Dallas Mavericks Team Stats 2021 Mavericks Team Stats

37-28, 1st in West Southwest

After entering the NBA as an expansion team in 1980, the Dallas Mavericks experienced reasonable success during their first decade. Following an initially lean three-season stretch, Dallas made the Western Conference playoffs six out of seven seasons. The scoring numbers for offense and defense are virtually identical. This certainly accounts for the Mavericks' starting the new season with only average results. Dallas made minimal changes to last season's roster, relying heavily on current All-Star and MVP candidate Luka Dončić. Last season, the Mavericks climbed to the third-best scoring team in the league. While the offensive production has dropped off slightly, Dallas has started the 2020-21 season improved on the defensive end of the court.

Home Record: 0-1 Away Record: 1-2 Conference Record: 1-2 Division Record: 0-1

Head Coach: Rick Carlisle Assitant Coach: Jamahl Mosley Assitant Coach: Mike Weinar Assitant Coach: Zach Guthrie

Assitant Coach: Jenny Boucek Assitant Coach: Darrell Armstrong General Manager: Donn Nelson Arena:

Mavericks Team Stats

Team Ratings				Offense Stats											Defense Stats
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
86	115.1	113	112.1	584	1465	788	2660	5657	2476	894	47	36.1	77.3	97.2	110	2235	1474	403	282	46	36.6	818

Mavericks Team Rankings

Team Rankings				Offense Rankings											Defense Rankings
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
10	9	19	17	28	27	3	20	28	6	10	13	18	18	24	9	19	2	30	26	9	14	29

