After the late start and loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, the Mavericks are off to Chicago for a 7 pm game. That’s less than 24 hours for the team to get to Chicago, get its bearings, and get ready to play another game. A pretty brutal bit of scheduling.
Nevertheless, it’s doubtful Chicago will have much sympathy. If Dallas can dig deep and pull off a win, it would be a gold star in their mission to keep their heads above .500 and stay in the middle of a messy, tighter-than-ever Western conference.