WHAT: A pre-NYE matchup
WHERE: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
WHEN: 6:00 p.m. CT
HOW: Fox Sports Southwest or NBA League Pass
THE STORY: The Mavericks did not win their last game, but the schedule doesn’t get any easier in the coming days, as they welcome in the Oklahoma City Thunder for the first game of a home-and-home back-to-back. The Thunder are, of course, very good, and the Mavs are still very much trying to figure out who they are as Dennis Smith Jr. returns from injury and Dirk works his way back into form.