Here's the "couple" of minor injuries report I guess you can call it that then:
The only bad news for the Mavericks came in the fourth quarter when Josh Howard sprained his right ankle. He finished with 20 points.
Howard was helped off the court with 6:11 to play after he took a jumper and landed on the foot of Atlanta's Joe Johnson. X-rays were negative and Howard made the trip to Minnesota where the Mavericks meet the Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Howard, who's been playing on a sore right ankle sustained under similar cir stances in a game last week against the Miami Heat, is listed as day-to-day.
"Hopefully he should be OK," Mavericks coach Avery Johnson said.
Reserve Jerry Stackhouse, playing extended minutes with starting guard Greg Buckner out with a bruised left knee, contributed 19 points and a season-high nine assists for the Mavericks.
"Dallas is good, they try to do things the right way," Atlanta coach Mike Woodson said. "They have so many weapons, it's like, pick your poison out there."
Also out for the Mavericks was swingman Devean George, recovering from a sprained ligament in his right knee.
Dallas had only eight players with 10 minutes or more, and the Mavericks needed their reserves to grind out the victory.