A sure sign it’s preseason is when two teams in the same division trot out ten players at tip-off with only two players (one from each side) who’ll likely be starting when they face each other on 4 occasions in the regular season.
That’s exactly what happened Wednesday night with the Dallas Mavericks arrived at the Toyota Center. The home town team was resting all their starters except James Harden who wanted the extra run to get in game shape and the only Maverick who started who’ll likely be in that spot come November was center Sam Dalembert.