LAS VEGAS – Not only did the Dallas Mavericks drop a gut-wrenching 81-80 game in double overtime to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night at the Cox Pavilion.
They also lost two starters in the process.
The loss in the MGM Resorts Summer League dropped the Mavs to 0-2 going into Saturday’s 2 p.m. CDT game against the Denver Nuggets. It was indeed a wild, wild finish and a heartbreaking loss for the Mavs.
Because, by summer league rules the first team that scores in the second overtime wins the game, the Jazz won the jump ball, Trent Forrest got fouled on the first possession and then buried the second of two free throws to win the game.