T eams looking to get back into the win column meet when the Dallas Mavericks battle the Utah Jazz in a key Western Conference matchup on Thursday night. Dallas is coming off a 12

After a wild, wild day in the NBA that saw Victor Wembanyama drop 50 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo score 59, the league slows down on Thursday with just one

John Collins was finally slotted into the starting rotation on Tuesday and it paid off big time. He finished with 57 FP and was a big reason Utah was able to keep it close against the Phoenix Suns. He played a season high in minutes as well and with Walker Kessler still out, I would expect John Collins to continue scoring extremely well.

1. Dallas is looking to turn things around: The Mavericks made the NBA Finals last season, but it’s been a slow start out of the gate. Dallas is 5-6 and has lost three in a row. A caveat: those three losses were to the Suns, Nuggets and Warriors by a total of six points.

The Dallas Mavericks went to Salt Lake City desperately searching for a win, having lost their last three games, all in clutch situations. To pick up a win against the Utah Jazz, they'd have to do it without Kyrie Irving,

Utah has been quite the odd case. Their two wins came from their 2-2 stretch over the past 4 games, one of them coming with the absence of Lauri Markkanen. The Jazz lost their fir