Mavs Pregame LISTEN: Luka, Kyrie’s 1st Home Game Together; Justin Holiday’s Fit

The Dallas Mavericks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night in what will be Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving’s first game together at American Airlines Center.

Dalton Trigg | Feb 13, 2023

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After experiencing a crazy week that featured a blockbuster trade and some quality road wins, the Dallas Mavericks are finally back home at American Airlines Center on Monday night as they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving put up big numbers against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to get the Mavs the win in what was their third game in four nights to end a five-game road trip. Dallas’ new dynamic duo is ready to finally make its home debut, and Irving is especially excited to receive a warm welcome from Mavs fans.

“A lot of cheers, a lot of love,” Irving said when talking about his expectations. “Just grateful my family can be a part of it and be welcomed by the Dallas area and be welcomed by the organization and my teammates. That’s what I’m most looking forward to.”

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we break down Doncic and Irving’s first game together by the numbers, including what works seamlessly already and what might need some minor tweaking going forward.

From there, we preview the Mavs’ game against the Timberwolves and briefly talk about how Justin Holiday will fit in with Dallas for the rest of this season. On Monday, it was reported that the 33-year-old 3-and-D wing had secured a contract buyout from the Houston Rockets and planned to sign with the Mavs soon after.

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Published Feb 13, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.