Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz (40-23) will travel to the American Airlines Center to take on Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks (39-25) as both teams look to solidify their outlook for the fourth seed in the Western Conference standings with a win. This will arguably be the NBA’s top matchup on Monday.
Recently, the Mavericks and Jazz faced off in what ended as a 114-109 win for Utah. There was a clear effort from the Jazz to stay home on shooters to take away passing opportunities for Luka Doncic. They trusted Rudy Gobert on switches and also have him take away the roll in ball screen situations. However, some uncalled foul calls on those Gobert defensive possessions in clutch time caused controversy.
Doncic missed the Mavericks’ last game in what ended up being a 114-113 win over the Sacramento Kings with Spencer Dinwiddie making his first start in Dallas, who finished with 36 points and seven assists. There was a clear focus to attack Domantas Sabonis out in space and it worked over and over.
Jalen Brunson chipped in an impressive 23 points and six assists against the Kings, but it was Dorian Finney-Smith who made a game-winning corner-three along with five other makes from deep. Brunson finds himself as being questionable entering this matchup. If he can’t play, seeing if the Mavericks end up starting Dinwiddie next to Doncic will be interesting given the Jazz defense’s focus on keying in on him last matchup.
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The Jazz is coming off a scorching hot shooting night on Sunday in what ended as a 116-103 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. With Bojan Bogdanovic knocking down 11 triples, Utah ended the night with a staggering 23 makes from deep on 52 attempts—converting at a 44.2% clip.
Here is everything to know for when the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks face-off during NBA Monday:
How to Watch Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks
Here’s everything to know about how to tune in to watch Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks:
Date: Monday, March 7
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET
Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX
TV Channel: Bally Sports Southwest (Mavericks) AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Jazz)
How to Watch Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks
Utah Jazz Injury Report: F Juancho Hernangomez (right sacral contusion) QUESTIONABLE
Dallas Mavericks Injury Report: Luka Doncic (left toe sprain) PROBABLE, Jalen Brunson (right foot contusion) OUT, Maxi Kleber (right ankle soreness) PROBABLE, Marquese Chriss (knee soreness) OUT, Tim Hardaway Jr. (foot surgery) OUT, Theo Pinson (right fifth finger fracture) OUT
Projected Starting Lineups for Injury Report for Utah Jazz vs Dallas Mavericks
Utah Jazz Projected Starting Lineup: G Mike Conley, G Donovan Mitchell, F Royce O’Neale, F Bojan Bogdanovic, C Rudy Gobert
Dallas Mavericks Projected Starting Lineup: G Luka Doncic, G Reggie Bullock, F Dorian-Finney-Smith, F Maxi Kleber, C Dwight Powell
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