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Al Jefferson scored 28 points and tied a career-high with 26 rebounds to fuel Monday night’s 123-121 triple-overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
”Right now we just got to win every game, no excuse,” said Jefferson, who had 10 points in the extra periods. ”This is a big test for us. We just got to see where our heart is and I know everybody in the locker room wants to make the playoffs. So we are going to fight and we are going to fight ’til the end. That’s all we can do.” …
Dirk Nowitzki scored 40 points against Utah for the second straight time. His 3-pointer forced the second overtime, but he couldn’t convert late in the third extra period.
The Jazz forced overtime on Paul Millsap’s put-back dunk with 2.2 seconds remaining in regulation…
Jason Terry and Nowitzki both missed 3s in the final 10 seconds. Terry finished with 27 points and four 3s…
Hayward added 24 points for Utah and Harris had 23, with five 3s…
Millsap finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and two blocks.
— Reported by Lynn DeBruin the Associated Press
