The Mavericks suffered their first loss of the season Sunday night in Dallas, dropping a heart breaker of a game 121-119 to the Portland Trail Blazers. Dallas is now 2-1 and while this loss stings a bit, considering Dallas was rolling in the first half, it was still a wildly competitive game against a team that went to the Western Conference Finals last season.
Baby steps, the Mavericks are still OK. But here are the things I noticed.
The Mavericks finally got their rotation right!
Dallas started the season 2-0 but it felt like it got those wins in spite of wonky starting lineups and rotations.