DALLAS - Monta Ellis quickly made up for a poor performance.A night after scoring only 2 points, his fewest in a game since 2006, Ellis scored 26 points and the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 112-107 on Wednesday night.Ellis scored 13 in the final 4:27.Coach put the ball in my hands and my teammates have confidence in me to make plays around this time, Ellis said. I was looking to make plays, and tonight I had it going in the fourth quarter.Pelicans coach Monty Williams said, We tried to switch it, and he would drive around our guys.New Orleans had a chance to tie the game in the final 6 seconds, but Ryan Andersons 3-point attempt bounced off the rim. Dallas Richard Jefferson grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made both free throws to seal the win.Dirk Nowitzki, Chandler Parsons and Devin Harris scored 20 points each for Dallas.Ellis was a game-time decision Tuesday because of a sore elbow. It didnt seem to be a problem Wednesday, when he made 11 of 19 field goal attempts, including both 3-point shots.He wants the ball when the heats on, and hes unafraid, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle. After (Tuesday), everybody was asking about his elbow, and the majority of the guys in this league would have sat this one out after going 1 for (11).The Pelicans Anthony Davis scored 31 points and added 11 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday added a season-high 30 points and 10 assists.Davis jammed a toe in the fourth quarter, but stayed in the game. He and Williams both indicated that Davis should be fine going forward.Harris had only seven points until the final minute of the third quarter, and then scored 13 in a 6-minute span to help the Mavericks turn a one-point deficit to a six-point lead. Ellis took over from there.Monta was great tonight, Williams said. Then Devin Harris had 20 off the bench. I thought his 3s, we had a hand up. He just hit tough shots.Harris had started three games in November when starting point guard Jameer Nelson was out because of back spasms. Nelson didnt play Wednesday because of a sore right shoulder. J.J. Barea started while Harris remained in a reserve role.Dallas had a 12-point lead in the second quarter, but the Pelicans came back with a 28-12 run to take a 51-47 halftime lead. They led 78-77 after three quarters.TIP-INSPelicans: Gal Mekel, a Maverick last season, was back in Dallas as New Orleans signed him as a free agent Friday. ... The Pelicans shot 27 per cent from the field (6 for 22) in the first quarter, but turned around to hit 60 per cent (12 for 20) in the second. . Holidays previous 30-point game was last Dec. 30, when he scored 31 against Portland.Mavericks: Dallas is 10-1 when Nowitzki scores 20 points or more. . Ellis entered the game with a team-high 20.3 points per game. . Four Mavericks also reached 20 points 8 days earlier in a double-overtime victory at Chicago. The last time there were four 20s in a regulation game was Jan. 25, 2011, against the Clippers.ON THE REBOUNDNew Orleans outrebounded Dallas 45-29. Omer Asik had a game-high 15 rebounds. Carlisle said, Thats a major problem, and weve got to keep working on it. They had two monsters in there tonight with Davis and Asik. Theres 26 between the two guys.RARE AIRWith both teams having played Tuesday, it could have been expected to see some tired players. Unexpected were the three air balls by the Pelicans in the first half. Mekel and Luke Babbitt barely hit the bottom of the net with field goal attempts. One of Austin Rivers free throw attempts was short, but it was also wide right.UP NEXTPelicans: Host Cleveland on Friday.Mavericks: Host Golden State on Saturday. Air Jordan 11 Ireland . 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Craig went 4 for 5 and Yadier Molina added three hits for the Cardinals, who salvaged the final game of a three-game set in hopes of staying within shouting distance of front-running Milwaukee in the NL Central. Jordan 11 Wholesale Shoes .Stanton suffered fractures in his face and other injuries when he was hit by a pitch Sept. 11. The Marlins are confident hell fully recover and be ready for spring training, and they hope to reach a long-term agreement with him.From the outside looking in, 2014 was close to a perfect season for the Edmonton Rush. The long-suffering Rush won its first 14 games and finished the year with a remarkable 16-2 record, both new standards in the National Lacrosse League. Derek Keenan became the NLLs first three-time winner of GM and Coach of the Year honours. However, for all its success in the public eye, the Rush was dealing with a heartbreaking private reality. On October 15, 2013, Wendy