Yahoo! Sports · Mar 25, 2023
Reeling Mavs have 'no time for excuses' - Irving
The Dallas Mavericks' chances of returning to the NBA Western Conference finals look slimmer every day, and recently acquired superstar Kyrie Irving says he and Luka Doncic can't carry them there alone.
An embarrassing 117-108 loss to the injury-hit Charlotte Hornets on Friday dropped the Mavs from ninth to 11th in the Western Conference -- a hair behind Oklahoma City for the final play-in tournament berth.
Coach Jason Kidd blasted his team's first-quarter effort as "awful" and suggested the home crowd boos heard in the third quarter should have come earlier.
"The level wasn't high," Kidd said. "It was just disappointing."