Official Site of the Mavs · Jan 31, 2022
Another triple-double by Doncic heads up the takeaways
The ups and downs of an NBA season can sometimes be awful brutal on the nervous system. Such was the case Sunday night at the Amway Center.
With a win over the hapless Orlando Magic, the Dallas Mavericks would have moved into a tie with the Utah Jazz for fourth place in the Western Conference standings. Instead, the Mavs were surprisingly upset by Orlando, 110-108, and now they find themselves in sixth place in the West standings.
What bothered the Mavs more than anything is that they led the Magic, 34-23, after the first quarter, only to see Orlando outscore them, 41-25, in the second quarter. And not only that, the Magic have the NBA’s worst record at 11-40.
