The Mavericks raced out to a 55-39 halftime lead and shot 51.1% from the floor and that was too much for the Nuggets to deal with. Dirk Nowitzki led the way for the Mavericks with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. Josh Howard also had a stellar game with 27 points and 3 rebounds.

The Mavericks improved to 46-9 on the season with this win. http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270224006