基德透露了他在中场休息时就失误问题对独行侠全队的讲话：就是坦诚相告，这里没有什么妙计可言。我们必须控制失误，之前我们犯了一些草率的错误。一种方法是加快节奏，另一种则是放缓节奏。我认为我们在第三节成功放慢了节奏，从而串联起了有效进攻。
独行侠上半场出现 12 次失误，但第三节只失误 1 次。
Jason Kidd revealed his message to the Mavericks at halftime about the turnovers problem: “Just being honest with them. There’s no tricks here. We have to take care of the ball. We were just making careless mistakes. One way you can do that is by taking and then the other way is by slowing down. I thought we slowed down there in the third quarter. We were able to connect the dots.
