You know times are bleak for the injury-ravaged Mavericks when they have nights that hearken to the 1990s.
In other words, the franchise’s Dark Age.
Friday at American Airlines Center was one of those nights. Dallas fell to Memphis, 80-64, narrowly averting the franchise low for points in a game, 62, set in 1997 against Milwaukee.
With only 41 points through three quarters, Dallas needed a garbage-time 23-point fourth-quarter “spree” and a Nicolas Brussino 3-pointer with 24.8 seconds left to avoid franchise infamy.
The Mavericks’ fourth straight defeat dropped them to 2-9, their worst 11-game start since they were 2-9 in the lockout-shortened season of 1998-99.