02.03.10

Jordan's adjacency and a 4 a.m. arrival in Charlotte couldn't stop the Mavericks from pleasant their eighth straight game.

"To hold that team to 31 points in the newer half really was the key to our success," Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki said.

Jackson scored 20 points, but also had six of Charlotte's 20 turnovers. The Bobcats dropped to 0-12 against the Mavericks, the only line-up they've never beaten.

It was a sour end to an eventful day for Jordan, who late Friday reached a handle to buy the money-losing club from owner Bob Johnson.

The former NBA superstar, who has scarcely ever attended practices or games in the past, showed up at the morning pursuit and played two games of H-O-R-S-E with rookie Gerald Henderson -- losing both.

Jordan then sat in his courtside centre next to the Bobcats' bench, and was already doing some of the handshaking necessary of an NBA P even before the league has approved the transaction.

Source: USA Today

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Needling Henderson relentlessly for being from Duke, the North Carolina commodity kept clanging jumpers off the rim as Henderson shortly won the first shooting be deceitful.

But then Jordan, wearing jeans and sneakers, started getting hot. He hit a open-handed pitch with his eyes closed to take the superintend in the advance daring.[..]

But Jordan did start missing, and Henderson, who has played hardly this mellow, started making shots. Teammate Gerald Wallace even started trade him Kobe Bryant . –CBS Sports.