Just when it looked like the Mavericks were going to fall victim to the home-court hex that seems to be going viral around the NBA playoffs, they dug deep as if their playoff lives depended on it.
And they might have.
The Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder played a leave-it-all-out there playoff game on Saturday afternoon and the Mavericks persevered down the stretch for an exhausting 105-101 victory at American Airlines Center.
And we mean exhausting for the fans who had to withstand a slew of ups and downs in the hard-fought game that landed them a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals.