Some people will look at the Mavericks’ Game 4 win in the Western Conference finals as merely delaying the inevitable.
Maybe so.
But there’s a significant faction that includes those in the Mavericks’ locker room who look at it in another way:
Extending the ecstasy.
The Mavericks still have head firmly attached to snake. And any snake can bite you if you don’t respect it.
The Mavericks still are down 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, but a lot of NBA teams have won a series from a 3-1 hole (it’s been done 13 times).