The past few months for the Dallas Mavericks and their fans have been a nightmare, as the team traded away Luka Doncic, one of the brightest young stars in the league, to the Los Angeles Lakers and then had Kyrie Irving go down with a season-ending knee injury.

A wave of silence typically covers American Airlines Center when a Dallas Mavericks player steps to the free-throw line. That wasn’t the case on several occasions Sunday afternoon during the Mavericks’ 130-125 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.