This might have been the most bonkers game the Mavericks have played this year. Dallas started the game well by getting James Harden to commit three fouls in the first eight minutes of the game.
The game was chippy and tight but neither team was able to stretch their lead to more than 8 throughout the entire game. Wesley Matthews and DeAndre Jordan were the keys to the Mavs early on and without them this game would have gotten ugly in the first half.
A more important key in the first half was the Ringer’s Isaac Lee and former Mavs Moneyballer Jason Gallagher performing Halleluka live during a timeout in the second quarter.