The Mavs suffer their first preseason loss under Jason Kidd after leading by 18 at the end of the first quarter. But the important takeaways: Luka being a magician, JaVale being what the Mavs got him to be, and CWood is in 6th Man of the Year form offensively. Hov (@hovokyos) discusses the good and the bad from preseason game 2.

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