Upon further review of the National Basketball Association’s official rules, trailing after the first quarter is not a requirement for winning in the NBA.
Someone should tell the Dallas Mavericks.
For the seventh time in nine games this season, the Mavs found themselves behind after 12 minutes.
They’ve won only one of those games.
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Friday would not be one as Dallas fell behind 17-7 midway through the quarter and was behind 33-27 after the first in what would prove to be its ugliest home loss of the season, 118-106, to the New York Knicks at the American Airlines Center.