Mavericks Team Offensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Scored					Shooting						Rebounding			Assists	TO
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	TO
5/4/21	MIA	-1	-110	216	127	30	33	35	29	87	46	48	22	45.8	52.9	32	12	44	26	13
5/2/21	SAC	-6.5	-265	226	99	26	28	18	27	81	34	35	6	17.1	42	27	13	40	16	16
5/1/21	WAS	-4	-185	232.5	125	38	32	19	36	87	47	38	17	44.7	54	29	7	36	31	11
4/29/21	DET	+7.5	+245	212.5	115	26	34	26	29	89	40	30	13	43.3	44.9	27	8	35	22	11
4/27/21	GSW	-5.5	-225	226	133	36	26	41	30	92	48	35	18	51.4	52.2	41	9	50	21	13
4/26/21	SAC	+6.5	+210	225.5	106	17	35	33	21	92	43	42	12	28.6	46.7	26	14	40	24	10
4/24/21	LAL	-1.5	-125	217.5	108	23	23	33	29	78	38	30	13	43.3	48.7	41	10	51	26	16
4/22/21	LAL	-3	-150	216	115	31	31	32	21	82	40	24	9	37.5	48.8	29	9	38	23	12
4/21/21	DET	-10.5	-620	217.5	127	33	34	33	27	92	46	43	16	37.2	50	32	11	43	25	6
4/18/21	SAC	-9	-400	230.5	107	20	30	27	30	87	39	48	16	33.3	44.8	32	10	42	15	14
4/16/21	NYK	-5	-205	210.5	109	25	27	27	30	91	40	45	15	33.3	44	31	10	41	30	9
4/14/21	MEM	+2	+114	225.5	114	32	25	26	31	88	44	40	13	32.5	50	37	8	45	25	11
4/12/21	PHI	+4.5	+145	217.5	95	26	22	21	26	83	35	36	9	25	42.2	35	11	46	16	15
4/12/21	PHI	+4.5	+145	217.5	95	26	22	21	26	83	35	36	9	25	42.2	35	11	46	16	15
4/11/21	SAS	-6	-255	221	117	26	30	33	28	94	45	42	13	31	47.9	26	11	37	25	12
4/8/21	MIL	-2.5	-126	226.5	116	29	26	25	36	97	43	45	17	37.8	44.3	41	15	56	23	11
4/7/21	HOU	+10	+420	222.5	93	23	19	22	29	87	33	39	10	25.6	37.9	35	11	46	16	9
4/5/21	UTA	+2.5	+200	222.5	111	27	23	37	24	91	41	49	23	46.9	45.1	34	10	44	22	9
4/3/21	WAS	+2.5	+164	228.5	109	24	28	23	34	90	40	30	10	33.3	44.4	36	14	50	17	7
4/2/21	NYK	+5.5	+175	213.5	99	22	27	23	27	88	41	37	12	32.4	46.6	43	4	47	19	10
3/29/21	OKC	+11.5	+500	221	127	33	38	29	27	96	51	44	16	36.4	53.1	35	8	43	30	8
3/27/21	NOP	0	0	0	103	20	33	25	25	83	37	31	10	32.3	44.6	28	10	38	19	7
3/26/21	IND	-1.5	-118	226	94	29	19	27	19	95	39	35	8	22.9	41.1	36	15	51	17	15
3/24/21	MIN	+8.5	+285	231	128	30	26	32	40	99	48	44	16	36.4	48.5	38	14	52	27	10
3/21/21	POR	0	0	230.5	132	27	38	38	29	86	48	37	19	51.4	55.8	44	8	52	23	10
3/19/21	POR	+3.5	+126	231	119	33	27	38	21	81	44	42	19	45.2	54.3	34	5	39	25	12
3/17/21	LAC	+0.5	+114	226.5	105	24	32	21	28	79	40	34	15	44.1	50.6	37	6	43	14	18
3/13/21	DEN	+0.5	+108	226.5	116	28	34	31	23	86	42	46	18	39.1	48.8	37	12	49	26	8
3/11/21	OKC	+6.5	+190	218.5	108	19	28	27	34	82	35	34	15	44.1	42.7	31	6	37	20	6
3/10/21	SAS	-4.5	-180	226.5	115	27	25	35	28	83	43	40	13	32.5	51.8	38	13	51	29	14
3/3/21	OKC	-5	-200	219.5	87	25	24	26	12	83	32	40	8	20	38.6	46	7	53	18	12
