The Dallas Mavericks (2-4) figured out yet another way to lose a basketball game on Saturday, this time to the Detroit Pistons (4-2), 122-110, at Mexico City’s Arena CDMX.

Down two big men, Dallas tried to keep up with the Pistons by firing at will from 3-point range, and it worked — until it didn’t. They tried to lean on the hot shooting of D’Angelo Russell, who came off the bench for a team-high 31 points, and it worked — until he turned the ball over three times in the fourth quarter while the Pistons made 12-of-23 from the field down the stretch.

The Mavs were outscored in the paint by a jaw-dropping 72-26 margin down Mexico way. They turned the ball over 15 times in the second half. PJ Washington and Cooper Flagg combined to shoot 6-for-27 from the field in the loss, and those three

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