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Dallas Mavericks (5-5, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (2-8, 15th in the Western Conference)
Salt Lake City; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Dallas plays the Utah Jazz after Kyrie Irving scored 43 points in the Mavericks' 122-120 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Utah went 31-51 overall and 16-36 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Jazz shot 46.7% from the field and 35.4% from 3-point range last season.
Dallas went 50-32 overall and 31-21 in Western Conference games during the 2023-24 season. The Mavericks averaged 117.9 points per game last season, 17.0 on free throws and 43.8 from 3-point range.
INJURIES: Jazz: Walker Kessler: day to day (hip), Taylor Hendricks: out for season (fibula).
Mavericks: Dante Exum: out (wrist), P.J. Washington Jr.: day to day (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
