Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks will be playing against the San Antonio Spurs tonight. NBA fans will be aware that the Mavericks made a move for Kyrie Irving at this NBA trade deadline. This is extra offensive firepower that the Mavs, who currently hold a record of 31 wins and 29 losses could use.
They will be taking on the young and rebuilding San Antonio Spurs, a team with a subpar record of 14 wins and 45 losses. As both these teams get ready to face off, fans will undoubtedly want to know about the availability status of the players. After all, that will help in understanding the expected rosters for this game and the predicitions as well.
Luka Doncic looks healthy for the Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs game tonight
Thankfully for Mavs fans, Doncic looks healthy for this game against the Spurs. Fans will remember that he was sidelined for a while this season due to a strained Achilles. This was around the same time when Kyrie Irving made his debut for the Dallas Mavericks.
Doncic has now returned and even scored an impressive 37 points in his last game with the Mavs, albeit in a loss to the Denver Nuggets. Mavericks coach Jason Kidd will have to put the appropriate players around Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic in order to make the Mavs better.
That said, let us take a look at the injury reports and expected rosters for this game between the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs.
Dallas Mavericks injury report
- Maxi Kleber (out)
- Davis Bertans (out)
Dallas Mavericks expected roster
- Kyrie Irving
- Luka Doncic
- Christian Wood
- Reggie Bullock
- Josh Green
San Antonio Spurs injury report
- Khem Birch (out)
- Romeo Langford (out)
- Isiah Roby (out)
- Jeremy Sochan (questionable)
- Devin Vassell (out)
- Tre Jones (questionable)
San Antonio Spurs expected roster
- Zach Collins
- Jeremy Sochan
- Malaki Branham
- Keldon Johnson
- Keita Bates-Diop
As we can tell, both Maxi Kleber and Davis Bertans don’t look like they are going to be playing against the Spurs tonight. On the other hand, San Antonio has a list of injuries to star players like Devin Vassell and Tre Jones. Finally here are the expert predicitions for this game.
The Mavs are overwhelming favorites vs the Spurs tonight
This is actually an easy prediction to make considering how bad the Spurs are this season. They used to be a championship dynasty in the time of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. However, those days look far in the past as the current team has one of the worst records in the entire NBA.
This can simply be attributed to their age and lack of experience. After all, most of the players on the Spurs are relatively unheard of. The team is on a horrendous 14-game losing streak and is not expected to break it against a talented team like the Dallas Mavericks. Thus, the Spurs will be the underdogs in tonight’s game.