Stop me if you’ve heard this before in these playoffs about these Mavericks:
- They’re getting killed on the boards
- They’re getting outscored in the paint
- They can’t matchup down low
- The depth is too thin
Not only are these things you can say about the Mavericks down 3-0 to a dominant Golden State Warriors squad in the Western Conference Finals, but they’re also things that were said about this very same Mavericks team in the previous rounds against the Jazz and Suns. Dallas has faced these limitations all playoffs, yet have powered through on a formula centered around the brilliance of Luka Doncic, the endurance of a few high-level defenders, and math.