Last Sunday’s matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks was postponed after Dallas’ team plane couldn’t take off at Love Field on Sunday afternoon.
On Thursday, the NBA announced the makeup
date of the game, which will occur nearly a month after predicted. Local reporters predicted the game could be made up during the extended break of the All-Star Game. Instead, the game will be played Tuesday, March 31 at 8 p.m. EST.
Additionally, the NBA announced a change to Dallas’ matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies, originally scheduled for April 1. Since Dallas plays March 30 and, now, March 31, the NBA prevented a ‘three games in three nights’ scenario by moving Dallas’ game against the Grizzlies up three weeks. The game will now be played Thursday, March 12, at 8 p.m. EST.
Dallas plays in Atlanta on the 10th, will head to Memphis on the 12th, and will come home to play the Cleveland Cavaliers on the second night of a back-to-back.
On the back end, Dallas will now get an extra day off between games in early April, returning to Dallas to play the Orlando Magic on April 3 and a nationally televised game against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 5.
The team will likely look very different when they face the Bucks in late March. Kyrie Irving is expected to be back sometime after the All-Star Break and Anthony Davis could be back from his thumb injury, assuming he’s still on the team. Milwaukee could also look different as recent reporting has suggested Giannis Antetokounmpo’s time with the Bucks may be coming to an end as he is “ready for a new home,” according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
So while fans may have bought tickets for an exciting rematch of the Giannis-Flagg duel we saw in November, they could be seeing two very different teams.
