DALLAS – After what happened Sunday night at American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks have to be thinking what do they have to do in order to secure a victory.
The Mavs held one of the top teams in the NBA to 19 points under their season average, and also limited the NBA’s leading scorer to almost 17 points under his average. But that stout defensive performance wasn’t enough.
Eric Gordon tallied a game-high 26 points and the Houston Rockets held on to nip the Mavs, 94-93, before a sellout crowd of 20,423.
It was the 10th loss in the last 11 games for the Mavs, who dipped to 27-39 on the season entering Tuesday’s 7 p.