Mavericks looking for consistency as calendar flips to December

A week after the Dallas Mavericks organization had the sports world buzzing with news of an ownership change, Dallas finds itself outside of the prime NBA news cycle as non-participants in the inaugural In-Season Tournament knockout stages. While Mavericks did beat their main division rival Houston, the team suffered back-to-back losses to Memphis and Oklahoma City as they exited November with a whimper. Dallas was playing without their all-world guard for the loss to the Grizzlies, as Luka Doncic was on paternity leave, but he did join them for the Red River rivalry matchup against Oklahoma City.