3/1/21	ORL	+7	+230	220	130	29	32	34	35	90	47	46	17	37	52.2	39	7	46	29	8
2/27/21	BKN	-1	-120	233.5	115	38	30	26	21	86	45	36	14	38.9	52.3	30	6	36	23	8
2/25/21	PHI	-5	-150	228.5	97	22	21	25	29	78	32	34	13	38.2	41	40	10	50	17	18
2/23/21	BOS	+2	+110	223.5	110	34	21	25	30	89	42	33	13	39.4	47.2	30	8	38	19	9
2/22/21	MEM	-4.5	-180	232.5	102	26	28	27	21	80	35	41	15	36.6	43.8	44	5	49	17	16
2/14/21	POR	-5.5	-220	235.5	118	25	36	30	27	81	40	41	14	34.1	49.4	25	10	35	19	12
2/12/21	NOP	-3	-150	233.5	143	27	42	39	35	88	51	45	25	55.6	58	32	5	37	30	6
2/10/21	ATL	-3.5	-155	231	118	33	19	29	37	84	43	35	14	40	51.2	33	4	37	25	9
2/8/21	MIN	-6.5	-500	226.5	127	43	28	24	32	87	45	34	12	35.3	51.7	38	10	48	30	14
2/6/21	GSW	-4.5	-180	232.5	134	35	37	34	28	96	44	47	21	44.7	45.8	32	15	47	27	14
2/4/21	GSW	-4	-175	229.5	116	34	42	20	20	92	38	50	20	40	41.3	32	10	42	26	10
2/3/21	ATL	+2	+110	224	122	26	27	35	34	93	43	40	13	32.5	46.2	32	13	45	27	10
2/1/21	PHX	-3	-134	219.5	108	22	31	29	26	86	37	32	10	31.3	43	35	7	42	16	14
1/30/21	PHX	-1	-120	215	105	28	27	27	23	83	44	29	9	31	53	32	6	38	22	15
1/29/21	UTA	-4	-175	223	101	12	33	23	33	86	37	33	9	27.3	43	32	8	40	20	11
1/27/21	UTA	-2	-135	220.5	104	19	29	30	26	91	42	35	12	34.3	46.2	32	4	36	22	8
1/25/21	DEN	+2	+110	223	113	31	27	36	19	84	41	32	11	34.4	48.8	26	8	34	26	11
1/23/21	HOU	-9.5	-430	222	108	27	32	24	25	83	37	25	5	20	44.6	26	10	36	15	10
1/22/21	SAS	+2	+115	223.5	122	37	31	27	27	93	45	39	14	35.9	48.4	35	7	42	23	5
1/20/21	IND	+2.5	+120	221	124	37	28	28	31	97	51	27	8	29.6	52.6	40	9	49	32	8
1/18/21	TOR	-4	-170	222	93	18	29	25	21	82	31	36	9	25	37.8	30	8	38	21	16
1/17/21	CHI	-6	-260	225	101	23	29	23	26	93	41	31	8	25.8	44.1	35	12	47	18	16
1/15/21	MIL	-7.5	-320	230	109	23	24	34	28	97	45	36	13	36.1	46.4	40	11	51	22	9
1/13/21	CHA	+3.5	+130	220.5	104	32	28	27	17	96	40	46	15	32.6	41.7	41	13	54	22	10
1/9/21	ORL	-3.5	-330	218	112	36	20	29	27	79	39	40	20	50	49.4	38	6	44	25	17
1/7/21	DEN	0	0	0	124	22	21	33	33	87	42	40	16	40	48.3	37	7	44	27	13
1/7/21	DEN	0	0	0	124	22	21	33	33	87	42	40	16	40	48.3	37	7	44	27	13
1/4/21	HOU	-4	-165	229.5	113	33	28	23	29	82	39	39	16	41	47.6	41	10	51	24	15
1/3/21	CHI	0	0	0	108	31	29	21	27	88	39	42	11	26.2	44.3	30	11	41	23	15
1/1/21	MIA	+2	+110	224.5	93	20	26	27	20	78	32	37	12	32.4	41	45	4	49	18	16
12/30/20	CHA	-4.5	-330	225	99	29	28	12	30	87	34	42	12	28.6	39.1	26	13	39	24	14
12/27/20	LAC	-4.5	-198	0	124	36	41	27	20	87	43	41	14	34.1	49.4	43	11	54	25	6
12/25/20	LAL	-6	-250	227.5	115	30	27	28	30	83	41	32	13	40.6	49.4	24	3	27	20	9
12/23/20	PHX	-1	-120	232.5	102	22	23	26	31	85	36	37	9	24.3	42.4	33	6	39	17	11

