The Mavericks have dropped three out of four games, taking a bit of the shine off the sparkling 8-2 start after the first 10 games. Dallas is still an impressive 10-6 on the season, but the defensive pains are starting to feel more pronounced.
This site has looked at the defense recently, such as when the Kings molly-whopped the Mavericks a week ago. If you’ve watched the Mavericks for most of this season, the bullet points are easy to point too: the team is too small, there are a lot of one-way players getting major minutes, and the team appears to lack any semblance of defensive identity.