Mavs have decision to make on signing Pavlovic for rest of season By JEFF MILLER / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Published 28 January 2011 08:51 PM http://tinyurl.com/4s7333x Sasha Pavlovic’s first 10-day term with the Mavericks ended with him sloughing off a broken nose and helping the team break out of its first six-game losing streak in 11 years. Wearing a protective face mask, he started for the first time and played 24 minutes as the Mavs stunned the Los Angeles Lakers , 109-100 , at American Airlines Center. His second 10-day hitch will end with tonight’s game against the Atlanta Hawks at AAC. It should be his fifth consecutive start in helping the Mavs regain their equilibrium with the return of injured Dirk Nowitzki. It could be his last start. To remain with the Mavs this season beyond tonight, he would have to be signed to a guaranteed contract for the rest of the season. Donnie Nelson, the team’s general manager and president of basketball operations, said a decision will be made after tonight’s game. The 6-7 swingman said Friday he doesn’t even think about this game ending his time with the Mavs. “I don’t want to put pressure at all,” he said. “I love being here. “It’s a great team, great teammates.” Pavlovic ’s departure before Peja Stojakovic becomes available could lead coach Rick Carlisle to start 6-5 DeShawn Stevenson in Pavlovic’s spot with Jason Terry alongside Jason Kidd. In the first four games after Caron Butler joined Nowitzki out of the lineup in early January, the starters were Terry, Kidd, Stevenson, Shawn Marion and Tyson Chandler. Carlisle said of Stevenson: “His game for us is going to start with solid defense and take open shots. We want him to make plays that are the right plays and ones that he’s capable of making. “Our team is structured to have a really good bench. We need them to provide balance to our starters. We don’t necessarily start our five best players. When we sub, we expect to get better, at least offensively.” Board games: In the Mavs’ last 10 games, they’ve been out-rebounded eight times and drawn even twice. Some of those games have been played without Chandler and Nowitzki, their two top rebounders. “It’s up and down,” Marion said of the team’s rebounding. “Depending on the game, you get a team that misses , you’re going to get more. But we just have to watch our techniques and boxing out.” New combo up front: Carlisle likes the rebounding and defense that center Ian Mahinmi brings off the bench and has played him alongside center Brendan Haywood in the last two games. “It’s something that we can continue to try to develop with him,” Carlisle said. “It just expands his game and expands our possibilities. He’s one of our best defenders, one of our best rebounders.” Sasha Pavlovic第二个10天约即将在明天打完老鹰後结束。 而Donnie Nelson说是不是要在剩下的球季和他签约，将会在今晚决定。 他在第一个10天约结束时，被打断鼻子，却帮助小牛中止了11年来的首次6连败。他 戴着脸部防护具，并且首次先发打了24分钟，小牛以100:109击败湖人。 Sasha Pavlovic第二个10天约即将在明天打完老鹰後结束，明天应该会是他第5场连 续先发，但也可能是他最後一次在小牛的先发。 他说：我不想给自己压力，我喜欢自这里，这是支很棒的球队，这有很棒的队友。 祝福他吧。 -- ╭─────────╮ Our Way Our Will Our Win ╭╯Dallas Mavericks╭╯ ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ ╰─────────╯ --

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