The Mavericks switched up to a zone defense to start the 2nd quarter and it completely threw Sacramento off, just like when Utah did it in the 4th quarter the other night.  While Sacramento couldn't get anything going on offense, Dallas was taking it to the Kings, and in fact showing them exactly how to break down a zone even though the Kings weren't using one.  Excellent ball movement from the outside to the inside and then back outside led to a lot of wide open threes, mostly for Jason Kidd, and he was knocking them down.  The Mavericks went on a big run to end the quarter, including three three-pointers in a row to end the half with a 9 point lead.

Head came off the bench and provided a really nice spark as well, scoring 12 and playing some alright defense (it wasn't phenomenal).  

Samuel Dalembert though was on another plane of existence.  He started getting on a roll the way you don't want him to: by shooting fadeaway jumpers, and hitting them.  His new nickname is "Oh No You Didn't" or ONYD for short, because that's what I want to say every time he shoots the ball.  But there is no denying he was good, even great, tonight.  He hit his shots, he got to the line, he rebounded.  20 points and 7 rebounds in 19 minutes for ONYD.  That's just incredible stuff coming from him.

Sacramento still had a chance at the end though.  Tyreke had a very quiet second half after a phenomenal 1st quarter, finishing with just 14 points on 19 shots, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and the ball was entrusted in his hands on the final play with Sacramento down two.  Tyreke drove to the basket, straight into the teeth of the Mavericks defense, tried to draw contact unsuccessfully, and threw up a prayer that wasn't answered because God had used up all his miracles for the day on Dalembert and Barea.

This was another tough lesson for the Kings to learn.  At some point, inexperience can't be used as an excuse for all these close losses because there have just been so many to learn from.