The Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors’ nighttime championship game was a significant one. The outcome of Wednesday’s match is anticipated to have significant consequences for not only the Mavs and the Dubs but also for the rest of the Western Conference as both clubs are still vying for positions in the West.
For their part, however, the Mavs did not seem locked in on the game — at least for one particular play. This was after all five of their players decided to guard the wrong end of the court during an inbound play, thereby gifting the Warriors with a free deuce:
The Mavs lined up on the wrong side of the floor and gave the Warriors a free dunk 🤣💀pic.twitter.com/lqYKavacIB
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March 23, 2023
You can’t make this up. Yes, this really happened — in the middle of an intense NBA game in late March, no less.
Naturally, the mean streets of Twitter went in hard on trolling the Mavs for this absolute brain fart:
You can’t say that the Mavs don’t deserve to get blasted for this inexplicable mental lapse. It wasn’t just one player, too. It was a collective team effort by the five Dallas players on the court to come up with this unbelievable Shaqtin’ a Fool moment. I mean, even the coaching staff and the players on the bench failed to advise their teammates of their dreadful mistake.
In the end, the Mavs were made to pay for their tragic error. It was a close game through and through, and in the end, the Warriors prevailed, 127-125. The Mavs literally lost by two points. I bet they would love to get that free layup back now.
Source: https://clutchpoints.com
