The Dallas Mavericks (10-16) face off in opposition to the Utah Jazz (9-15) on Monday night time. It’s one of many many highway video games Dallas has to shut out the calendar 12 months 2025. Dallas gained their first recreation out of the bizarre mini-break, defeating the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. Utah held off the Memphis Grizzlies in a excessive scoring affair on Friday.
Right here’s the primary issues it’s essential know earlier than the sport kicks off.
You’ll by no means guess who’s out once more because of a calf situation: that’s proper Anthony Davis. It’s not fully a shock after he confirmed up on the preliminary harm report earlier immediately. He was there for shootaround however the Mavericks wish to watch out with something delicate tissue. He joins Kyrie Irving, Dante Exum, and Dereck Energetic. Oh, there’s additionally D’Angelo Russell who’s out with an sickness. Whoops, there’s yet another man out: Brandon Williams, who’s experiencing some Achilles points. At the very least Daniel Gafford is offered to play! The Jazz have a couple of guys out, however it shouldn’t change the sport in a cloth manner.
This must be a great, enjoyable recreation. The Jazz play quick and exhausting and have probably the greatest scorers within the NBA: Lauri Markkanen. With Davis out, it is going to be more durable for Dallas to defend, however Cooper Flagg and PJ Washington nonetheless exist. Seeing how Nembhard recovers from a tough capturing efficiency can be value watching.
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