So the Mavericks are 19-8 in clutch games this season, situations when the score is within five points with five minutes or less to go.
That’s the No. 1 record in the NBA.
And it bodes well for the rest of the regular season and whatever awaits the Mavericks in the postseason. They may or may not have to survive the play-in tournament, but what they’ve done in going 5-1 since March 6 is ensure that they are going to be playing past Game 82 and cultivate some chemistry and momentum at just the right time.