Rolling out a lineup of point guard Deron Williams, swingman Wesley Matthews, forward Harrison Barnes, 13-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki and center Andrew Bogut, the Mavericks took the floor with their starting unit intact for the first time this preseason. However, while still trying to integrate newcomers like Barnes and Bogut, the Mavs admittedly got off to a sluggish start, trailing by as many as 11 before eventually falling to the young and athletic Suns on the road. Now, before facing a high-scoring Houston Rockets team on Wednesday that they’ll see four times during the regular season and twice during the first three games, the Mavs hope to get more from the starters in order to even their record in exhibition play.
Mavs’ starters expect to learn from first exhibition outing together
