Doncic, Mavs Seek Revenge: GAMEDAY vs. Warriors

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks look to get revenge on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday after losing by 33 points on Thursday.

Dalton Trigg | Feb 6, 2021

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks have already run out of valid excuses after losing 10 of their last 13 games. Now they’re starting to run out of time if they want to avoid being buried too deep in the Western Conference standings.

Thursday night’s embarrassing 147-116 loss to the Golden State Warriors was the Mavs’ third game in a row where there were no names listed on the injury report. It was was the sixth game where Dallas has had everyone available except for Maxi Kleber.

Tonight, the Mavs will hopefully show a little bit of pride, as they get a rematch with the Warriors and look for revenge.

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ODDS: Surprisingly, the Mavs are still favored by four points in this one, and the total over/under is 231. Perhaps Vegas is banking on Dallas coming out with a chip on its shoulder.

PLAYER TO WATCH: Kevin Dura... whoops, sorry ... we meant Kelly Oubre Jr. Oubre Jr. torched the Mavs on Thursday, something he’s seemed to do throughout his entire career, to the tune of a career-high 40 points. Will Oubre Jr.’s hot hand carry over to tonight’s game? It’s not likely, but Oubre Jr. is a notorious “vs. Mavs” All-Star, so anything is possible.

RECORDS: Golden State Warriors (12-10) at Dallas Mavericks (9-14)

WHEN: Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. CT

LOCATION: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX)

TV/RADIO: ABC, Fox Sports Southwest, NBA League Pass, ESPN 103.3 FM, Univision 1270 AM

FINAL WORD: What was the immediate post-game team discussion following Thursday’s blowout loss?

“Defense, defense, defense,” said Jalen Brunson bluntly.

The Mavs are definitely ‘talking the talk’. Let’s see if they can finally ‘walk the walk’.

Published Feb 6, 2021

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.