Keenan, Dereks wife, received a death sentence. At 50 years young, the mother of two children - then 19-year-old Ryan and 15-year-old Kianna - was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and given only six months to live. It was devastating news eventually shared with a scant few - among them the Rush players. It brought our team closer, says Rush captain Chris Corbeil. We are a family and Wendy is part of that family. It gave us someone to play for. You arent just doing this for yourself; we were doing it for Wendy, Derek and their family. Wendy and Derek had spent 20 years in Whitby, Ont., nurturing a family foundation and were looking ahead to the fun years of middle age. The times where parents watch their children enter adulthood and enjoy more free time after two decades of putting children first. But a few weeks before her 50th birthday, Wendy began to experience severe back pain, loss of appetite and weight loss. It didnt subside and she went to see her doctor. Testing revealed the worst. It was terminal, says Wendy. No cure. No surgery because of the location of it, being on the head of the pancreas, not on the tail. It is a difficult disease. They call it the silent killer, because it usually isnt detected until the late stages. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer because it progresses stealthily and rapidly. Symptoms often remain absent until the disease has progressed to an advanced stage. It was a real hard and fast spiral down because she was so sick, Derek says, but the recovery she made after her original diagnosis was amazing. There were a number of procedures she had to go through before she could receive treatment because she wasnt strong enough. Her liver was already being compromised by the cancer. It had spread to her liver and lymph nodes and they had to put in a couple of stints in her liver to get it functioning better just so she could start chemotherapy. That worked and she started chemo in November of 2013, and its been basically every three weeks since then. Wendy had to quit her job in the finance department of the Durham regional municipality and Derek decided to give up coaching so he could care for his soulmate. She talked me out of it, he says. On the drive home from her diagnosis, one of the first things I said was that I wasnt going to coach the Rush. Right away, she said no. She said we need normalcy in our life and we need to live, and in our house lacrosse and hockey is a big part of that. Wendy Nieuwendyk, like her future husband, grew up in a lacrosse family. All three of her brothers, Rick, Gil and future Hockey Hall of Famer Joe were outstanding lacrosse players, winning six Mann and Minto Cups between them. All three have been inducted to the Whitby Hall of Fame and Gil is in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Derek decided to continue with the Rush on a week-to-week basis. The NLL is something of a nomads league. Many coaches and players fly in for practices and games. For Keenan, games in Rochester, Buffalo and Toronto felt more like home games than matches in Edmonton. He didnt like leaving her alone for a few days, but Wendy insisted he keep coaching. Keenan wanted to be honest with his team so he sat down with his leaders and explained Wendys situation before the 2014 season. It was a huge inspiration, Corbeil says. Everybody was aware of it during the year and especially when she came to the game in Toronto and in Edmonton. It wasnt something that was talked about frequently, but there were a few times when I was in the huddle prior to games, talking to the guys, and I would reference Wendy and how inspirational she is and how we should be playing for coach and his family. Wendys determination did inspire the players but they felt they needed to do more than simply win games and play hard. Jarrett Davis came up with the idea, explains Corbeil. And everybody was in agreement it was the best way to use the money we had left over from the CBA. Players dont play in the NLL to make money. They play for the love of the game and in this case they played for the love of a family member. The players pooled $7,500 and Bruce Urban, the owner, matched it and they presented $15,000 to Derek at the end of last season. Wendy had to quit work and we knew Derek was evventually going to have to take some time off himself, Corbeil says.dddddddddddd The Keenans needed it more than us. Six months later Derek still gets choked up thinking about the moment the team presented him with the money. Keenan says, The generosity that Bruce, his wife Cindy, the front office staff, my coaching staff and that group of players displayed towards my family was incredible. I