Mavericks Win Streaks Continue

Posted by Mark Barnes Feb 28, 2007

Are the Dallas Mavericks as good as the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls?

If not, they must at least be considered one of the top five NBA teams of all-time, based on their regular-season performance thus far.

Led by NBA MVP candidate Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas has not only won 85 percent of its first 58 games, the Mavericks have now won at least 12 straight games for a third time this season.

You read right. That's three different occasions that Dallas has strung together at least 12 consecutive victories.

Currently on pace to threaten 70 wins, Dallas could surpass that great Bulls team that won 87 out of 100 total games, including the playoffs, in 1995-96. Of course, that Michael Jordan-Scottie Pippen-led Bulls team won the NBA crown that season.

That remarkable Chicago team started the season 41-3, giving it an advantage over this year's Mavericks, who limped to an 0-4 start, before its first big winning streak. In fact, turn that poor start into a 3-1 beginning and Dallas would already be on pace to win more games than the record-setting Bulls.

To truly be considered that great, though, Dallas must not only win a lot of regular-season games, it must win an NBA title.

The pieces are certainly in place for Dallas, but there's still plenty of work to be done.