The Mavericks managed to achieve two extremely rare feats during their three-game road trip.
We’ll start with the most recent: Dallas scored zero fast break points in a Dec. 31 win against Oklahoma City. It was just the 21st time this season a team hasn’t scored a point in transition.
Just two days earlier, however, the Mavericks piled on 30 fast break points in a Dec. 29 win in New Orleans. That was only the 14th time this season a team has scored 30+ points in that fashion.
Why does that matter? Aside from possibly being the biggest change from one game to the next in NBA history, it represents a key to tonight’s game.