Here's our three quick takeaways from the Mavericks' 86-75 win over the Milwaukee Bucks Sunday night, which snapped the Mavericks' five-game season-opening losing streak.
Life without Dirk: It wasn't always pretty, but the Mavericks did show a few wrinkles of how they are going to have to play without Dirk Nowitzki, who is out at least two more games to give his right Achilles time to heal. Harrison Barnes was more aggressive than he's been so far in the young season and the energy group off the bench of Salah Mejri and Seth Curry helped the Mavericks stay afloat when both teams were having trouble scoring.