SALT LAKE CITY – The Mavericks begin the most important trip of the season Monday against the Utah Jazz, and they do so with a mountain of momentum.
It’s a far cry from where the Mavericks were 20 days ago.
On March 5, they lost at American Airlines Center to Indiana. It was their fifth loss in six games and the season was at a tipping point. It could have gone either way.
And that’s when an unexpected hero emerged.
Markieff Morris, who by his own admission has played on championship teams, good teams so-so teams and “bottom-of-the-barrel teams, I’ve been on them all,” stepped up in one of the numerous team meetings during that dry spell.