The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Miami Heat Saturday night, falling 129-122 in Miami. The loss drops the Mavericks to 37-41, and keeps them in 11th place in the Western Conference. Dallas falls a full game behind the Thunder for the final spot in the play-in tournament.
Dallas got out to a hot start with their 3-point shooting, scoring 20 points in the first four minutes of the first quarter. They then proceeded to score only 11 points for the remainder of the period while allowing Miami to put up 44 points, a season-high for one quarter.