Overview
- Dallas (16–26) hosts Utah (14–27) at American Airlines Center with a 4:00 p.m. CST tip in the season-series finale two days after the Mavericks’ blowout win.
- Rookie Cooper Flagg is listed doubtful with a left ankle sprain, while Dereck Lively II and Anthony Davis are out, Daniel Gafford is doubtful, and Kyrie Irving remains out.
- Utah’s Lauri Markkanen is listed out, with Walker Kessler and Georges Niang also out, shifting a larger scoring load to Brice Sensabaugh and Keyonte George.
- With regulars sidelined Thursday, Dallas leaned on depth as Moussa Cisse logged his first career double-double and 10-day signee Jeremiah Robinson-Earl debuted with 12 points and seven rebounds.
- DraftKings had Dallas favored by 3.5 points Saturday morning and ESPN’s model gave the Mavericks a 70.7% win probability, projections tempered by widespread roster uncertainty.