Mavs in a struggle now

It took J.J. Barea's 3-pointer with 14 seconds left in the third to spring the Mavericks free with a 78-72 lead going into the fourth.

For the second game in a row, they are getting tomahawked on the boards, with Philadelphia -- a bad rebounding team, by the way -- winning the glass 42-31.

The Mavericks are having to work way too hard for this win against a team that played last night in San Antonio.