May 1, 2021 - Washington Wizards at Dallas Mavericks

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5/1/2021 Dallas v. Washington Game Preview

	Washington Wizards	(22-33, 11-17 away)
	Dallas Mavericks	(30-25, 13-13 home)

May 1, 2021 at 9:00 PM ET
Regular Season

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas

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Season Series - Dallas leads 1-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Apr 3, 2021	Dallas	Washington	109 - 87	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
May 1, 2021	Washington	Dallas	-	-	Regular Season	American Airlines Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Washington	55	48.2	41.9	89.5	.468	10.3	30.1	.343	19.7	25.9	.760	14.8	21.8	9.2	35.3	44.5	24.9	7.1	3.7	113.8
Dallas	55	48.1	40.7	87.1	.467	13.7	38.2	.358	16.2	20.9	.778	12.0	19.5	8.7	34.9	43.6	22.5	6.0	4.5	111.3
WAS Opponents	55	48.2	43.1	91.3	.472	12.8	33.9	.377	19.7	25.3	.777	14.2	22.1	10.0	36.4	46.5	24.3	8.4	4.8	118.6
DAL Opponents	55	48.1	40.0	87.6	.456	13.1	36.0	.364	16.8	22.1	.758	12.3	20.2	10.0	34.5	44.5	22.3	7.2	3.8	109.8

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Apr 3, 2021	Dallas	Washington	109 - 87	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Feb 7, 2020	Dallas	Washington	118 - 119	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Oct 23, 2019	Washington	Dallas	100 - 108	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Mar 6, 2019	Dallas	Washington	123 - 132	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 6, 2018	Washington	Dallas	100 - 119	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Jan 22, 2018	Washington	Dallas	75 - 98	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Nov 7, 2017	Dallas	Washington	113 - 99	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 15, 2017	Dallas	Washington	112 - 107	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 3, 2017	Washington	Dallas	105 - 113	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Dec 12, 2015	Washington	Dallas	114 - 111	Washington	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Dec 6, 2015	Dallas	Washington	116 - 104	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 30, 2014	Washington	Dallas	87 - 114	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Nov 19, 2014	Dallas	Washington	105 - 102	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 1, 2014	Dallas	Washington	87 - 78	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 12, 2013	Washington	Dallas	95 - 105	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Jan 1, 2013	Dallas	Washington	103 - 94	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 14, 2012	Washington	Dallas	101 - 107	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Mar 13, 2012	Washington	Dallas	98 - 107	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Feb 26, 2011	Dallas	Washington	105 - 99	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 31, 2011	Washington	Dallas	92 - 102	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Jan 20, 2010	Dallas	Washington	94 - 93	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Oct 27, 2009	Washington	Dallas	102 - 91	Washington	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Mar 7, 2009	Washington	Dallas	103 - 119	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Dec 21, 2008	Dallas	Washington	97 - 86	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 21, 2008	Dallas	Washington	84 - 102	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 26, 2007	Washington	Dallas	110 - 98	Washington	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Dec 4, 2006	Dallas	Washington	97 - 106	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 21, 2006	Washington	Dallas	80 - 107	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Mar 17, 2006	Dallas	Washington	104 - 94	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Feb 15, 2006	Washington	Dallas	97 - 103	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Jan 18, 2005	Washington	Dallas	120 - 137	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Nov 14, 2004	Dallas	Washington	122 - 113	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 2, 2003	Washington	Dallas	72 - 97	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Nov 5, 2003	Dallas	Washington	90 - 100	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Feb 23, 2003	Dallas	Washington	106 - 101	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 23, 2002	Washington	Dallas	86 - 92	Dallas	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Mar 31, 2002	Dallas	Washington	110 - 103	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 8, 2001	Washington	Dallas	102 - 95	Washington	Regular Season	American Airlines Center
Feb 17, 2001	Washington	Dallas	105 - 112	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 6, 2001	Dallas	Washington	103 - 85	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 25, 2000	Washington	Dallas	93 - 86	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 19, 2000	Dallas	Washington	104 - 86	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Feb 28, 1998	Dallas	Washington	103 - 77	Dallas	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 26, 1997	Washington	Dallas	97 - 95	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Mar 29, 1997	Dallas	Washington	87 - 94	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Mar 18, 1997	Washington	Dallas	86 - 85	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 4, 1996	Dallas	Washington	100 - 112	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Dec 9, 1995	Washington	Dallas	103 - 94	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Feb 21, 1995	Dallas	Washington	102 - 97	Dallas	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Dec 8, 1994	Washington	Dallas	124 - 121	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Feb 10, 1994	Washington	Dallas	77 - 87	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 27, 1994	Dallas	Washington	95 - 98	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Mar 24, 1993	Dallas	Washington	101 - 98	Dallas	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Feb 10, 1993	Washington	Dallas	110 - 102	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Mar 5, 1992	Dallas	Washington	109 - 119	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Dec 20, 1991	Washington	Dallas	107 - 99	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Feb 15, 1991	Washington	Dallas	96 - 121	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 26, 1991	Dallas	Washington	99 - 96	Dallas	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Jan 23, 1990	Washington	Dallas	105 - 129	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Dec 16, 1989	Dallas	Washington	108 - 112	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Mar 4, 1989	Dallas	Washington	105 - 119	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Feb 25, 1989	Washington	Dallas	93 - 127	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Apr 1, 1988	Dallas	Washington	103 - 118	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Feb 17, 1988	Washington	Dallas	108 - 123	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Mar 28, 1987	Dallas	Washington	114 - 107	Dallas	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Jan 27, 1987	Washington	Dallas	118 - 113	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Mar 26, 1986	Dallas	Washington	112 - 120	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Nov 26, 1985	Washington	Dallas	99 - 112	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Feb 22, 1985	Washington	Dallas	101 - 110	Dallas	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 24, 1985	Dallas	Washington	92 - 93	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Apr 1, 1984	Dallas	Washington	98 - 102	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Dec 7, 1983	Washington	Dallas	114 - 112	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Jan 4, 1983	Dallas	Washington	84 - 92	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Dec 4, 1982	Washington	Dallas	115 - 105	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Feb 10, 1982	Washington	Dallas	119 - 102	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Dec 15, 1981	Dallas	Washington	107 - 102	Dallas	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Jan 10, 1981	Washington	Dallas	106 - 94	Washington	Regular Season	Reunion Arena
Nov 6, 1980	Dallas	Washington	95 - 116	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena

