Dallas coach Rick Carlisle is content with the team's roster and believes that they can win with what they currently have.

"I like this team a lot," Carlisle said. "There's a formula for success, and it involves consistency and being a strong rebounding team defensively, and offensively being efficient. When we do those things, we're very difficult to play against."

Carlisle admitted that it has been hard for him to gauge how well the team can play with forward Josh Howard, who has struggled with injuries.

"It's been difficult for us to put long periods of sustained play together with him, but we got to press on, with or without him," Carlisle said.