This is the express version of the S&D as I had too much to do today. All I will say is that this is the most unbalanced I’ve ever seen a day in favor of the Duds in a while. Also, we had our first pantheon performance of the season by Stud of the Day Dirk Nowitzki. Here’s a stat for you: Dirk’s game last night was only the fourth game in the last 20 years in which a guy posted a 40/10/5/5. The other three were Shaq in 2001, and David Robinson in both 1995 and 1996. It should be noted that he scored 29 of those 40 in the 4th quarter in a comeback win and that is the record for most points in any quarter my a Mav ever.

Lists and highlights after the jump.

Studs

1. Dirk Nowitzki – 12/22 FG, 1/3 3PT, 15/16 FT, 11 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 5 BLK, 40 PTS
2. Steve Nash – 11/15 FG, 4/5 3PT, 4/4 FT, 3 REB, 8 AST, 30 PTS
3. Luol Deng – 7/16 FG, 1/2 3PT, 9/11 FT, 20 REB (7 OFF), 2 BLK, 24 PTS

Duds

1. Anthony Parker – 2/12 FG, 1/6 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 PF, 5 PTS, 28 MIN
2. Kevin Garnett – 1/7 FG, 1/4 FT, 6 REB, 2 ATS, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 5 TO, 2 PF, 3 PTS, 23 MIN
3. Thaddeus Young – 4/16 FG, 0/4 3PT, 2 REB, 2 ATS, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 4 TO, 11 PTS, 37 MIN
4. John Salmons – 3/15 FG, 0/0 FT, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK, 4 TO, 2 PF, 7 PTS, 42 MIN
5. Roko Ukic – 0/3 FG, 0/2 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 PF, 0 PTS, 6 MIN
6. Chris Wilcox – 0/2 FG, 0/0 FT, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 1 PF, 0 PTS, 16 MIN

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