Mavericks Team Defensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Allowed					Shooting (Allowed)						Rebounding (Allowed)			AST Allow	Defensive
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	BLK	STL
5/4/21	MIA	-1	-110	216	113	39	15	23	36	84	39	41	18	43.9	46.4	31	8	39	30	4	6
5/2/21	SAC	-6.5	+225	226	111	36	25	26	24	81	45	28	11	39.3	55.6	30	8	38	27	4	12
5/1/21	WAS	-4	+165	232.5	124	26	39	32	27	91	47	19	6	31.6	51.6	32	14	46	19	4	6
4/29/21	DET	+7.5	-290	212.5	105	26	28	29	22	71	36	29	10	34.5	50.7	36	3	39	26	2	6
4/27/21	GSW	-5.5	+188	226	103	12	17	35	39	84	34	43	16	37.2	40.5	33	10	43	25	4	9
4/26/21	SAC	+6.5	-250	225.5	113	31	28	28	26	81	42	29	13	44.8	51.9	35	11	46	23	2	9
4/24/21	LAL	-1.5	+105	217.5	93	26	32	21	14	86	33	45	12	26.7	38.4	30	6	36	22	2	3
4/22/21	LAL	-3	+130	216	110	26	25	39	20	90	43	30	10	33.3	47.8	33	12	45	26	5	11
4/21/21	DET	-10.5	+460	217.5	117	36	22	32	27	79	40	32	13	40.6	50.6	35	7	42	30	2	8
4/18/21	SAC	-9	+315	230.5	121	22	45	20	34	89	44	24	11	45.8	49.4	32	10	42	22	8	3
4/16/21	NYK	-5	+172	210.5	117	34	22	27	34	86	44	28	14	50	51.2	36	9	45	22	7	6
4/14/21	MEM	+2	-134	225.5	113	34	26	29	24	89	42	34	13	38.2	47.2	34	10	44	27	2	4
4/12/21	PHI	+4.5	-165	217.5	113	30	30	28	25	80	39	31	12	38.7	48.8	34	6	40	24	3	7
4/12/21	PHI	+4.5	-165	217.5	113	30	30	28	25	80	39	31	12	38.7	48.8	34	6	40	24	3	7
4/11/21	SAS	-6	+210	221	119	26	25	37	31	83	45	21	8	38.1	54.2	31	10	41	20	3	5
4/8/21	MIL	-2.5	+108	226.5	101	31	25	28	17	100	38	33	12	36.4	38	38	14	52	16	8	6
4/7/21	HOU	+10	-560	222.5	102	24	23	28	27	88	38	44	17	38.6	43.2	39	10	49	21	5	4
4/5/21	UTA	+2.5	-240	222.5	103	25	17	27	34	88	37	44	12	27.3	42	34	14	48	20	3	2
4/3/21	WAS	+2.5	-196	228.5	87	19	28	20	20	86	35	25	5	20	40.7	35	9	44	12	4	7
4/2/21	NYK	+5.5	-210	213.5	86	25	21	23	17	89	32	38	12	31.6	36	34	9	43	18	2	6
3/29/21	OKC	+11.5	-700	221	106	24	39	20	23	81	38	26	9	34.6	46.9	37	10	47	17	3	11
3/27/21	NOP	0	0	0	112	35	18	27	32	81	42	26	9	34.6	51.9	34	8	42	20	4	2
3/26/21	IND	-1.5	+100	226	109	31	30	21	27	87	38	47	20	42.6	43.7	36	13	49	26	4	4
3/24/21	MIN	+8.5	-355	231	108	33	22	18	35	85	38	38	12	31.6	44.7	31	6	37	24	5	6
3/21/21	POR	0	0	230.5	92	30	24	15	23	89	34	41	9	22	38.2	24	9	33	17	3	4
3/19/21	POR	+3.5	-148	231	125	37	27	29	32	93	44	47	22	46.8	47.3	30	13	43	17	4	4
3/17/21	LAC	+0.5	0	226.5	89	29	22	20	18	88	37	32	9	28.1	42	29	8	37	22	7	7
3/13/21	DEN	+0.5	-126	226.5	103	29	22	22	30	90	37	41	16	39	41.1	29	12	41	27	3	4
3/11/21	OKC	+6.5	-230	218.5	116	35	27	27	27	91	41	32	16	50	45.1	39	16	55	25	9	4
3/10/21	SAS	-4.5	+160	226.5	104	32	27	27	18	83	38	28	12	42.9	45.8	24	6	30	18	1	3
3/3/21	OKC	-5	+175	219.5	78	23	19	19	17	87	29	39	9	23.1	33.3	37	8	45	13	3	8
