NBA – Jason Kidd takes a two-game break before facing the Playoffs

The Dallas Mavericks relay heavily on their 38 year-old point guard, and considering that Jason Kidd had played all 77 games before taking his well deserved break, it was no surprise that both the Mavs and Kidd were struggling a bit early towards the end of the season. Dallas has gone 9-9 in their last 18 games and after an intensive six game 10-day road trip, Kidd himself realized that it was time to take a break.

The constant traveling and the little rest he has given his body had mesmerized even his shooting from outside the three-point perimeter. And we all know that was his best offensive weapon. His performance suddenly dropped and in march some of his numbers went to career low records.

Jason Kidd had been shooting better than 40 percent in each of the last two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks from beyond the three-point arch, but not so much this season. He currently sits at 34.1 percent after suffering through a bleak March, his worst shooting month of the season.

Kidd was 23-of-88 (26.1 percent) from 3-point range in March and tacked on an 0-of-10 in the two games he’s played in April. So it was certainly a good thing he good some rest. Truth is that the Mavs really need to have him at his best if they want to have a chance to survive either the LA Lakers or the Portland Trailblazers in the postseson. Kidd averaged a season-low 7.1 points a game last month, which dropped his season scoring average to a career-low 7.9 points a game.

Kidd would not rule himself out during the last in three games of the season. The Mavs play at the Houston Rockets on Monday, but rumor has it that if Wednesday’s regular season finale against the New Orleans Hornets is meaningless, it is possible that he could rest during that game as well.