SALT LAKE CITY -- The offseason acquisition of George Hill was a clear upgrade at the point guard position for the Utah Jazz, but few expected this type of production from the nine-year veteran.Hill scored 25 points and the Jazz defeated the Dallas Mavericks 97-81 on Wednesday night.Hill continued to power the Jazz offensively after coming to the team in a three-way trade with the Pacers and Hawks last summer. He has scored 18-plus points in all five games, the only Jazz player to do so.Some of the things that hes doing, you were hopeful that he would do, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. But youre equally pleased that hes doing them. Hes made big shots at crucial times. What Ive seen is his willingness to (say), `Where do you need me? Do you need me to score? Do you need me to get a stop? Do you want me to lead?The leadership component, to me, is probably the most unique. Thats something our team is responding to.The Mavericks trailed the entire game except for a 16-15 lead at the beginning of the second quarter. After shooting just 37.0 percent in the first quarter, the Jazz hit 49.2 percent the rest of the way. They were 12 for 25 from 3-point range.Im just happy were winning, I dont care about the numbers, Hill said. Just doing what it takes to try to win a game. Im glad my teammates have confidence in me to control the tempo out there and try to make plays.Rodney Hood scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Jazz as teammate Rudy Gobert had 12 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks.Harrison Barnes led the Mavericks with 14 points, but they shot just 26.9 percent behind the arc.Its been a tough start for us, Mavs center Andrew Bogut said. No one is going to give us anything easy, so we got to dig ourselves out of this hole.We werent in the game, really from the start. Whatever it was, we were kind of chasing our tails from the start. Our bench did a great job of getting us back in the game. Made a run. We just couldnt sustain it.TIP-INSMavericks: Dirk Nowitzki started after missing the last two games with an illness. He scored nine points on 4-for-14 shooting. ... Point guard Deron Williams, who was drafted by the Jazz No. 3 overall in 2005, was still booed five years after being traded away.Jazz: Derrick Favors matched a season-high with 23 minutes as he works his way back from a knee injury. ... Dante Exum matched a season-high 10 points off the bench.STICKING AROUNDGobert signed a lucrative multi-year extension Tuesday to keep from entering restricted free agency after the season. The 7-foot-1, 245-pound center averaged career-highs in points (9.1), rebounds (11.0) and blocks (2.2) last season and has developed into one of the top defenders in the league. Gobert said the extension puts both he and the team on the same page and reinforces their belief in him. He knows he has to produce, but said there isnt any extra pressure. As a human, it wasnt really impacting my game, but in my mind you think about it a little bit, Gobert said. Now that its done Im focused on basketball and the team.MORE OFFENSEThe Mavericks entered the game ranked No. 15 in the league averaging 103.7 points per game. Coach Rick Carlisle is looking for more on that end of the court, but didnt get it Wednesday. We want to move the ball, Carlisle said. We want to get it in the paint as much as possible. Weve had some tough luck with shot-making, but that will come.UP NEXTMavericks: Host the Portland Trail Blazers and star point guard Damian Lillard on Friday.Jazz: Host the Spurs on Friday after upsetting Kawhi Leonard and company in San Antonio on Tuesday. Cheap Balenciaga Shoes China . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. 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Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. MIAMI -- Heat president Pat Riley says he reached out to Dwyane Wade?in an email in advance of Wades homecoming game at American Airlines Arena on Thursday night.I hope he got it, Riley said before the Heats 98-95 win over the Chicago Bulls, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. You know those guys changing phone numbers and e-mails ...Wade, who scored 13 points on 5-for-17 shooting in his first game at Miami as an opponent,?confirmed before the game that he received Rileys email but said he hadnt read it yet.I havent spoken to him since I got in the building, Wade said before the game. I did look at my emails today. I got emails from him. I havent had time to read them yet. Ill take time on the plane somewhere to read them. But Ill focus on basketball tonight. Theres nothing to squash [with Riley] in my eyes. Ive spoken through you guys, and hes heard me very loud and clear. Im just appreciative of Pat and what he helped me -- what we created together here in Miami. I have nothing to squash. Im looking to focus on the game and getting my team prepared to come out here tonight and try to play against a team thats ready to go. Ready to get after us. And we got to be prepared.On Wednesday, Wade said he hadnt spoken to Riley since last season ended. After contract negotiations broke down over the summer, Wade decided to sign a two-year, $47 million deal with the Bulls, which included a player option. While Wade has talked openly about the homecoming he always wanted in Chicago, many around the league feel as though he wanted to stick it to Riley, and the Bulls provided the best landing spot after Wades 13 seaasons in Miami.ddddddddddddts been joyous, its been great, Wade said of his time in Chicago. You make a decision like I made because change is a part of what you want as well. And I was looking forward to a little change, a little different scenery, and I have that. And Im enjoying that. But when you come back here, obviously its the things that youre used to. Those things feel good as well.As Wade walked into the arena for the first time Thursday night, he was cheered by a group of arena workers. He smiled as a large group of cameras and media followed him toward the visiting locker room.Man, I guess the ones that come to mind are the championships, Wade said of his on-court memories in Miami. The one thing thats gonna be cool for me is, normally when we line up for the national anthem, the banners are behind me. This time, I get to look at what we accomplished from the opposite side. And thats gonna be pretty cool to see what we accomplished. Just the championships we won here.From my rookie year on, Ive got memories here, every moment, every game. Hitting my first game winner in the playoffs here. A lot of great memories. Got some bad ones, too. Ive had some injuries here, had some bad losses, but all good from a standpoint of how everything happened for my career here in 13 years. I wouldnt change it for the world. It was spectacular. ... When I was a kid, I couldnt have gotten on my knees and asked God for a better pro career and the start and the finish of it. So Im proud of it. ' ' '