DALLAS — On Wednesday, his 49th birthday, coach Jason Kidd got sweet cards from his kids, drove them to school, and at the Mavericks’ morning shoot-around he was serenaded by his players and assistant coaches.
And on Wednesday night in American Airlines the Mavericks gifted first-year coach Kidd with a 110-91 rout of Houston behind 28 points from Jalen Brunson and 26 by Spencer Dinwiddie.
As presents go, a home win over the team with the NBA’s worst record (18-55) hardly qualifies as indelible, but the fact that it came on a night on a night when Luka Doncic rested and both Utah and Minnesota lost made No. 49 a quality birthday for Kidd.