3/1/21	ORL	+7	-270	220	124	33	25	28	38	95	47	41	20	48.8	49.5	35	6	41	25	6	6
2/27/21	BKN	-1	+100	233.5	98	26	38	18	16	86	35	44	14	31.8	40.7	33	14	47	21	8	12
2/25/21	PHI	-5	+130	228.5	111	23	36	27	25	90	39	29	12	41.4	43.3	31	8	39	26	9	2
2/23/21	BOS	+2	-130	223.5	107	31	25	20	31	86	41	39	12	30.8	47.7	34	12	46	19	1	5
2/22/21	MEM	-4.5	+160	232.5	92	13	23	26	30	94	37	31	6	19.4	39.4	38	13	51	17	4	6
2/14/21	POR	-5.5	+190	235.5	121	34	24	45	18	85	45	40	18	45	52.9	26	10	36	15	6	5
2/12/21	NOP	-3	+130	233.5	130	34	31	36	29	90	48	37	17	45.9	53.3	29	9	38	31	2	4
2/10/21	ATL	-3.5	+135	231	117	32	30	28	27	88	40	39	14	35.9	45.5	33	9	42	27	3	3
2/8/21	MIN	-6.5	+385	226.5	122	22	29	26	45	91	42	42	18	42.9	46.2	34	7	41	27	7	4
2/6/21	GSW	-4.5	+160	232.5	132	31	33	37	31	86	46	45	20	44.4	53.5	34	6	40	27	0	5
2/4/21	GSW	-4	+155	229.5	147	36	38	36	37	89	51	43	22	51.2	57.3	41	4	45	37	3	2
2/3/21	ATL	+2	-130	224	116	22	34	27	33	90	45	38	14	36.8	50	33	13	46	31	7	8
2/1/21	PHX	-3	+114	219.5	109	22	25	30	32	92	43	35	13	37.1	46.7	34	11	45	19	7	9
1/30/21	PHX	-1	+102	215	111	29	26	22	34	81	37	22	10	45.5	45.7	33	9	42	22	4	5
1/29/21	UTA	-4	+155	223	120	37	24	33	26	87	38	48	20	41.7	43.7	39	17	56	21	4	6
1/27/21	UTA	-2	+115	220.5	116	32	37	31	16	91	42	41	16	39	46.2	39	11	50	20	7	4
1/25/21	DEN	+2	-130	223	117	38	32	22	25	79	40	35	15	42.9	50.6	35	14	49	25	4	11
1/23/21	HOU	-9.5	+340	222	133	38	32	34	29	86	47	37	16	43.2	54.7	39	13	52	28	4	7
1/22/21	SAS	+2	-135	223.5	117	34	24	27	32	89	41	28	12	42.9	46.1	40	9	49	21	2	3
1/20/21	IND	+2.5	-140	221	112	28	35	29	20	92	41	39	16	41	44.6	30	8	38	21	6	5
1/18/21	TOR	-4	+150	222	116	22	25	34	35	88	44	33	12	36.4	50	37	9	46	23	4	6
1/17/21	CHI	-6	+220	225	117	27	40	22	28	85	43	25	7	28	50.6	42	5	47	32	2	6
1/15/21	MIL	-7.5	+260	230	112	30	25	29	28	96	43	37	14	37.8	44.8	41	16	57	22	6	5
1/13/21	CHA	+3.5	-150	220.5	93	16	27	29	21	100	38	38	10	26.3	38	38	15	53	26	12	8
1/9/21	ORL	-3.5	+265	218	98	27	23	25	23	89	38	31	6	19.4	42.7	33	10	43	17	8	5
1/7/21	DEN	0	0	0	117	28	24	26	31	97	43	44	15	34.1	44.3	38	9	47	25	7	12
1/7/21	DEN	0	0	0	117	28	24	26	31	97	43	44	15	34.1	44.3	38	9	47	25	7	12
1/4/21	HOU	-4	+145	229.5	100	21	28	28	23	77	30	40	11	27.5	39	28	7	35	17	3	4
1/3/21	CHI	0	0	0	118	31	28	27	32	85	39	37	13	35.1	45.9	37	11	48	16	4	6
1/1/21	MIA	+2	-130	224.5	83	16	15	22	30	78	29	33	7	21.2	37.2	36	5	41	20	3	9
12/30/20	CHA	-4.5	+265	225	118	36	32	30	20	84	43	34	15	44.1	51.2	38	12	50	30	6	10
12/27/20	LAC	-4.5	+166	0	73	13	14	30	16	76	26	33	4	12.1	34.2	31	5	36	13	2	10
12/25/20	LAL	-6	+205	227.5	138	33	36	30	39	91	51	39	19	48.7	56	36	17	53	33	3	13
12/23/20	PHX	-1	-100	232.5	106	23	30	24	29	79	38	30	11	36.7	48.1	42	6	48	21	0	6

