If this was a playoff preview, it was like watching the trailer for a movie with most of the villains edited out.
The Utah Jazz were missing two starters – center Rudy Gobert and shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic – plus backup big man Hassan Whiteside for Sunday’s visit to American Airlines Center.
It certainly took a little luster off the matchup between the teams that would play each other in the first round if the playoffs began today.
The Mavericks treated it the way they should have, taking control in the second half for a 114-100 victory.