"The Mavericks will not be in the business of holding the fort down during Dirk Nowitzki's absence.

Jason Kidd doesn't embrace that idea and he doesn't want his teammates thinking like that, either.

"We got to go out and win games," Kidd said. "We're not trying to hold anything. We're trying to get better as a team and when he gets back, it'll just make us that much stronger.""