The pittypat portion of this home stand is finished.
If the Mavericks are going to get off of the one-step-forward, one-step-back treadmill they’ve been in for a month (7-7 since Dec. 8), they need to put their big-boy pants on, because they are going against heavyweights starting Wednesday with Denver.
They went 2-1 on the first three games of the home stand. The combined record of those three teams was 34-67, as of Tuesday.
The Nuggets, Lakers and Sixers that are coming in for three games in four days boast a combined record of 78-32.