Game 28: Mavs vs. Kings

NOTES: The Mavs (15-12) host the Sacramento Kings (15-13) on Sunday at 6 p.m. at American Airlines Center. The game will be televised on FSSW and also can be heard on ESPN 103.3 FM. Additionally, it can be heard on Univsion 1270 AM (Spanish). . .This is just a one-game home stand before the Mavs start a season-high tying four-game road trip. The trip starts with a game Tuesday in Denver and continues with games against the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, the Golden State Warriors on Saturday and the Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 23. . .The Mavs have won 12 of their last 16 games and enters Sunday’s contest after losing at Phoenix on Thursday, 99-89. . .The Mavs have won their last 11 home games. The last time they won 12 straight home games was Dec. 29, 2007-Feb. 29, 2008. . .Harrison Barnes (17.9 ppg), Luka Doncic (17.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg., 4.5 apg), Wesley Matthews (14.8 ppg), Dennis Smith Jr. (13.0 ppg), 4.0 apg), DeAndre Jordan (11.1 ppg, 13.6 rpg) and J. J. Barea (11.4 ppg, 5.4 apg) are the top producers for the Mavs. . .The Mavs on the injured list include J. J. Barea (left ankle sprain), Dirk Nowitzki (left ankle surgery) and Dennis Smith Jr.

(right wrist sprain). Nowitzki and Smith are listed as probable, and Barea is listed as questionable. . . The Kings have won five of their last seven games. They come in after losing Friday at home to the Warriors, 130-125. . .The Kings are led by Buddy Hield (18.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg), De’Aaron Fox (18.1 ppg, 7.6 apg), Bogdan Bogdanovic (15.2 ppg), Willie Cauley-Stein (14.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg), Marvin Bagley III (12.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg) and Nemanja Bjelica (11.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg). . .The Kings had the second pick in last June’s NBA Draft and could have chosen Luka Doncic. Instead, they drafted Bagley.