MINNEAPOLIS - If this had been a prize fight, they would have had to rent out a meeting room at the Ramada Inn to accommodate all the hype and interest.
The two worst teams in the NBA’s Western Conference got together on a snowy night and the lightweight champion from the frozen tundra delivered the knockout blow.
The lightweight champion from Texas couldn’t much take a punch.
The Mavericks hit a new low - but somehow probably not rock bottom given the way this season is going - with a 101-92 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves before an intimate gathering in a lifeless Target Center.