When looking at the West standings earlier today, my first thought was “well, the Mavericks are still right there, so it makes sense not to shut everyone down and go team tank.” Then I looked a little closer and realized the Mavericks are actually farther behind than I thought.
I figured if I was this dumb, maybe at least one other person was too! I hope. Anyway, this post is to basically give a reset on the standings, to show where the Mavericks are before they play their final five games starting Saturday in Miami.
Right now, the Mavericks are one game back of 10th, one and a half games back of ninth, and two games back of eighth and seventh.