During the fourth quarter in Denver on Monday the Dallas Mavericks were in a tight contest. After both teams jostled back-and-forth with dominant quarters in the first half the game was nearing clutch time in a one possession battle. For a team like the Mavericks who have scratched and clawed for every win they’ve been able to muster this season, the script was all too familiar. As the team with the most clutch games played so far this season the Mavericks are seventh in number of clutch wins, but first in clutch losses.

On Monday the Mavericks were up 118-117 when Klay Thompson’s layup put them up three with six minutes remaining. It was the first basket in the Mavericks’ 13-4 run to close out the game. The next nine points scored by the young starting trio of Cooper Flagg, Ryan Nembhard

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