The Dallas Mavericks pulled something off that shouldn't be done by a lottery-bound team. On successive nights, they vanquished the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers.
The latter being the defending champions. The former perhaps the most serious challenger to Golden State's Western Conference supremacy.
"It's two really gritty performances," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. " 1/8Sunday at San Antonio 3/8, we got down 15 in the first half and really had to claw back. 1/8Monday 3/8, we were playing even or in front most of the night.
" 1/8The Cavaliers 3/8 made runs, and we had answers.