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Mavs Pregame LISTEN: Luka, Kyrie Tough Road Test vs. Nuggets; NBA Standings Watch

The Dallas Mavericks take on the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night before getting a much-need break during All-Star Weekend. Can they pull off the upset against the top team in the Western Conference on the road? It's going to be tough.
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Mavs Pregame LISTEN: Luka, Kyrie Tough Road Test vs. Nuggets; NBA Standings Watch
Mavs Pregame LISTEN: Luka, Kyrie Tough Road Test vs. Nuggets; NBA Standings Watch

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Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving get one more shot at securing their first win as a star duo before NBA All-Star Weekend … but it’s not going to be easy.

The Dallas Mavericks take on two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on the road Wednesday night. The Nuggets are the top team in the Western Conference and have a 26-4 record at home. However, one of those home losses came against the Mavs on Dec. 6 by the final score of 116-115.

On today’s episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we preview Dallas’ big matchup with Denver as well as look at how this week’s NBA action affects the Mavs in the West standings. The Mavs could potentially be severely shorthanded on Wednesday, but the Nuggets have some questions on the injury report as well that could play a role in the game.

Irving, who scorched the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 26-point fourth-quarter performance on Monday, will look to keep his momentum going against the Nuggets, especially if Jamal Murray (questionable) doesn’t play.

“It was insane,” Doncic said of Irving’s fourth-quarter explosion. “All of the guys were just looking at each other wondering how he does that. It was unbelievable to see, and he really got hot.”

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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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