Kidd’s debut shadowed by Dampier’s season highs

 

Jason Kidd came back to the court that saw him playing in the NBA for the first time back in the 94’ season when he was taken by Dallas as the second overall pick.

And he surely didn’t disappointed the Mavs fans that were cheering him as soon as he was announced at the beginning of the game that Dallas won to the Bulls 102-94 at the American Airlines Center yesterday night.

Kidd finished the game with 11 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, not bad for his first game at home, and with this victory, it is 3 in a row for Dallas, all 3 non-playoff teams, much different than what is coming for the Mavs, as their next 3 out of 4 games are against conference leaders, so the real test is coming for the renovated Mavericks.

Jason Kidd played well, but the guy who took much of the attention that was conceived for the former Nets player was Erick Dampier who had 3 season highs: 37 points, 16 rebounds and 7 blocked shots. Dampier is getting more minutes now that DeSagana Diop was traded, he knows it, and he is willing to prove that he deserves that extra time on the court.

"He got the game ball tonight, Damp understands that he's going to be playing more, and he's fired up about it." coach Avery Johnson said.

Dirk Nowitzki had a good performance as usual with 29 points and Jerry Stackhouse finished with 23, while for the Bulls, Ben Gordon leaded with 25.