The Dallas Mavericks lost 94-87 to the Orlando Magic. The Mavericks led 28-24 after the first quarter and appeared to be on their way to a workman-like win despite the start time having been moved up due to concerns over the pending hurricane head toward Florida. They carried that four point lead into half time as both teams scored 26 in the second period. The Mavericks even maintained a one point lead going into the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, the Mavericks only had 36 minutes of basketball in them.
The Mavericks scored just 13 points in the fourth quarter on the way to an embarrassing loss to a bad team without its best player.