MIAMI -- Rick Carlisle nailed it before Thursday night's game."It's not exactly 2011," he said.Two franchises that combined for three consecutive championships earlier this decade got together Thursday night at American Airlines Arena -- which like its similarly named gym in Dallas used to be the place to be and be seen.Not anymore.But even with standards lowered these days for the Mavericks and Miami Heat -- who are a combined 27-58 and last in their respective divisions -- they still managed to produce an entertaining night, though it ended with the Mavericks seeing their season-best three-game winning streak vanish with a 99-95 loss to the Heat.Guards Goran Dragic and Tyler Johnson combined for the Heat's last 17 points over the final nine minutes, and the Mavericks simply couldn't make enough stops or enough buckets to keep pace."Dragic got in the paint all night long, and we didn't do a good job containing him," coach Rick Carlisle said.

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