The Mavericks defense has hit rock bottom

Let’s be honest — it’s not fun to talk about defense. Especially bad defense.

That’s why it’s been well over a month since the last time I checked in on the Dallas defense, which was falling apart due to poor play and injuries. The team, at the time, was missing Dorian Finney-Smith, Maxi Kleber, and Josh Green. Back on Jan. 12, I thought that stretch of games would be the worst the Mavericks defense looked all season. Players would get healthy, the team would adjust, and things would improve.

Whew, was that wrong!

The Mavericks lost for the fourth time in five games Sunday afternoon in Dallas against the Los Angeles Lakers. While the game didn’t play out exactly like the previous three losses,…