Following the Mavericks' latest loss to the lowly Charlotte Hornets on Friday in Dallas, Luka Doncic did not hold back his annoyance with the team's recent run of form.

Dallas has now lost three games in a row, with two of those losses coming since Doncic returned from injury.

"It's really frustrating," Doncic said after the 117-109 defeat at American Airlines Center. "I think you can see it with me on the court. Sometimes I don't feel it's me. I'm just being out there, you know? I used to have really fun smiling on court, but it's just been so frustrating for a lot of reasons, not just basketball."

The Mavericks have slipped all the way down to the No. 11 seed in the Western Conference at 36-38 after they were the No. 6 seed on March 19. But that's just how things are at the moment in the bundled-up middle section of the conference.