Mavericks Team Leaders

Points Per Game

L. Doncic: 28.5

K. Porzingis: 20.2

T. Hardaway Jr.: 16.3

J. Brunson: 12.6

J. Richardson: 12.2

Assists Per Game

L. Doncic: 8.9

J. Brunson: 3.4

J. Richardson: 2.7

J. Johnson: 2.1

T. Hardaway Jr.: 1.7

Rebounds Per Game

K. Porzingis: 9.1

L. Doncic: 8.1

D. Finney-Smith: 5.6

M. Kleber: 5.2

W. Cauley-Stein: 4.4

Steals Per Game

L. Doncic: 1

D. Finney-Smith: 0.9

J. Richardson: 0.9

J. Johnson: 0.9

T. Burke: 0.6

Blocks per Game

K. Porzingis: 1.4

J. Johnson: 1.1

W. Cauley-Stein: 0.8

M. Kleber: 0.7

L. Doncic: 0.6

Mavericks Player Stats

NAME	RTG	MINS	PTS	AST	REB	STL	Blk	TO	FG%	FGM	3PTM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
Luka Doncic	94	2070	1684	523	475	58	34	257	48.7	598	176	494	35.6 0	312	431	72.4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	77	1786	1027	107	209	27	10	59	44	361	184	474	38.8 0	121	152	79.6
Dorian Finney-Smith	79	1722	521	88	295	49	23	40	46.8	193	107	269	39.8 0	28	35	80
Josh Richardson	78	1627	634	140	179	48	22	73	42.4	231	79	245	32.2 0	93	102	91.2
Jalen Brunson	77	1531	767	208	213	30	0	73	52	293	69	179	38.5 0	112	141	79.4
Maxi Kleber	74	1308	345	64	250	24	34	30	42.5	113	85	205	41.5 0	34	37	91.9
Kristaps Porzingis	90	1245	807	64	362	19	57	51	47.3	303	88	243	36.2 0	113	133	85
Trey Burke	73	814	378	75	46	34	5	30	44.4	140	54	145	37.2 0	44	50	88
Dwight Powell	75	794	283	40	191	33	21	32	59	98	5	21	23.8 0	82	107	76.6
Willie Cauley-Stein	74	794	246	30	201	17	36	23	62.5	100	1	10	10 0	45	72	62.5
James Johnson	74	389	138	34	62	14	17	21	40.8	53	12	48	25 0	20	31	64.5
Josh Green	74	356	76	21	64	13	3	17	43.1	31	3	21	14.3 0	11	17	64.7
Boban Marjanovic	77	251	142	9	122	2	6	10	50.4	57	0	6	0 0	28	34	82.4
Wesley Iwundu	69	192	42	6	35	5	1	11	36.8	14	2	16	12.5 0	12	15	80
Nate Hinton	70	58	23	5	6	5	1	5	39.1	9	1	8	12.5 0	4	6	66.7
Tyrell Terry	74	56	11	6	6	5	0	2	31.3	5	0	7	0 0	1	3	33.3
Tyler Bey	69	49	16	2	13	0	1	1	33.3	6	1	4	25 0	3	5	60

Contents

Dallas Mavericks Team Stats 2021
Mavericks Team Stats
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Mavericks Team Offensive Stats
Mavericks Team Defensive Stats
Mavericks Team Leaders
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The 1990s weren't nearly as enjoyable for Mavericks' fans. Dallas made zero playoff appearances during the 1990s, including an abysmal two-year stretch starting in 1992 where they won only two-dozen games. When the calendar flipped to a new millennium, so did Dallas's basketball fortunes. One key that triggered a new philosophy in Dallas was new ownership. Mark Cuban bought the Mavericks in January 2020. Dallas, led by second-year eventual star Dirk Nowitzki, would inch closer to a .500 record by posting 40 victories. However, the Mavericks would complete a decade-long playoff drought by finishing ninth in the Western Conference.

It would be the last time Dallas would miss the playoffs for the next 12 seasons. During this stretch, the Mavericks would make it to a pair of NBA Finals, bringing the banner back to Big-D in 2010-11. However, the well has seemingly dried up in Dallas since. Statistically, the Mavericks have fallen in the middle of the pack both offensively and defensively. A few untimely injuries have weakened depth and created lineup problems. Across the last nine seasons beginning in 2011, Dallas has made five playoff appearances. Each has produced a quick exit. Dallas's best finish was as the sixth seed in the 2015-16 season.

The Mavericks have managed a total of seven victories in these five, seven-game series. After an atrocious offensive season in 2015-16, dead last in the NBA for points per game, Dallas has gradually improved their scoring. With Kristaps Porziņģis, Dallas has a formidable one-two European punch. Two additions, Josh Richardson and the pleasant surprise Willie Cauley-Stein should help the Mavericks establish improved consistency at both ends of the court as the season unfolds. With two solid stars in Porziņģis and Dončić, plus a capable supporting cast, Dallas should gradually become a formidable foe in the Western Conference. There is no reason not to expect the Mavericks to improve on their seventh seed finish a season ago to press for a top-four spot.