After a big day on the track,?Hauraki firmed drastically in the Cox Plate markets. Who were the best backed horses and who caused heartache? See all of the best & worst in the Racing Wrap.DMBEN:Best Backed: $3.20 into $1.95, Pepperanno captured 45% of the hold in Race 6 and landed punters a princely sum.Hard Lay: War Baby - $2.80 out to $5.00 - was wisely skirted around in Race 3.Bkie Basher: Well found at $5.00, Race 5 winner Hi Harry was a bad beat for the fixed odds team.Early Bird: See Pepperanno above.Flop: Crunched from $4.20 into $2.50 in Race 8, Man Of His Word missed the frame.CAULFIELD:Best Backed: Polar Vortex was pummelled from $5.50 into $2.60 in Race 9, but the son of Fastnet Rock left it in the bag.Hard Lay: No one wanted El Sicario in Race 2, who opened $4.20 and drifted to 7.00.Bkie Basher: Shillelagh jumped $3.40 with two thirds of the money in Race 8. Damian Oliver did the dosh justice.Early Bird: Slypheed was $7.00 into $4.20 in Race 7 and got the money for the early shoppers.Flop: Buckler - $10 into $5.50 - was instead the one they came for, but the cash went astray.RANDWICK:Best Backed: $2.50 into $1.85, Jorda held 70% of all money bet in Race 1 and got punters got off to a flyer.Hard Lay: Its Somewhat was one of the safer bets on the card, but few were keen to step into the $1.55 in Race 2.Bkie Basher: Hauraki touched $9.00 an hour before the Epsom. Smart punters pounced and the result was the biggest payout of Spring to date.Early Bird: At one stage, $10 was on offer about Takedown in Race 9. He jumped $6.50 and, once again, tk care of his more fancied rivals.Flop: English was well found in the last, even though she was $3.10 out to $4.10 late. Once more, she proved costly.FUTURES MOVERS:Cox Plate: Hauraki $35 into $13.Oaks: Moqueen $151 into $15.Derby: Nemrud $35 into $15, Mongolian Falcon $101 into $41. 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I guess I like the pressure.Harrison Barnes led the Mavericks with 28 points. Wesley Matthews added 22.Dallas, which was already missing several players because of injuries, lost two more. Starter Deron Williams exited in the second quarter with a left calf injury, and J.J. Barea was helped off the court in the fourth quarter after straining his left calf as well.Coach Rick Carlisle said it appears Barea will be out for a while, but added that he didnt think it was real serious. He said its his understanding that Williams just experienced some tightness.The Celtics outrebounded Dallas 53-32, which coach Brad Stevens said is a welcomed sign for a team that struggled in that department early in the season.Maybe its the law of averages, and some just bounced our way, Stevens said. But were defending at a better rate than we were.TIP-INSMavericks: Have lost three straight. ... Had a season-low 31 points at the first half. ... Dirk Nowitzki missed his fifth straight game with a right Achilles strain.Celtics: Thomas has scored 20 or more points in each of the first 11 games of the season. ... Scored a season-low 90 points. ...Tied their season high with 19 turnovers. ... Bosstons 10-point second quarter was its lowest scoring output in a second quarter this season.dddddddddddd ... Al Horford remains in the NBA concussion protocol and sat out his eighth straight game. Jae Crowder missed his seventh consecutive game with a sprained left ankle.TEAM MEETINGCeltics guard Marcus Smart said the team held a meeting after its blowout loss to the Wizards on Nov. 9 to help refocus its commitment on the defensive end.It was no coaches, just us, Smart said. We had to lk ourselves in the mirror and come to the conclusion that it is on us and were the ones playing and that we have to get it together.Bradley said the conversation was frank and honest.Just that we need to hold each other accountable, he said. We werent playing to our ability. We had two or three guys playing hard at the defensive end, but the other three guys werent. And we needed everyone playing hard consistently as a team. Tonight I feel like was one our best defensive games.NO FREEBIESThere werent many trips to the free throw line in the first half for either team. The Celtics were just 2 for 6 in the half, and the Mavericks missed their lone attempt in the first quarter. Neither team attempted a free throw in the second quarter.INJURY UPDATEStevens said Crowder would practice Friday, but that he does not expect him to play Saturday against Golden State. Stevens said his last report on Horford was that the big man had a great workout on Wednesday.Carlisle said Dirk Nowitzki is making progress as well.It feel likes hes getting close, he said.UP NEXTMavericks: Return home Friday to host the Grizzlies, before heading back on the road for trips to Orlando and San Antonio.Celtics: Host the Warriors Friday, and then begin a three-game trip with a stop in Detroit on Saturday.---Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/khightower ' ' '