The Dallas Mavericks picked up a much needed 111-105 victory against the Washington Wizards Saturday night in a sad-off for the ages. Naji Marshall was the man of the moment with a game-leading 30 points, eight rebounds, two assists and two steals off the bench while CJ McCollum led the Wizards with 25 points.

Both high scorers got off to a fairly fast start with McCollum scoring 14 points in the first quarter and Marshall nine of the Mavericks’ points amid a 29-8 run from the 6:30 mark of the first quarter to early in the second. Despite this, the Wizards cut the Mavericks’ game high 14 point lead to 57-53 by halftime with a flurry of threes on their end and a bevy of bricks by Dallas. The game became a bit of a back and forth in the second half, but the Mavericks’ offense stabilized aft

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