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WATCH: Mavs' Derrick Jones Jr. Soars for Massive Put-Back Dunk vs. Clippers

The shorthanded Dallas Mavericks got off to a good start against the Los Angeles Clippers, and an emphatic put-back slam by Derrick Jones Jr. got the AAC crowd off its feet.

Dalton Trigg

WATCH: Mavs' Derrick Jones Jr. Soars for Massive Put-Back Dunk vs. Clippers
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Coming into Wednesday night's matchup with the red-hot Los Angeles Clippers, who have won eight consecutive games, the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks knew they needed to get out to a fast start.

With just a little under eight minutes left in the first quarter, the Mavs did just that, jumping out to an 11-8 lead over the Clippers after an emphatic put-back dunk from Derrick Jones Jr.

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Jones, who was signed to a one-year veteran's minimum deal with the Mavs over the summer, has had a great season so far, averaging a career-high 9.8 points and shooting a career-high 35.5 percent from deep. The eighth-year veteran wing had a tough outing in the Mavs' last game, which was a 26-point loss to the defending-champion Denver Nuggets, scoring just six points and shooting 0-5 from deep.

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So far, though, Jones has gotten off to a much better start in tonight's game against the Clippers, tallying seven points on 3-4 shooting overall before picking up his second foul with two minutes left in the first quarter.

Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for extensive Mavs-Clippers game coverage throughout tonight and Thursday.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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