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Philadelphia 76ers v Dallas Mavericks
2021-22 NBA Regular Season
Saturday 19 March 2022
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tip-off at 01:00
The Dallas Mavericks will be looking to keep up their good run of form in the NBA Regular Season when they face the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the morning of Saturday, March 19.
The Mavericks are fifth in the Western Conference standings with a record of 42-26 and they're challenging the Utah Jazz for fourth place after winning eight of their last 10 games.
Jason Kidd's team edged the Boston Celtics 95-92 on Monday with Luka Doncic scoring 26 points for the visitors and the Mavs head coach singled out the point guard for special praise.
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"He's a very smart player, sees everything, not just on the court but on film and in meetings," Kidd said of Doncic. "There's nothing that's going to get past him. That's just very high IQ. There's not a lot of people who see that."
The 76ers are well placed to reach the playoffs as they sit third in the Western Conference, although their recent form has been patchy.
Joel Embiid and James Harden contributed 34 and 24 points respectively against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough to prevent a 114-110 defeat in front of their home fans.
Embiid leads the league in scoring this season and is considered one of the favourites to win the MVP, having been pipped to the accolade by Nikola Jokic in 2021, with the Mavericks star racking up 21 more games.
"I think Joel wants to play more. He said that at the end of last year," 76ers head coach Doc Rivers said. "He said, 'I want to come in in better shape. I feel like I need to play more games to help our team.' It could be some of that. I'm just happy he's playing more."
The Mavericks ran out 107-98 victors against the 76ers in their previous meeting on February 4 as Doncic led the way with 33 points, 13 rebounds and 15 assists.
Philadelphia 76ers v Dallas Mavericks – Head-to-head, Regular Season
Games played: 80
76ers wins: 39
Mavericks wins: 41
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