The Brooklyn Nets may be the freshly built super team.
That’s fine with the Mavericks, who must be content with going 2-0 this season against the beasts of the Eastern Conference.
With too many contributors to count, the Mavericks pulled ahead in the fourth quarter, then refused to give up their slender lead, taking a gritty 113-109 victory over the Nets, one of the favorites for this year’s NBA championship.
The Mavericks got to 10 games over .500 for the first time this season at 38-28, keeping hold of their tenuous grip on fifth place in the Western Conference.