Mavs Step Back: Latest on Kyrie Irving Injury; Luka Doncic Leads Dallas Win Streak

The Dallas Mavericks are on a mini win streak after winning consecutive games on Friday night for the first time in nearly a month. We discuss the Mavs' short-term outlook, as well as the latest updates on Kyrie Irving's heel injury on the latest Mavs Step Back Podcast.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 11, 2023

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The Dallas Mavericks, now 13-8 and in third place in the Western Conference standings after Friday’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers, enter Monday night’s matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies looking to string together three consecutive wins for the first time since the first week of the season when they started 4-0.

Although Friday’s win was ugly, the Mavs will take what they can get, especially since star point guard Kyrie Irving went down with a heel contusion and is expected to miss at least a few games. On the latest episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we discuss the Mavs’ win over the Blazers at length, including Dante Exum’s big step-up performance, as well as the latest updates regarding Irving’s injury.

“One of the biggest things with our team is our next-man-up mentality,” Exum said. “You see that right now with me as an example. … We have (a lot of players) down. And the guys have been able to step up. Hopefully, he (Irving) is not out for too long, but we have a deep roster that’s willing and ready to step up.”

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From there, we talk about the Mavs’ upcoming stretch of games, including tonight’s game against the Grizzlies. Not only are the Mavs favored to win this one despite being shorthanded with Irving, Grant Williams, Josh Green and Maxi Kleber being out, but they also owe the Grizzlies one given how things went down on Dec. 1 when Doncic missed that game due to the birth of his daughter.

Following the Memphis game, the Mavs face a tough Los Angeles Lakers team on a second night of a back-to-back on Tuesday. Then they’ll take on the best team in the West, the Minnesota Timberwolves, on Thursday. Dallas could win both of those games, but it’s going to be extremely tough, so taking care of business in Memphis tonight will be crucial.

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Spoiler alert for any football fans out there: there was also a bold — and correct — prediction for the Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Philadelphia Eagles at the very end of this one.

Published Dec 11, 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.