Dallas Mavericks: Containing Thaddeus Young Key to Beating Nets

The Dallas Mavericks host the Brooklyn Nets Friday, hoping to avoid a fourth loss in give games. To do so they will need to contain Thaddeus Young.

The Dallas Mavericks return to the American Airlines Center after a three-game road trip to host the Brooklyn Nets. Dallas currently sits in sixth place in the Western Conference standings, but it took a game-winning jumper from Dirk Nowitzki against the second-worst team in the league to help the Mavericks avoid a four-game losing streak.

But as shaky as Dallas has looked recently, things are much worse for the Nets. They’ve lost 11 of 13 coming in to this one, are on to a new head coach, and have a heck of a time scoring the ball. Still,…