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DALLAS -- ??? Even after scoring a season high in points, Dorian Finney-Smith wanted to talk about his defense.The rookie had 17 points, leading six Dallas players in double figures as the Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings 99-79 Sunday.The Mavericks, who lost to Sacramento by 31 points at home 11 days ago, started fast. They made 11 of their first 15 shots and never trailed.Later, some of his teammates teased him for passing up open shots.When I get a hand on a ball or a tip, it gets me going, Finney-Smith said. I try not to lose focus on what I bring to the table, and thats defense. If Im making shots, thats a plus.Deron Williams, Harrison Barnes and Wesley Matthews each scored 15 for Dallas.DeMarcus Cousins scored 33 for Sacramento. The Kings were minus second-leading scorer Rudy Gay, who missed his third consecutive game because of a strained right hip flexor.A 10-0 Mavericks run early in the second quarter opened a 38-26 lead and the Kings never got closer than nine for the remainder of the game.Weve got to come out and be the aggressor, thats just plain and simple, Cousins said. We cant get off to slow starts. We cant let a team gain confidence. Weve got to be the aggressors every night.It was barely 30 degrees in Dallas and the start time was moved up three hours to 3 p.m. -- that avoided a conflict with the Cowboys, whose home game against Tampa Bay was originally scheduled for the daytime and later switched to night.Following a 120-89 home loss to the Kings on Dec. 7, the Mavericks called a team meeting. Theyve won three of four at home since then and are 3-3 overall.We remember (the loss), but the biggest thing is that our demeanor has to be like this every night, Matthews said.TIP-INSKings: Cousins had 23 of Sacramentos 44 points in the first half. ... Ty Lawson was the only other Sacramento player in double figures, with 10 points.Mavericks: The Kings scored just 14 points in the third quarter, a season low for a Mavericks opponent. ... Williams had seven assists and passed current Dallas television analyst Derek Harper for 21st place on the NBAs all-time assists list with 6,584.HARRIS A HERODevin Harris had a season-high 14 points and seven rebounds for the Mavericks. He made a three-point play and a four-point play to cap a 12-2 Dallas run that gave the Mavs a 76-56 lead with 2:33 left in the third quarter.Harris had missed the teams first 16 games with a sprained right big toe.When he feels good physically, he moves with joy out there, coach Rick Carlisle said.LET IT BEEKings coach Dave Joerger called for a truce in an ongoing spat between Cousins and the Sacramento Bee newspaper. Cousins recently confronted a Bee writer after a column that referenced the arrest of the 6-foot-11 stars brother.This guy is the face of our franchise, Joerger said. Hes done and said some things that he wishes he could do over. He has improved.Im not justifying anything that hes done. What he did was excessive. But enough is enough, he said.TRIBUTE TO SAGERThe Mavericks joined the list of NBA teams to hold a moment of silence before their game in honor of TNT broadcaster Craig Sager, who died Thursday. Team owner Mark Cuban remembered Sager fondly before the game.Smiles are underrated, Cuban said. Nice is underrated. Getting people to smile every time -- thats something not a lot of people have been able to accomplish.UP NEXTKings: Home against Portland on Tuesday. The Trail Blazers beat the Kings 122-120 in overtime on Nov. 11 in Portland.Mavericks: At Denver on Monday to start a four-game trip. Dallas plays six of its next seven on the road.Adidas Gazelle Wholesale . Neymar curled home a free kick from just outside the area to put the 2014 World Cup host ahead in the 44th minute. Three minutes after the break, a simple through pass from Paulinho freed Oscar and the Chelsea star rounded goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong to extend Brazils lead. Nike Vapormax Wholesale China . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. 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Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks.LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathans season is over after tests confirmed he suffered a ruptured right patellar tendon in Sundays 27-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans.Trevathan becomes the 15th Bears player to land on injured reserve in 2016.Hes obviously a very talented player and a guy we targeted and went after in the offseason, coach John Fox said Monday. Unfortunately, he also had a thumb injury that required surgery earlier in the season [forcing him to miss two weeks]. But he looked very good in the offseason work and in training camp.This was a semicontact injury behind the ball. He planted wrong, and the injury occurred.At the 2:52 mark of the fourth quarter, Trevathan charged into the backfield to tackle Titans running back Derrick Henry, but the linebackers knee appeared to buckle. Trevathan stayed on the ground for over a minute until medical personnel helped him slowly walk off the field.Hell fight back, Fox said. Hes been through this before. He had a similar injury [in Denver in 2014] that he worked through, and hell do tthe same off of this one.ddddddddddddTrevathans injury could affect his 2017 playing status. Patellar tendon tears typically require six to nine months before resuming sports activities, but some players take up to a full year to return to form, according to ESPN injury analyst Stephania Bell.One of Chicagos team leaders on defense, Trevathan signed a four-year contract in the offseason that contained $12 million in guaranteed money. He is scheduled to count for $3.35 million against the Bears salary cap in 2017.Before joining the Bears, Trevathan played four years in Denver, where he helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50.The Bears are expected to replace Trevathan with second-year linebacker John Timu. Rookie fourth-round pick Nick Kwiatkoski started at the other inside linebacker spot Sunday in place of veteran Jerrell Freeman, who is serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFLs policy on performance-enhancing substances. ' ' '