On a Thursday that started with an early morning flight from Dallas, the Mavs weathered one storm after another from the Denver Nuggets. Unfortunately, the game lasted one second too long as Nikola Jokic scored on a wild off-balanced nine-foot unimaginable turnaround fadeaway jumper at the buzzer over the outstretched arms of Dwight Powell and the Nuggets sneaked out of the Pepsi Center with a 100-99 triumph over the Mavs.
The loss was disappointing on all levels for the Mavs. That’s because they know they truly outplayed one of the four-best teams in the NBA for the lion’s share of the game, but came away empty-handed.