👋 Good morning! - You know what grinds my gears? When an older person hits you with “He don’t know what that’s like.” Not my fault I wasn’t born during the stock market crash of 1929. - Ali Jawad

Cooper Flagg and Anthony Davis turned it into a heavyweight fight, and the Dallas Mavericks landed the last punch in a 131-130 thriller over Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, and the Denver Nuggets.

Every possession felt like it carried the game, and Dallas kept answering Denver’s haymakers just long enough to stay in front when it mattered most.

The closing seconds were pure chaos. Peyton Watson got a clean look at a potential game-winning three at the buzzer, and it barely missed, the kind of shot that usually breaks a fan base one way or the other.

This time it bounced Dallas’ way, and the Mavericks escaped with the kind of win that felt like a playoff game in December.

The Mavs didn’t just survive Jokic and Murray, they out dueled them, point for point, moment for moment, and walked out with a signature win.

The DLLS Mavs crew broke down how Flagg and Davis powered the finish, what Dallas did late to hang on, and why this one might have been the wildest win of the season.

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Dylan Larkin stole the spotlight at Little Caesars Arena, ripping the Stars’ late lead out of their hands with a third-period equalizer and then finishing the job in overtime for a brutal 4-3 Dallas loss.

Dallas’ power play stayed nuclear, Hintz and Wyatt Johnston (league-leading 14th PP goal) struck again, plus a Jamie Benn goal, but one more Larkin moment erased it all.

The Stars’ four-game win streak is snapped, the point streak lives (4-0-1), the DLLS Stars Post Game Show unpacked the chaos (and the special-teams fireworks) before the holiday break.

The DLLS Cowboys podcast turned into a full-blown Festivus special, with the crew and the chat unloading their grievances on the Cowboys, each other, and basically society at large.

It was chaotic, hilarious, and somehow still the most honest therapy session Dallas fans have had all season.

The Mamba was just that guy.

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Ali Jawad
Dallas Cowboys ​Content Creator/Newsletter Writer
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