<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">LOS ANGELES -- The losing skid is one thing. Looking at the record next to Mavericks in the standings is even a bigger shock. "It looks like we haven't won in eight months," Dirk Nowitzki said. "It looks weird. It's always a tough stretch to lose three in a row, but it doesn't look as bad as when you're stuck on zero." More like 4 1/2 months after losing Wednesday night to the Los Angeles Clippers, but who's counting? Watching film of Monday's loss to Golden State on the flight to California, Nowitzki saw a team thinking too much instead of just playing. "Some guys might be hesitant, 'Should I shoot it right now? Should I drive it?' Everybody has got to get used to [coach] Avery [Johnson], even the new guys," Nowitzki said. "Where should we be on defense? Who's going to double team? Who's rotating where? "It's because we didn't have a lot of practice together in the preseason. It's so early. We're not really worried about anything, but it's still a tough stretch to go through. If you go through this stretch in January, you lose three in a row, it doesn't look as bad." The uncertainty includes Nowitzki. The team's leading scorer had just seven of the Mavs' 55 shot attempts in the fourth quarters of the first three games, making just three baskets and scoring nine points.</div> Source
Well at least one of the four game losing streaks by these "powerhouse" Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks will be decided today. Pity they can't both lose... I'm betting whichever team wins today will most likely start gaining momentum for a win streak.
