OKLAHOMA CITY – Are the Dallas Mavericks flustered because they dropped Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, 117-95? Sure, they are.
But not to the point where they’re ready to pack their bags and call it a season.
“If it was just (a) one-game (series), we would be out,” coach Jason Kidd said following Wednesday’s practice at the Paycom Center. “It’s a (seven-game) series.
“We’re on the road. We lost Game 1. We have to learn from that. We have to be better in Game 2.