never dreamed of that. Its not something I thought about, or necessarily even needed, but it was just our guys being who they are. Despite the draining treatments, Wendy has been determined to enjoy every moment. Nausea and fatigue wont stop her from enjoying life. She and daughter Kianna went to New York City in August, something they had planned to do since she was a little girl. Wendy traveled with her best friend to the Cayman Islands in September and she attended many of Ryans junior lacrosse games this summer. Wendy has kept battling. Her trip to the hospital became part of her routine. She did have one stretch during the summer where she went five weeks between treatments. It was one of the small victories. However, on Nov. 3, some 13 months after Wendys initial diagnosis, it became evident the treatments werent working any longer. Derek sighs deeply, It worked for 13 months, but the cancer has spread more into her liver and taken over her bile ducts, so consequently things arent moving around as they should and she is starting to develop jaundice. This new treatment can hopefully stabilize things and get us through the next little bit of time and see what happens. She went in for a procedure on (November) 18th to move one of the stints around in her liver to hopefully get things moving around better. All of this is just water off her back now. She has been through so much. Pain control is a big part of it. That is the frustrating thing about the whole disease. Pancreatic cancer, if not for Steve Jobs or Patrick Swayze getting it, youd never hear about it. Derek has taken a leave of absence from his job with the city of Oshawa, where he manages a civic recreation complex, and is stepping away from the Rush for the 2015 season, which begins Jan. 3 in Buffalo. He needs to be by Wendys side full-time now. It will be a challenge this year, Corbeil says. There is no question Derek is the leader of this group. He is well respected and he provides a lot of guidance and a certain calmness to things. Even though Keenan wont attend practice or games, he will be involved. He doesnt have a choice. Wendy said to me last week that I still have to be part of it, explains Derek. Im just not going to be there until further notice. I think she wants me to stay involved, just so she can too. While Wendy refuses to give in to cancer, her brothers are wary of her opponent. Gil says, Im scared. Im absolutely terrified for her and what may happen. Im inspired by how she is battling this. It is a helpless feeling for us, says younger brother Joe. You just pray and hope that she is able to have good days. It has been a grind, because the chemo has been so hard on her for so long and she hasnt been able to have many good days. But her upbeat attitude despite all of that is truly remarkable. Rick, the oldest, has a natural urge to protect his younger siblings, especially Wendy. She is stronger than the three brothers for sure, he added. She has always been the one that spoke up for the family, spoke up for what was right and she has more guts than all of us and she has carried that through her fight with cancer. At first, I told her she had to fight it and she could beat it and I tried to boost her spirits. I think there always is hope, there are always miracles, but as it gets closer and the doctors are saying it is coming close to an end, you have to accept it. Ive gotten to a stage where Im accepting it. Wendy and I have talked about life and about her seeing our mom... Rick starts to tear up. Their mother Joanne passed away from ovarian cancer in 1996. Wendy and Derek are embracing the present more than fearing the future. Christmas is less than two weeks away and the extended family will celebrate the gift of having Wendy among them. In terms of the terminal cancer I think we have dealt with it both ways, Wendy says. We have focused on living day-to-day and looking forward to the next goal, but at the same time we have been able to plan for what we are told is inevitable. This is not easy, but at the same time it has led to many powerful and emotional moments. We both want to be remembered for how we lived, not how we died. You can make a donation to Pancreatic Cancer Canada here. Jason Gregor appears weekdays 2-6 pm on TSN 1260 Edmonton. Follow him @jasongregor on Twitter. Cheap Jerseys ChinaNFL Jerseys ChinaNFL Jerseys WholesaleDiscount Basketball JerseysCheap NHL Jerseys AuthenticCheap Baseball Jerseys Free ShippingCheapest College Jerseys SaleCheap Football Jerseys ChinaNike NFL Jerseys CanadaWholesale NHL Jerseys From ChinaMLB Jerseys Outlet CanadaWholesale NBA Jerseys Canada StoreCheap Soccer Jerseys ChinaCheap Authentic Jerseys Canada ' ' '