The Dallas Mavericks (15-16) will dive into round two against the Minnesota Timberwolves (16-15) Wednesday night. The teams met on Monday, where the Mavericks were beaten handily. Now they’ll try to find a life raft and regain course as the team has succumbed to an injury bug.
Here is what we’ll be watching for in Wednesday’s tilt:
Finding some pride
This shouldn’t be something a team looks for 30 games into a season. And if Monday’s loss felt unusual we wouldn’t be talking about this. It isn’t a stat to be measured, it’s pure eye test.