Tuesday night, for perhaps the first time all season, Jason and the Mavericks played the quick, controlled hoops they've wanted to play, and the result was promising.

On a high from a very deserved Sunday victory at the Garden against the New York Knicks, J-Kidd and the Mavericks will be back in action tonight, in Charlotte to face the Bobcats.

Sunday night, after suffering through a five-game losing skid, Jason led the Mavericks out of the L column, and got them a W.

Jason and Co. started out with the intensity coach Rick Carlisle has been looking for, beating up on the Bulls 24-5 in the first six minutes of last night's game.

At 2-5, Jason the Mavericks are looking to get back to their winning ways tonight against the youthful Chicago Bulls.

In four of the first six games that Jason and Dallas had played so far this season, he came tantalizingly close to getting his 101st triple double.

Tuesday night, he got it.

Dallas coach Rick Carlisle talked all preseason long about the fast paced running game Jason would help the Mavericks run this season.

Dating back to 2003, Jason had lost to the San Antonio Spurs 11 consecutive times. That all changed last night.

Entering the third quarter Monday night, Jason and the Mavs had their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers within their grasp. Twelve minutes later, it was gone.

Quick hands can alter the course of a possession, or at times, as was the case on Saturday night for Jason, the outcome of a game.