Even before his team went out Saturday night and surrendered a franchise-record 46 first-quarter points to the Jimmy Butler-less Minnesota Timberwolves, of all teams, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had a message for all NBA fans.
Get used to it. Not just in Dallas, but throughout the NBA.
Indeed, the first five days of the 2018-19 NBA season already has produced a plethora of scores that remind longtime basketball fans of the old wide-open, 3-point shootin', red-white-and-blue ball American Basketball Association.
"You're going to see all kinds of records set," Cuban said. "Because more shots mean more rebounds; you'll see records on rebounds.