The Dallas Mavericks lost a very winnable game to a shorthanded Denver Nuggets squad Sunday night in Dallas, 98-97. As it literally is for every single Mavericks loss this season, this one had an unfortunate asterisk — the Nuggets were without Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and Aaron Gordon.
This was another bad loss, so let’s just get into the numbers so we can get out of here.
6: Combined points from Dorian Finney-Smith and Reggie Bullock
There’s been much consternation from the Mavericks fan base about the starts to the season from the Mavericks two starting wings, especially Bullock.