Less than 24 hours after hitting 24 three pointers in one game, the Mavericks’ bombs missed the mark in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers as the team went 1-for-10 from behind the arc. Tim Hardaway Jr. injured his hamstring on a breakaway dunk and was immediately ruled out, and the Mavericks offense clearly looked like it was missing one of it’s primary shot makers as the Lakers took a 25-19 lead after one.
The Lakers dominated the second quarter, even with LeBron James receiving reprieve, and this particular sequence was especially ominous: After two Dallas triples cut the lead to four, Anthony Davis made a 10-foot bucket.