The Dallas Mavericks (3-8) host the Los Angeles Clippers (3-9) on Friday night at home. Both of these teams have been wildly disappointing relative to preseason expectations. Dallas lost against the Suns Wednesday in a game they played pretty well in spurts but just didn’t have enough. The Clippers have lost six in a row and look to be as old as their average age indicates (35+ years old).
Here’s the main things you need to know before the game kicks off.
As far as injuries go, Dallas gets some progress. While Kyrie Irving and Dante Exum are out, Dereck Lively is probable and should be on the court for the first time in forever. Anthony Davis is still questionable, though at this point I believe they should downgrade him to OUT for the foreseeable future. PJ Washington is also still questionable at this time and I have no good sense as to if he plays or not. The Clippers are without Kawhi Leonard who has some feet/ankle issues and Bradley Beal, who broke his hip.
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As you can tell below, you can join me in a room on Playback (embed below) during the game (though I may not be able to start it until halftime). Also consider joining Josh and I on Pod Maverick live after the game on YouTube, we should start around 10:15 pm. Thanks so much for spending time with us here at Mavs Moneyball. Let’s go Mavs!
