The Mavericks are about to hit a more challenging stretch of their schedule, but they will do so with two valuable weapons in their arsenal – their corps of reserves and their department of defense.
Both were on full display Monday night.
The Mavericks have done a commendable job of getting out of the starting gate this season. When they dispatched the New Orleans Pelicans 108-92 at American Airlines Center, they pushed their record to 7-3 after manhandling a mostly soft early portion of the schedule.
That will change quickly.
With six of their next seven games on the road and all but one of those games against a team on the top side of .