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Rebounding still a priority as Mavericks begin trip abroad

The Mavericks took off Sunday from Dallas and touched down in Abu Dhabi a mere 19 hours later – sometime Monday and probably somewhat less than bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

It’s not exactly like catching a 40-minute flight to Houston.

But when they got there, it mattered not that they were half a world away in a foreign land. They still had to deal with the same familiar issue that they were working on in the comfy confines of their training facility before they left.

Rebounding. And, by extension, defense.

The Mavericks have been a poor rebounding team for .