The start of the second half in Game 4 of Tuesday's Western Conference Finals was delayed when a roof leak at American Airlines Center started dripping water on to the floor in front of the Warriors bench.
The delay lasted for 16 minutes as the Mavericks and Warriors just looked up and waited. Draymond Green, Kevon Looney and Andre Iguodala were spotted laughing while relaxing on the scorer's table. TV cameras cut to Mavericks owner Mark Cuban multiples and he did not look happy.
Yikes. Not a great look for Cuban and the NBA in the middle of such a big game.
Maintenance crews were immediately dispatched to the roof and put up tarps, while dozens of towels were placed on the floor and mops were brought out to dry things off.
This marked the second time this season that the roof leaked in Dallas, as a Mavs-Timberwolves game was also delayed in March.
The Warriors tried to stay entertained with rock, paper, scissors. Madeline Kenney of the Bay Area News Group said Damion Lee beat his brother-in-law Steph Curry:
Eventually, players started warming up again, so it amounted to an extended halftime for both sides. Dallas carried a 62-47 lead into the locker room at intermission. The Mavericks, trying to stave off a series sweep, shot 11-of-23 from 3-point land. Golden State was shooting just 3-of-16 (18.8 percent) from beyond the arc before the break.
