The Dallas Mavericks should have won Game 4, but they didn’t. There are plenty of reasons why they didn’t: an abysmal second quarter, a worse fourth quarter, poor bench production, Maxi Kleber’s foul trouble, 11 turnovers, etc. Still, Dallas had a chance.
Forget about Rudy Gobert’s dunk and Dwight Powell’s missed free throws. While they invariably factored into the 100-99 loss, they didn’t seal the Mavs’ fate. With 11 seconds on the clock, Dallas was in position to win the game. The Mavericks simply squandered the last possession.
“We had the opportunity, we just let it slip away,” Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said.