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WATCH: Tim Hardaway Jr. Displays 'Mamba Mentality' in Crazy Mavs Possession vs. Clippers

Dallas Mavericks veteran shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr. will never stop letting the ball fly.

Dalton Trigg

WATCH: Tim Hardaway Jr. Displays 'Mamba Mentality' in Crazy Mavs Possession vs. Clippers
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"If at first you don't succeed ... try, try again."

That phrase might as well be Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr.'s motto, as he has that Kobe Bryant "Mamba Mentality" when it comes to shooting the rock. No matter how many times he misses a shot, he comes back on his next try with the mindset that he's going to make it.

Tim Hardaway Jr, Dallas Mavericks
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That was on full display on Wednesday night at American Airlines Center as the Mavs took on the Los Angeles Clippers. Late in the second quarter, with Dallas trailing by double-digits and needing a spark, Hardaway took four shots in one possession from nearly the same spot before finally seeing a 3-pointer go in.

In a way, this was the perfect microcosm of the Hardaway experience. Sometimes he will be cold, but seeing just one shot go through can change everything. Hardaway then nailed another 3-pointer on the following possession to help the Mavs close out the first half strong, leading to a second-half surge.

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Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for more coverage of Mavs-Clippers at the conclusion of the game.

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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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