NBA Postpones Mavs vs. Warriors in Wake of Assistant Coach Death

The NBA has postponed the Dallas Mavericks game against the Golden State Warriors that was scheduled for Friday night in San Francisco.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 18, 2024

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The Dallas Mavericks have been one of the most banged up teams this season with several key players dealing with injuries. They’ll be getting a much-needed rest throughout the rest of this week, but they just wish it was under better circumstances.

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According to a report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the NBA is postponing the Mavs’ game at the Golden State Warriors that was scheduled for Friday in the wake of the unexpected death of Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic.

“The NBA is postponing Friday's Warriors-Mavericks game after the sudden death of Golden State assistant Dejan Milojevic, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Warriors-Jazz was postponed Wednesday night following the tragic passing,” Charania posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Some things are bigger than basketball, and the Warriors understandably need time to mourn before they’re in any suitable mindset to step on the court again. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Warriors’ organization and the Milojevic family during this tough time.

Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for an update on when the Mavs-Warriors game will be rescheduled.

Published Jan 18, 2024

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.