DALLAS (AP) _ Gary Harris scored 20 points and the Denver Nuggets beat Dallas
109-91 on Tuesday night with the Mavericks honoring retiring Cowboys quarterback
Tony Romo as a ceremonial player.
With nothing at stake in a lost season that will be the worst for Dallas
(32-49) since going 20-62 in 1997-98, the Mavericks followed through with an
idea hatched in part by star Dirk Nowitzki weeks ago when it was clear Romo
wasn’t returning to the Cowboys.
Romo was honored exactly a week after announcing he was leaving football to
become the No. 1 NFL analyst at CBS.
The soon-to-be-37-year-old had the crowd on its feet in the final minute hoping
he could play, but Romo wasn’t on the roster or under contract.
Mason Plumlee and Malik Beasley scored 16 apiece in the first game for the
Nuggets (39-42) since getting eliminated from the postseason. Nowitzki scored 21
for Dallas.