PHOENIX – Unable to properly execute in the fourth quarter when they needed to the most, the Dallas Mavericks dropped a 112-104 decision to the Phoenix Suns on Friday night at Footprint Center.
The Mavs were owners of an 84-79 lead after the third quarter, but got outscored, 33-20, in the fourth period. In the fourth quarter the Mavs were only 6-of-21 from the field and 3-of-9 from behind the three-point line, while the Suns were 13-of-20 from the floor and 5-of-7 from downtown.
Point guard Jalen Brunson tried to take the brunt of the Mavs’ fourth-quarter meltdown by saying: “That’s on me.