Dallas Mavericks losing their first two games of the 2025-2026 season wouldn’t normally raise too many alarms. It’s not the fact that the Mavs are 0-2 in an 82-game season. It’s HOW they are losing.

After a disappointing opening night blowout loss to the San Antonio Spurs 125-92, the hope coming into Friday’s night’s home matchup against the Washington Wizards was that things would be different.

They weren’t in a 117-107 puzzling loss to a team who has a ceiling of around 30 wins this season. Here are five ominous numbers from Friday night’s matchup against Washington that should serve as warning signs the Mavs are in trouble.

Zero

This is the number of field goals the Mavericks made for a five minute stretch spanning from the end of the first quarter to almost midway through the secon

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