This season, even in those rare moments when injuries don’t happen to the Mavericks, they seem to have a negative impact on them.
It’s T-minus 10 games and counting in the regular season and the Mavericks are locked in a struggle with Sacramento and Phoenix for the final two spots in the Western Conference play-in tournament.
All three of them had 35 wins going into Tuesday’s games.
The Mavericks and Suns had 37 losses, the Kings 36.
And the Suns are in the midst of a torturous schedule that features 10 consecutive games against teams assured of making the playoffs, many of them with legitimate championships aspirations.