The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Washington Wizards in depressing fashion on Friday night at home, as Dallas' perimeter defense suffered tremendously once again, and the lack of offensive firepower on this Mavericks team seems to be more apparent through each quarter.
Dallas obviously has some talented offensive players, but their lack of steady guard play without Kyrie Irving in the lineup is compromising their shot creation a ton, especially since newly signed guard D'Angelo Russell has practically been a no-show through two games.
Furthermore, it's clear that head coach Jason Kidd is already skeptical over Russell's lack of production, as he benched him through the entire second half after he posted zero points on 0-3 shooting from the field through nine minutes of action in the first half.