Despite the improvement in recent NBA games, the Dallas Mavericks were defeated in a surprising way. After this defeat, Anthony Davis was very critical of his team performance. The Dallas Mavericks have shown major improvement in their recent NBA stretch.

The Dallas Mavericks dropped one of the most disappointing games of the season on Monday night, falling at home to the lowly Brooklyn Nets 113-109. Dallas is hoping to make the Play-In Tournament, and while the Kevin Durant injury news will likely keep the Phoenix Suns from being too competitive down the stretch, this is a BAD loss.

The Mavericks had six players score in double figures, but when a shot needed to made, nobody on Dallas' roster could get the job done in crunch time and the Nets were able to come away victorious as a result. Here are three Nets takeaways from Monday's win at the Mavericks: