SAN FRANCISCO – Lost amid the love fest bestowed on Klay Thompson Tuesday night was the fact that the Mavericks lost another game in the final minute.
This is like a flashback, and not a good one, to the end of the 2022-23 season, when Kyrie Irving was brand new to the organization and the Mavericks couldn’t were like an engine with no oil at crunch time.
They couldn’t win close games.
Last season, they were among the best in the NBA at closing out games.
And they very likely will get back to that level again.