Mavs-Nuggets preview: Two MVP candidates will go at it Jan 25, 2021 Eddie Sefko
Game No. 17.
TV: Fox Sports Southwest
Radio: ESPN 103.3 FM (Univision 1270 AM, Spanish)
About the Mavericks (8-8): They got a much-needed day off on Sunday after five games in seven days . . . They have had some issues on the home floor, going just 2-3 in the first month of the season, including the blowout loss to Houston on Saturday night. In fact, the Mavericks’ average loss at AAC has been by 20 points . . . One of the Mavericks’ best wins this season was the 124-117 overtime success at Denver on Jan. 7. It was after that game that Josh Richardson, Dorian Finney-Smith, Maxi Kleber, Jalen Brunson and Dwight Powell (three starters and two key backups in that game) had to go into quarantine for COVID-19 safety protocols. They have gone 4-4 since those players were sidelined (Brunson has since returned) . . . Intere
Jan 25, 2021
DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks look to bounce back against an impressive Denver Nuggets team and Nikola Jokic, the big man who is nearly averaging a triple-double.
At the conclusion of tonight s game, the Mavs will officially be one-fourth through their 72-game NBA season. In the tight Western Conference and shortened 2020-21 season, every game counts, so . a Dallas victory over Denver would go a long way in getting over the letdown of losing to Houston on Saturday night.
These two teams have met once this season; the Mavericks won outright as underdogs in Denver 124-117 on Jan. 7.
Monday night s game also marks the start of five Mavericks outings in seven nights. Dallas continues to get by without four key rotational players missing because of COVID-19 protocol; Dorian Finney-Smith, Maxi Kleber, Dwight Powell and Josh Richardson. All four Mavs average at least 20 minutes per game.
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It’s hard to look at the opening 7-0 Dallas Stars win over the Nashville Predators and not feel great. Dallas found the net with regularity, and by the end of the game, the “Dobby” chants were echoing through a full-as-could-be American Airlines Center.
With five power-play goals, an even-strength goal, and a shorthanded tally to back it up, there wasn’t much that Nashville could do to end the celebration of live hockey’s return to the Metroplex. The Stars needed to wash the disappointment of a Stanley Cup loss out of the system, and the Friday night should have accomplished just that.