The Dallas Mavericks' season has been an up-and-down rollercoaster, as their most recent winning streak proves the notion that the team is a play-in team at best. This contrasts with what some experts predicted early on. Some analysts believed the Cooper Flagg era would get off to a hot start, as they expected the Mavs to be a top contender in the Western Conference when healthy.
Although the idea of Dallas being a title contender is almost out of the picture. Recently. Dallas got a wake-up on Friday when they suffered a 21-point defeat to the reigning champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder.