The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Utah Jazz, 115-113, on Thursday night to drop to 5-7 on the season. Just one year removed from reaching the NBA Finals, the Mavericks have looked like a shell of the team that came within striking distance of a championship.

Thursday night's loss was particularly frustrating for the Mavericks, as a late-game defensive breakdown between guard Quentin Grimes and star Luka Doncic led to an easy go-ahead basket for John Collins.

NBA fans couldn't believe how asleep Doncic was at the switch. He shouldered the blame for the breakdown after the game.

"It was a misunderstanding," Doncic said. "I thought I was going to go hit, and Grimes thought he was going to go hit. And it was a lob, so we misunderstood the bench. That's on me,"

The Mavericks certainly need to do some soul searching in order to find the form they had a season ago.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mavericks Star Luka Dončić Shoulders Blame for Defensive Breakdown in Loss to Jazz.

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