SALT LAKE CITY – Somehow, you had to figure something like this would happen.
It wouldn’t be a Mavericks’ season without some turbulence in the first month or two. They’ve made a habit out of muddling along until things start humming. And when they clear the choppy times, the food tastes better, the beer’s colder and every day is sunny.
So it’s nothing they haven’t been through before. They are 5-7 and riding a four-game losing streak. They went 0-3 on the road in the past week. In their four-game skid, the total margin of defeat is eight points – a one-point loss to Phoenix, two points to Denver and Utah and three points to Golden State.