Dallas Mavericks (14th place in the Western Conference)

Texan confirmed during the recent words of our editorial a few weeks ago. We affirm when Mavs, where they will solve the medical problems, can return quickly in the battle for play-off. Rick Carlisle is too good a coach, and the team looks good on paper. With four wins and two defeats in the last stages of the Dallas band starts slowly, slowly reach the desired level.

Previous round has recorded just one win for the Mavs, but also setting a record: the most emphatic success in club history (122-73). Incredible difference of 49 points was due to the 17 processed remotely throws and baskets percentage of Action submitted by almost 50%.

Mavericks can not rely on Bogut and Barea these days. However, frequent injuries in the first part of the season Carlisle made him more careful to focus their eyes towards the bench and seek solutions. He found! Among the players who have greatly raised level include Seth Curry, brother of the previous season’s MVP, Steph Curry, Powell or Dwight Anderson. Along legend Dirk Nowitzki and other celebrities from the team home, they begin to put increasingly more problems, both on the defensive phase, and especially on the offensive (look at the Mavs suffered greatly in debut season ).

New York Knicks (11th place in the Eastern Conference)

After a very successful start to the season (Knicks was at one time on the podium), Melo and the company fell inexplicably. Somewhere at the end of December was broken film. Positive results began to appear sporadically (three wins and no less than 13 defeats since 25.12.2016), and internal conflicts have multiplied.

It’s hard to say what was happening in his locker Knicks. Things seemed to be moving finally on track (NYK struggling for some years to reach the play-off), but the miracle of “Madison Square Garden” did not last long, appearing moments more or less hilarious as they pulled team down. Derrick Rose, the MVP in 2011 simply was not presented to clash with Pelicans and Carmelo Anthony are in an open war with Phil Jackson, president of the club.

It’s hard to talk about numbers and statisitici considering that the Knicks There is more activity outside the arena than on the floor. They seem irrelevant at the moment. The fact is that the future looks doubtful for everyone involved in the New York club activity.

PROBABLE TEAMS:

Mavericks starters: PG – Deron Williams / SG – Seth Curry / SF – Harrison Barnes / PF – Dorian Finney-Smith / C – Dirk Nowitzki.

Knicks starters: PG – Derrick Rose / SG – Courtney Lee / SF – Carmelo Anthony / PF – Kristaps Porzingis / C – Joakim Noah.