It wasn’t necessarily a must win, but in a five game stretch that has seen the Mavericks start 0-2, it was definitely needed.
The Mavericks started the game 1-11 and scored only 36 points in the first half. With all of the Mavericks starters coming off of a day of rest, one that saw Dallas get smothered by Oklahoma City, it wasn’t a pretty half.
Lucky for the Mavericks, the Bulls didn’t have much going their way tonight either.
Dallas finished the night shooting 30-77 (39%) from the field and 8-22 (36%) from beyond the arc.