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‘These Guys Are Connected’: Mavs Regain Confidence After Blowout Wins

The Dallas Mavericks are riding a wave of confidence after blowout wins over the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns. The Mavs Step Back Podcast does a temperature check on where things stand at this point in the season.

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About a week ago, we wrote about whether or not the Dallas Mavericks' big win over the Golden State Warriors would be a turning point for them in the 2022-23 season.

That concept hit a snag when the Mavs lost in an embarrassing performance against the Detroit Pistons 48 hours later, but it’s back on track after back-to-back blowout wins over the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns. After losing four consecutive games heading into that matchup with Golden State, Dallas has now won three of its last four games heading into Tuesday night’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets.

“I think it’s starting to,” said coach Jason Kidd when asked if he thinks his team is regaining its mojo. “We’re making shots, we’re getting the same shots that we hadn’t gotten early this season. Guys are taking them, Luka [Doncic] is creating a lot of those. Spencer [Dinwiddie] is being aggressive, he made free throws this evening.

“But, when you almost shoot 50 from the three and you’re getting over 40 of those, that puts you in a good seat. Defensively, these guys are connected and we’re finishing plays, majority of the time by getting the rebound.”

On the latest episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we recap Dallas’ 130-111 blowout win that ended a 10-game regular-season losing streak to Phoenix. From there, we talk about the recent turnaround for the team overall, Jaden Hardy making the most of his limited opportunities, the Mavs facing the Denver Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back, and much, much more:

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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