Alrite, Dallas had no reason to be down by 16 points in the third quarter against a .500 team in the Eastern Conference, but the best teams have to win ugly sometimes, too.

 I think Dallas is doing a great job by winning a lot of games, but one game I’m looking forward to March the 1st against the Cleveland Cavaliers. My friend Jay is a huge Cavs fan in Dallas, but I’m also concerned about how Dallas will shut down specific players.

I think Dallas can win this game, and even Cleveland knows that, but Dallas has to work on their three-point defense and they have to use a lot of different defenders on LeBron James to keep him below 25 points.

 All-Star Break is right now, though. I got Dirk winning the 3-point contest and Kobe Bryant winning the All-Star Game MVP Awards. I do, think, however, LeBron or Chris Paul are winning the SKills Challenge, and that Nate Robinson will repeat. Dirk also deserves to start this All-Star game.

Last night, Howard even said Dirk deserved the last two MVP awards, which is a great compliment to Dirk’s game.

Anyway, the Mavs will rest for now, and so will Steve Nash. The Suns are probably going to give up their hopes of winning the first seed to rest their small rotation. They know Dallas has way too much depth for the Suns to intake, so Phoenix needs rest.

Sagar was here!