SALT LAKE CITY -- One positive side effect has materialized for the Utah Jazz from battling injuries early in the season. The Jazz bench is stronger and ready to make major contributions than at any time in the past few seasons.Utah will need those contributions when it hosts the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena.Eleven different players have started two or more games for Utah this season. Those eleven players are all averaging at least 18 minutes on the court per game. What it means for the Jazz is that they are a team thats can utilize a bench flush with players already used to playing major minutes together.It helps, guard Rodney Hood said. When you got a guy thats playing starter minutes, and then he goes back to the second unit, hes definitely much better and much more confident in certain situations. It will be great to see how it comes to fruition.The bench played a key part in helping Utah overwhelm Oklahoma City 109-89 on Wednesday night. The Jazz outscored the Thunder 45-38 in bench points. Utahs second unit shot 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from the field -- including 7-of-9 from 3-point range.Reserve guards Joe Ingles and Shelvin Mack did the most damage. The duo combined for 26 points on 9 of 11 shooting, nine rebounds and eight assists.Such hot shooting is not a new development. As a team, Utah (16-10) ranks fourth in the NBA in field goal percentage (.468). The Jazz shot 42 of 72 (58.3 percent) from the field against Oklahoma City.Its nice to see it go down for everyone, Ingles said. It gives everyone else confidence. We started out moving the ball, got some good looks early and it continued for the (whole) game. When you got a team thats so unselfish, and everyone moves the ball, it makes life easy.Stopping Utahs hot shooting offense will certainly be a chore for the Mavericks. Dallas could not do it in a 97-81 loss to the Jazz on Nov. 2. Playing without injured leading scorer Gordon Hayward, Utah shot 12 of 25 (48 percent) from 3-point range and led by as many as 20 points in the contest.It doesnt help that the Mavericks are being attacked by the injury bug. Dallas (6-19) is playing without Dirk Nowitzki (Achilles strain), Andrew Bogut (knee) and J.J. Barea (calf strain). Salah Mejri could be joining them on the sidelines after leaving during the fourth quarter of Wednesday nights 95-85 loss to the Detroit Pistons.Nowitzki has been out 17 games, Barea has been sidelined for 14 games and Bogut has been out for four contests. Deron Williams also missed eight games with a calf strain earlier in the season. The lack of healthy players has made it tough for Dallas to generate positive momentum.It showed against the Pistons. Detroit overcame a 12-point deficit in the third quarter, and a season-high 19 turnovers, to run away from the Mavericks.Obviously, its frustrating, guard Wesley Matthews said. 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The Cairns Taipans have finally opened their NBL account for the season with a thrilling 83-76 win over Melbourne United at the Snake Pit.The Snakes entered the round four clash with a 0-3 start on the road but a huge night from import point guard Travis Trice got them over the line at home.Trice was a man possessed with 28 points and two assists displaying confidence not yet seen from the Michigan State Alumni.Time and time again the guard penetrated Melbournes paint and was frustrating United so much he earned a shove in the back from import Ramon Moore in the dying stages.Taipans Coach Aaron Fearne had criticised Trice during Cairns poor start but was more than happy with the Americans response.Tonight he was great he made some huge plays down the stretch; he played with emotion and energy and so did the team, that is what I want he said.Melbourne started the night strong and jumped out to a six-point lead halfway through the first quarter until the defensive tenacity of the desperate Taipans kicked in to overtake them in the second.Cairns followed on to find themselves up by as much as 16 points in the third quarter but the class of their opposition continued to make a game of it.United centre Majok Majok threw down two huge jams to start the fourth, sparking a ruun to get the visitors to within one point with five minutes left to play.ddddddddddddClutch threes from Cam Gliddon, Mark Worthington and Fuquan Edwin gave Cairns some breathing room and Trices constant attacking raids made sure of the result from there.Melbournes Ramon Moore filled in for missing Boomer Chris Goulding admirably, shooting for 15 points from 12 attempts but Devon Williams found himself on four fouls early in the final period.Taipans veteran Alex Loughton was ruled out the day before the match with a sprained thumb but Stephen Weigh provided ample cover with two triples in his best game back since off-season surgery.Nathan Jawai was quiet in his first game back in Cairns, scoring seven points in 20 minutes.United are now 3-4 this season, Coach Dean Demopoulos saying his team are still searching for the right chemistry.Im not sure. Its a process, but I like this team. They work hard every day and we have the potential to be a great basketball team, but we werent tonight he said.Cairns will play the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong on Sunday while Melbourne will have to lick their wounds until they play New Zealand next Friday. ' ' '