After the Mavericks 100-99 Game 4 loss to the Jazz, I was personally taken aback at the amount of doom and gloom Mavericks fans seemed to have. The Game 4 loss was disheartening and frustrating yes, giving up a four point lead in the final 40 seconds, but the Jazz gave the Mavericks their best shot on their home floor and still only managed to squeak past the Mavericks thanks to some missed free throws and the Mavericks misguided offensive approach in the fourth quarter. Utah didn’t win Game 4 so much as Dallas lost it.
When the Mavericks won Game 3, I wrote about how the Mavericks had all the answers in this series.