2 Mavericks most to blame for Game 4 loss to Clippers

The Dallas Mavericks fell at home to the Los Angeles Clippers 116-111 Sunday afternoon, despite coming back from a mammoth 31-point deficit. It certainly wasn’t Kyrie Irving’s fault, as the star guard scored 40 points on 56% shooting to go with seven rebounds and five assists.

Two Maverick players that weren’t quite up to par, though, were P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford. Neither made a major impact in a game that Dallas had to have. Irving and fellow superstar guard Luka Doncic, who had a 29-point triple-double, needed just one more player to step up and have a notable outing to support them. Unfortunately, it was too much to ask of this Mavericks supporting cast.

Washington, who scored 10 points on just 1-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc across 41 minutes, had a particularly embarrassing moment in the second quarter. After Clippers guard Paul George hit a three-pointer over him, the nine-time All-Star hit the same arm-crossing pose that Washington used in Game 3, via Overtime.