Our takeaways from the Mavericks’ 111-107 loss to Atlanta on Saturday night.
Tough way to end it: Yes, you can say the Mavericks should never have let the Hawks get a lead on them late. The 13-point lead Dallas had early in the fourth quarter didn’t last and while they didn’t exactly fold, they did fail defensively when it came to meeting the Hawks’ upgraded execution down the stretch. Still, the long video review that ended with a controversial call on the blocked shot that Dorian Finney-Smith had against Trae Young was a bitter pill.