PHILADELPHIA – Here’s our five takeaways from the Mavericks’ 117-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Friday night, their seventh consecutive victory on the road.
In the zone: Usually, that means an offensive zone. Not this time (although Tim Hardaway found that rare shooting zone in the first half). No, this is about the Mavericks’ defense. They went to the zone about four minutes into the game when the Sixers ran ahead 13-5. The rest of the night, the Mavericks befuddled the Sixers’ offense. It’s the fourth time they’ve kept a team under 100 this season, but the first time it’s happened against a team with a winning record.