Of all the teams that could potentially give the Dallas Mavericks fits, you wouldn’t expect it to be the Golden State Warriors. But last night, the Warriors frustrated Dallas again. Last night’s 117-100 win snapped the Mavericks’ 17 game winning streak and in the process, extended Golden State’s winning streak over the Mavericks to four.

You can’t expect the Mavs to be great every game. They’re 52-10 and they’re getting everybody’s best shot. Last night’s sellout crowd was instrumental in giving the Warriors the edge. But so was the Mavericks’ schedule. They had just wrecked the Lakers on Sunday night in a nationally televised game and may be looking towards Wednesday’s game with Phoenix. The Warriors also had the motivation of wearing their throwback uniforms, which may be the best in the NBA. Dirk Nowitzki wasn’t amused.

“We were backpedaling all game long. We were just never really ready to play. That’s something we’ve got to learn from if we want to do anything this year in the postseason,” said Nowitzki.

Calm down Dirk. One road loss isn’t the end of the world. Your team has lost three times in the last three months so maybe you’re overreacting a bit. Every team has 23 turnover performances. Every team has a game where they give up 57% shooting. It’s just a bit shocking that the Warriors have been the team to do it lately.