DENVER - We don’t want to suggest that the 11-game stretch the Mavericks started Tuesday night is going to be harder than advanced physics, but we will let the numbers speak for themselves.
20: Number of days in which they will play 11 games.
9; Road games in that span.
4: Nights they will get the chance to sleep in their own beds.
8,314: Air miles they will fly, just slightly less than the distance from Dallas to the South Pole and farther than the 15-hour, 7,360-mile preseason trip to Shanghai.
.591: Winning percentage of the 11 opponents.