The Dallas Mavericks (7-15), played their best game of the season to date in Monday’s 131-121 win over the Denver Nuggets (14-6) at Ball Arena.

Here are three stats (or quasi-stats) that stood out as key ingredients in the back-and-forth battle in the Mile High City.

2: Mavericks opening day starters still starting on Monday

That’s the number of opening night starters the Dallas Mavericks were able to field in Monday’s starting five against the Denver Nuggets, and Anthony Davis only just recently became available to suit up for the Mavs after another 14-game absence due to a calf injury.

Some of the names on Dallas’s injury list for the Nuggets game included P.J. Washington (ankle), Daniel Gafford (ankle) and Dereck Lively (foot). Outside of Davis, who is obviously the most forceful de

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