I'm going to explain this to you one time then let you have the last word because I know you can't exist if you don't have the last word. The Nuggets shot lights out in the 1st Qtr. They were shooting at a rate that if you took the Mavs completely off the floor they probably couldn't duplicate it. With 2 minutes left in the Qtr. they were shooting 76/87/100 splits. After that the Mavs proceeded to equal or outscore the Nuggets in the remaining 3 Qtr's, 31/30, 32/32, and 27/23. I've already seen enough to know the Mavericks are not only improved offensively, they are also improved defensively.
This is a better team than the last couple years. Good enough to win it all? Probably not but they are much improved with this roster and they play faster.