There’s nothing like starting at the high-dive. The Dallas Mavericks (35-24) return from their time off by paying a visit to the Utah Jazz (36-22), the team currently 1.5 games ahead of them in the West standings and blocking them from homecourt advantage for the first round of the postseason.
The teams have met just once this season — Christmas night, a 120-115 Jazz win — in a game that did not feature Luka Doncic but did include starts from Frank Ntilikina and Sterling Brown. Friday night will be the first of three battles over the next month between the two teams.