When: Today, 5:30 p.m.

Where: American Airlines Center.

TV: KONG. Radio: KJR (950 AM).

Records: Sonics 4-7; Mavericks 6-4.

Notes: The Sonics have lost five of their past seven games. ... Tonight is the first of back-to-back games that has Seattle playing at San Antonio tomorrow. ... The Mavs have lost two straight games, including a 124-87 pounding by Houston on Saturday. It was Dallas' seventh-worst loss in team history. ... Sonics center Predrag Drobnjak will probably be activated today and center Jerome James will be placed on the injured list with a sprained right ankle. ... Booth played 15 games with the Mavs last season. ... Nowitzki is shooting 48.5 percent.

Injuries: Sonics ? C Predrag Drobnjak (sprained left ankle) and F Vin Baker (bruised left knee).

Mavericks ? Evan Eschmeyer (sprained left ankle), Eduardo Najera (right knee contusion) and Ruben Wolkowyski (sprained right ankle) are on the injured list.