For most of Friday night, the Dallas Mavericks showed what it’s like to drive the highway with four flat tires.
Needing a GPS system to locate their game, the Mavs promptly ran into a ditch, losing to the Philadelphia 76ers 116-74 before a crowd of 17,642 at Wells Fargo Center.
It was the worst loss of the season for the Mavs, who dropped to 29-39 overall and 1-2 on this four-game road trip, which ends at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Brooklyn Nets. Dallas fell four games behind eighth-place Denver in the race for the final Western Conference playoff berth.