Mavs lose to Toronto 84-76

By Katrina King

Image by Channing Jemerson

Can't blame it on not having the big guy (Dirk Nowitzki) in the game. Can't blame it on Toronto for playing a solid defense and an offensive game. Can't blame it on the referees. The Mavs played "subpar" as coach Carlisle said.

The Toronto Raptors simply outplayed the Mavericks at the Ameican Airlines Center. Yes, the Mavericks may have had a chance to win if Dirk was in the lineup tonight, but, he wasn't. The guys stepped up played cohesively and won in Oklahoma when Dirk went down in the first quarter of the game.

Shawn Marion joined the starting line up in place of Nowitzki. Marion had another good night ending the night with 12 points. Even, Brian Cardinal got a piece of the scoring action.