When the Dallas Mavericks desperately needed a big bucket at the end of the game yesterday, Harrison Barnes and Dirk Nowitzki weren’t there to take it. Luka Doncic didn’t take it, despite a very good game up to that point, J.J. Barea didn’t take it and thank goodness Wesley Matthews didn’t take it.
The biggest shot of the game and the one that sealed the victory for the Mavericks was taken by Dennis Smith Jr., who to that point hadn’t played a particularly solid game. The fact it, not a lot of NBA players have that kind of swagger when it comes to the final minutes of a close game.