Mavericks fall again to lowly Hornets and Luka Doncic's latest technical makes things even worse for Dallas
When you're a team fighting for postseason positioning in the final weeks of the season, one thing you don't want to do is lose to a team that is already resigned to a lottery landing. But, that's exactly what the Dallas Mavericks did twice this weekend, as they dropped consecutive Game s to the Charlotte Hornets, who have the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference. With their playoff lives hanging in the balance, the Mavericks lost to the Hornets 117-109 on Friday night, and then they followed that up with a 110-104 matinee loss to Charlotte on Sunday. The Mavs have now lost four straight Game s, and they sit on the outside of the playoff picture looking in -- 11th in the Western Conference with a 36-39 overall record. To make matters worse , Mavericks guard Luka Doncic received his 16th technical foul on the season on Sunday, which means that he's in line for an automatic one- Game su...