DALLAS -- There were the ways Kyle Korver usually contributes to the Cavaliers' offense, such as the three 3s he knocked down in the fourth quarter.

There were the new ways, such as his backdoor cut for a rare layup with 1:44 to go, or his soaring through the air for a defensive rebound and drawing a foul with 36.8 seconds left. Naturally, he made the two foul shots.

Any way you look at it, Korver's hands were all over the Cavs' 111-104 win over the Dallas Mavericks. All of his 13 points came in the fourth quarter.

"Well, Kyle is big time," said LeBron James, who found him with a precise bounce pass on Korver's cut to the basket. "He's someone that we rely on, especially when he's on the floor. He's just in the right place at the right time and hits big-time 3s. Also got an and-1 down the stretch. Just his movement, his body, his energy allows us to just keep defenses off kilter."

Korver's answers for each of his key moments are worth digesting.

On said layup, in which he dusted his defender and finished the play for a five-point lead, Korver said "I'm trying to cut more to the basket this year and not just float around the outside.

"There's been a couple games where there's been some layups," Korver said. "Man, you get three layups, that helps your shooting percentage so much it's amazing. If I got three layups every game ... but anyway."

Korver's only shooting .463 from 3-point range this season and .523 overall. He's averaging 10.2 points off the bench.

On his key rebound, where he fended off Yogi Ferrell for the ball but crashed on his bottom and his right elbow on the play, Korver said: "That's why I try to stay down on the ground, let these other guys jump up there."

Korver is almost 37 and is in his 15th season.

"I think he kind of boosted me a little higher, I don't know how high it looked, but I think he boosted me a little higher than I was," Korver said. "My elbow's a little sore, my tail's a little sore, so hopefully tomorrow I'll be OK."

Korver also helps the Cavs in subtle ways. He's a de facto shooting coach, and at halftime was seen working with Jae Crowder, who was 0-of-5 through two quarters. Crowder converted a layup with 11 minutes left in the third quarter, and then at 8:35 drained a 3-pointer and pointed to Korver on the bench.

Korver told him at halftime his next 3-ball was going through the hoop.

"We shot a little bit and halftime and tried to talk through a couple things," Korver said. "It's one thing to just tell someone, 'You're going to make the next one.' I hate that. Don't you hate that? 'Keep on shooting, make the next one.' Yeah, whatever. When I do that, I think it's important to give something, too. Just a little technique, tinkering, not a big thing, just a little thing that you can kind of think about. Kind gives you, 'OK, I'm going to focus on this and now if I do this it's going to go in.'

"That's what helps me thinking about my mechanics if I miss a couple. 'But if I do this, the next one's going to go in.' So that's what I try to do, talk to guys and not just say, 'Be aggressive' and all that nonsense."

James has played nearly one full season with Korver, whom the Cavs acquired in a trade last January. James said his favorite thing about Korver is he's a "professional."

"I love professionals," James said. "Guys who come to work not on time, but early. Guys who work on their craft, work on their bodies, don't complain. Just being true professionals both on and off the floor. Who give you everything that they got. I can always give everything back to those type of guys and Kyle is one of those guys."