While the Dallas Mavericks were in a dogfight with a short-handed New Orleans Pelicans team last night, I had one major thought running through my head: Are teams paying more attention to Dorian Finney-Smith, Maxi Kleber, and Reggie Bullock on the perimeter?
In the context of the game and the Mavericks short season so far, it was a little bit of an odd thought. The Mavericks lost Tuesday’s night game primarily on the defensive end, where they allowed a 40 point first quarter to a Pelicans team missing Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram.