From the outside looking in, for the Dallas Mavericks, Thursday’s home game against the Utah Jazz looks eerily similar to Tuesday’s road game against the San Antonio Spurs.
Like the Spurs, the Jazz are more than likely headed to the NBA Draft Lottery. In other words – like the Spurs did to the Mavs on Tuesday – the Jazz will be playing footloose and fancy free and without a care in the world.
But for some teams, sometimes those are the hardest games to prepare for, because the opponent has absolutely nothing at stake.