Kidd great at making adjustments following a Game 1 loss

OKLAHOMA CITY – Are the Dallas Mavericks flustered because they dropped Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, 117-95? Sure, they are.

But not to the point where they’re ready to pack their bags and call it a season.

“If it was just (a) one-game (series), we would be out,” coach Jason Kidd said following Wednesday’s practice at the Paycom Center. “It’s a (seven-game) series.

“We’re on the road. We lost Game 1. We have to learn from that. We have to be better in Game 2.”

Since Kidd became the Mavs’ coach in 2021, they went into this series against OKC with Game 1 losses in four series. And the Mavs re-grouped and fought…