game," Nowitzki said. "We couldn't get anything going for three quarters.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score
Tue 11/3	Dal	Dal 96-85
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Sat 1/9	Dal	8:30 pm
Mon 2/1	Uta	9:00 pm

Game Stats

Jazz (1-3) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts D Williams, G 43 5 5 5 22 M Okur, C 39 14 5 5 14 A Kirilenko, F 35 5 0 0 12 C Boozer, F 24 2 3 5 12 R Brewer, G 44 2 3 0 7 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts W Matthews 15 1 2 1 8 P Millsap 22 6 1 4 5 R Price 8 1 1 1 3 K Fesenko 11 1 1 3 2 K Koufos 1 0 0 0 0 K Korver 0 0 0 0 0 E Maynor 0 0 0 0 0 M Harpring 0 0 0 0 0 C Miles 0 0 0 0 0

Mavericks (3-1) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts D Nowitzki, F 39 11 5 2 40 J Kidd, G 37 5 6 3 19 S Marion, F 39 8 2 2 10 E Dampier, C 38 12 0 3 4 Q Ross, G 7 0 0 1 0 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts J Terry 34 5 4 1 10 J Barea 19 0 0 2 8 K Humphries 16 5 1 1 5 M Carroll 6 2 0 1 0 J Singleton 4 2 0 1 0 D Gooden 0 0 0 0 0 R Beaubois 0 0 0 0 0 J Howard 0 0 0 0 0 T Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 S Williams 0 0 0 0 0

Complete Box Score

Injury Report

Jazz Date Player Injury 11/18 M Okur, C Flu-like symptoms 10/26 M Harpring, GF Sprained left knee - out 6 to 8 weeks 10/23 K Korver, GF Left knee surgery - out 3 to 5 weeks 10/5 C Miles, GF Left thumb surgery - out 3 to 5 weeks

Mavericks Date Player Injury 11/15 E Dampier, C Illness 10/20 J Howard, GF Recovery from ankle surgery

Player News

Jazz Mehmet Okur (UTAH) News: The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that Jazz big man Mehmet Okur returned to practice on Monday. Okur missed three games with flu-like symptoms.   (Fanball - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Kyle Korver (UTAH) News: Korver (knee) increased his work on the court and is nearing a return, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Ronnie Price (UTAH) News: Price said his sprained left toe is getting better, but he still hasn't been cleared to start running or jumping, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009)

Mavericks Shawn Marion (DAL) News: Marion went through parts of practice on Monday, but his ankle was still too tender for him to participate fully, the Dallas Morning News reports. "I tried to get through as much [of practice] as I could. I can't push off the way I want to. We want to get it back as close to 100 percent as we can."  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Shawn Marion (DAL) News: Marion (ankle) is targeting a Tuesday return when the Mavericks play the Warriors, the Dallas Morning News reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Erick Dampier (DAL) News: Dampier has been attending games and sitting on the bench in a suit with an undisclosed illness, the Associated Press reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)