If nothing else, the remaining eight games on the Mavericks’ schedule should be very interesting.
In part by necessity, but also by desperation, coach Rick Carlisle has turned to two raw kids to help infuse some energy into an otherwise lifeless lineup.
At the same time, he’s made it clear that if slower is better for this team, then that’s how they will play. When you put the skids on the pace at Denver - where the altitude dictated it on the second night of a back-to-back - and only suffer four turnovers, then something went right.