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Mavs Step Back LIVE: NBA Standings Predictions - Then Doncic And Dallas In Playoffs

Luka Doncic breaks out of his recent funk, Mavs playoff matchups, our predictions on where Dallas will end up in the final standings, and much, much more!

Dalton Trigg

Mavs Step Back LIVE: NBA Standings Predictions - Then Doncic And Dallas In Playoffs
Mavs Step Back LIVE: NBA Standings Predictions - Then Doncic And Dallas In Playoffs /

The Dallas Mavericks are just two more regular season games away from the most exciting time of the year.

NBA playoff basketball on the horizon, and the Mavs currently control their own destiny for the 5th seed in the Western Conference after the Phoenix Suns narrowly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Dallas can't clinch the 5th seed just yet, but a win over the Toronto Raptors tonight here at the AAC would clinch at least the 6th seed, meaning they would avoid the NBA's play-in tournament.

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan discuss the Mavs' recent stretch of games, including the deflating blowout loss to the Grizzlies, followed by a resounding blowout win against the Pelicans on the very next night. After missing two weeks of play, Kristaps Porzingis returned to action against New Orleans and looked healthy, which is exactly what the Mavs wanted to see with the postseason about to start. 

If the Mavs do avoid the play-in tournament, it will give Porzingis and the rest of the roster a week to recover before starting their playoff run.

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From there, the guys talk about Luka Doncic finally breaking out of his recent funk, whether or not Maxi Kleber will ever return to his pre-Covid defensive form, J.J. Redick's heel keeping him out for at least the rest of the regular season, potential Mavs playoff matchups, our predictions on where the Mavs will end up in the final standings, and much, much more:

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Dalton Trigg
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.

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