The Dallas Mavericks fell to 2-5 in preseason on Friday, losing to the Denver Nuggets 101-75. It completed what was a horrendous effort from the team during the seven exhibition games, begging a huge question: should we be worried?
It wasn’t that the team lost five times, of course. Preseason is meaningless when it comes to win-loss records and stuff like that. The problems mostly lies with the starting five, with was miserable in the final three games they played together — all three losses, coincidentally.
We’ll get back to the starters. Let’s wrap up Friday’s game, first.