Who: Washington Wizards @ Dallas Mavericks When: Tomorrow, Tuesday December 2, 2003 Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX TV: FSSW Probable Starters Washington: PG - Juan Dixion SG - Larry Hughes SF - Jarvis Hayes PF - Kwame Brown C - Brendan Haywood Dallas: PG - Steve Nash SG - Mike Finley SF - Antawan Jamison/Dirk Nowitzki* PF - Antione Walker/Dirk Nowitzki* C - Shawn Bradley * - denote if Nowitzki plays (listed as day-to-day) Injuries: Washington Gilbert Arenas Jerry Stackhouse Dallas Tariq Abdul-Wahead Jon Stefansson Dirk Nowitzki *(day to day) Keys for Dallas: Fortson should return, keep him in the post to rebound. Also try to play play solid transition defense and force Washington to earn every point that it scores. If Dallas can keep the leagues youngest team to just half-court basketball defensively, they will be in great shape. Washington: STOP DALLAS FROM RUNNING! Mavs will want to generate a running game against a team that can, at times, play out of control and lack floor balance in getting back to defend. Also remeber the fact they are at home, they will strive on the home team crowd to motivate them. My Prediction - Dallas remains undefeated at home. (10 -0)
Without Arenas, Wizards will have their hands full. Sure Dirk may not play. But they still have other guys who can score a lot of points.
