WHAT: Avoiding a trap game loss
WHERE: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. CST
HOW: Bally Sports Southwest
THE STORY: Luka Doncic is getting a rest for the first time in forever and the Mavericks will look to avoid a lapse in focus against the Houston Rockets. I’m unclear what to write about here, if I’m honest, because this is a game even the non-Luka Mavericks should handle with ease because the Rockets don’t have any incentive to win.
And yet the Rockets just beat the pants off the Wizards and have a number of players I am very concerned about going nuts.