The Hornets haven’t beaten the Mavs since the last century…and they’ll continue to wait for that elusive win.

 In fact the Hornets proved no match to the streaking Mavs, trailing by double digits for most of the night in the 94-80 Mavs win.  To be fair though, the Hornets were without several of thier top players, most notably Chris Paul, but also Peja Stojakovic, David West and Bobby Jackson. 

 Jason Terry led the way with 25 points, and Dirk and Josh Howard followed with 17 and 15 respectively.  This is 8th time in the Mavs 9 game win streak that Dirk hasn’t led the Mavs in scoring. 

That’s a good sign for the Mavs, who fell apart in the Finals last season when Dirk basically dissapeared and noone else on the team stepped up to get the Mavs the last 2 wins they needed to win the championship.

Dallas now owns 2 of the longest win streaks in the NBA this season with 12 and now their current 9 game win streak.  This streak probably means a little more since they just got done beating the leagues hottest team, the Suns, last thursday night.