3 things as the Mavericks enter game 2 vs the Clippers Share this story Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports Winning Game 1 has to be a good feeling for this Dallas team. Much was made on the broadcast Saturday, as this is the first Game 1 win in a playoff series for the Mavericks since 2011 and their first series lead since going up 2-1 on the eventual champion Spurs in 2014. In the playoffs, going on the road and splitting the games is oftentimes considered a victory in itself, having swung “home court advantage” for the rest of the series. Well, the Mavs got that done on their first try, so in some sense, Game 2 is house money. Essentially every sports talking head on record picked the Clippers to win this series. Even so, hardly any thought it would be a sweep, so to drop a single game likely isn’t causing too much consternation with the prevailing narrative or the Clippers locker room.