"Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 40 points as the Dallas Mavericks snapped a season-high four-game losing streak with a 102-96 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.
The victory, the first for the Mavericks since they beat the Boston Celtics 89-73 on Feb. 20, before the All-Star break.
But while Saturday's result was a relief, the ending wasn't completely happy for the Mavericks, who blew a 23-point lead in the fourth quarter and let the Jazz cut the lead to 93-88 with 1:40 left.
Poor offensive possessions and bad defense by the second unit left a bad taste in the mouth of Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle and 20,560 fans at the American Airlines Center."
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