Ever since the great Snowmageddon of 2021, the Mavericks have been melting the layers off their reputation as a score-first and ask questions later team.
Defense has been fashionable. Trendy, even.
And the Mavericks have put up the numbers that prove they have embraced the importance of putting up some resistance.
Since returning from the blizzard that shut down Texas in mid-February, the Mavericks have limited opponents to 45.4 percent shooting and 108 points per game.
It’s no coincidence that they have gone 27-13 in that span.
Defense is hard to quantify numerically, though.