Without cracking much of a sweat, the Dallas Mavericks won the franchise’s fourth divisional title Friday night with a relatively easy 110-90 triumph over the hapless Cleveland Cavaliers at American Airlines Center.
In the big picture, winning the Southwest Division is only the appetizer toward the main course the Mavs want to be feasting on later this month.
“It’s cool, but we really want to start winning games for real in a couple of weeks,” guard Josh Richardson said. “I think that’s the big goal here. But I think it’s pretty dope.”
In winning for the ninth time in their last 11 games, the Mavs raised their record to 39-28 and 11 games over .