It sounds weird, but the Mavs haven’t been that bad in December. A handful of wins plus some competitive losses along with the Mavs slowly getting healthier led to some positive feeling around the team over the last couple of weeks.
That didn’t carry over in the Mavs 117-107 loss to the Nuggets in Denver on Monday night. Dallas took a double-digit lead in the second quarter and then looked lost defensively the rest of the night, allowing Denver to do what they pleased on the offensive end without much resistance.
Here’s some things from the loss:
BREAKING NEWS: the Mavs could not find their man behind the line on defense.