Mavericks Improve NBA In-Season Tournament Record Despite Court Setback

The Dallas Mavericks played their second NBA In-Season Tournament Friday night, blowing out the Los Angeles Clippers in Dallas, 144-126. Dallas fell behind early as James Harden and Kahwi Leonard picked apart the Mavericks’ defense, but the Mavs used a definitive 35-4 run spanning the first and second quarters to seize control of the game and never looked back.

Dallas is now 1-1 in tournament play. They lost their first tournament game to the Denver Nuggets, 125-114, on November 3. The win over the Clippers brought the Mavericks’ tournament point differential, used to determine tiebreakers, to plus-four. Despite the win, not everything went smoothly in Dallas’ first in-season tournament game at home.