The Mavericks have won their last two visits to South Beach. The Mavericks have won two in a row and four of the last five against Miami, including a 115-90 pounding at AAC in January.That’s tied for third most in a season in Mavericks’ history. has a career-best 25 games with at least four three-pointers made. They are a deplorable 3-10 on the road against East foes. They are 10-17 with tonight’s game, Sunday’s at Atlanta and next week’s visit to American Airlines Center by Chicago left. The Mavericks are going to finish with a losing record against the Eastern Conference opponents.Here’s what else to watch for as the Mavericks try to get some momentum going against the Heat. Win just five of those and they would be already preparing for whoever they would be playing in the playoffs. They have lost 13 games this season when they’ve had a double-figure advantage at some point in the game. The Mavericks also have to be better at playing with leads. Not surprisingly, they are 1-5 in those games. They have been beaten on the glass in five of the last six games. Maybe the salt air will help rejuvenate them.īut the biggest thing is they simply must pay more attention to rebounding. If they needed to clear their heads, then they had the perfect opportunity with two off days in Miami. The Mavericks are 1-2 so far on the journey. So just win, baby, becomes the Mavericks motto and it has to start Saturday at the Miami Heat as the five-game Eastern trip continues. With tiebreakers being what they are, the Mavericks would need either the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers or the New Orleans Pelicans to fall completely apart to have a chance for the play-in with 40 victories. Win three times and they will need big help from multiple teams.Īll three wins the rest of the way does is take them to a below-.500 finish at 40-42. The Mavericks probably need four wins in their final five games to give themselves a serious shot at the play-in tournament. If Jason Kidd has any hats with rabbits in them or some other trick up one of his sleeves, now would be a good time to pull out all the stops.
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