As the Mavericks defense routinely gave up layup after layup in their Game 3 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night, I kept thinking I had found my moment to highlight the Mavericks inept defense. The one play that could sum everything up.
Then another breakdown would happen that felt worse. Then, another. Honestly, it was hard to keep track of all the Mavericks defensive miscues. That tends to happen when you allow a team to shoot 58 percent from the floor.
In the end, I thought of two plays that sort of summed up the Mavericks defense and fittingly, from both plays involved their two stars, Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis (yes, yes, please insert your “Tim Hardaway Jr.