2020-2021 Washington Wizards Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Westbrook	B. Beal	D. Avdija	R. Hachimura	A. Len
Rotation	I. Smith		C. Hutchison	D. Bertans	T. Bryant
Rotation	R. Neto		G. Mathews		R. Lopez
Rotation			I. Bonga		D. Gafford
Rotation					J. Bell
Lim PT	C. Winston			A. Gill

2020-2021 Dallas Mavericks Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Doncic	J. Richardson	D. Finney-Smith	M. Kleber	K. Porzingis
Rotation	T. Burke	J. Brunson	T. Hardaway Jr.	N. Melli	W. Cauley-Stein
Rotation		J. Redick			D. Powell
Rotation		J. Green
Lim PT	T. Terry		N. Hinton	T. Bey	B. Marjanovic

Washington Wizards Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
9	Deni Avdija	SG	51	23.4	2.4	5.8	.420	1.0	3.2	.323	0.5	0.8	.643	0.6	2.7	0.4	4.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	6.4
3	Bradley Beal	SG	46	35.4	10.9	22.7	.480	2.2	6.5	.331	7.0	7.8	.898	3.3	2.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	4.8	1.1	0.3	31.0
7	Jordan Bell	PF	3	16.6	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	1.7	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.3	1.0	3.3
42	Davis Bertans	SF	41	24.5	3.3	8.2	.406	2.9	7.3	.400	1.7	1.9	.873	0.6	2.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	0.6	0.2	11.2
17	Isaac Bonga	SG	34	11.5	0.8	2.1	.375	0.4	1.2	.286	0.1	0.2	.500	0.5	1.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.2	2.0
13	Thomas Bryant	C	10	27.1	5.9	9.1	.648	0.9	2.1	.429	1.6	2.4	.667	1.1	3.1	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.5	0.4	0.8	14.3
21	Daniel Gafford	C	6	17.5	4.7	7.2	.651	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.737	1.2	1.5	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.5	0.8	1.8	11.7
16	Anthony Gill	PF	17	5.4	0.4	1.2	.350	0.1	0.7	.167	0.2	0.3	.800	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.1	1.2
8	Rui Hachimura	F	46	31.9	5.3	11.3	.469	0.8	2.5	.310	2.3	3.0	.763	1.3	2.2	0.9	4.9	5.8	1.5	0.8	0.1	13.7
1	Chandler Hutchison	SG	6	18.6	2.2	6.0	.361	0.3	1.7	.200	1.2	1.5	.778	1.5	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	5.8
27	Alex Len	C	40	16.5	3.0	4.9	.621	0.1	0.4	.235	1.2	2.1	.602	0.9	2.1	1.2	3.1	4.3	0.9	0.3	1.1	7.4
15	Robin Lopez	FC	55	20.0	3.6	5.7	.629	0.1	0.3	.278	1.4	2.0	.700	1.1	1.7	2.1	1.9	4.0	0.8	0.3	0.6	8.7
24	Garrison Mathews	SG	49	18.0	1.7	4.0	.424	1.3	3.3	.405	1.3	1.5	.892	0.2	1.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	6.1
19	Raulzinho Neto	PG	49	20.1	3.1	6.9	.452	0.9	2.5	.366	0.9	1.1	.833	0.8	1.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.1	1.1	0.1	8.0
14	Ish Smith	PG	27	20.2	2.6	6.2	.423	0.3	1.0	.346	0.4	0.7	.526	1.0	1.1	0.4	2.9	3.3	4.2	0.7	0.2	6.0
4	Russell Westbrook	G	48	35.5	8.4	19.0	.442	1.3	4.2	.312	4.0	6.4	.627	5.0	2.7	1.6	9.2	10.9	10.8	1.2	0.4	22.1
5	Cassius Winston	PG	15	5.7	0.7	1.7	.385	0.5	1.0	.467	0.3	0.4	.833	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	2.1

Dallas Mavericks Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2	Tyler Bey	PF	11	3.5	0.4	1.1	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9
13	Jalen Brunson	PG	51	25.5	4.8	9.1	.523	1.2	3.0	.387	1.9	2.4	.789	1.3	1.7	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.4	0.5	0.0	12.6
3	Trey Burke	G	49	14.3	2.4	5.4	.444	1.0	2.7	.362	0.7	0.8	.850	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	6.5
33	Willie Cauley-Stein	C	36	16.9	2.2	3.6	.617	0.0	0.2	.125	0.9	1.4	.660	0.5	2.3	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	5.3
77	Luka Doncic	SF	50	35.1	10.1	20.8	.485	3.0	8.2	.361	5.3	7.2	.733	4.3	2.2	0.8	7.2	7.9	8.8	1.0	0.6	28.4
10	Dorian Finney-Smith	SF	44	32.1	3.3	7.7	.436	1.8	4.9	.364	0.5	0.7	.800	0.6	2.5	1.7	3.9	5.7	1.6	0.9	0.5	9.0
8	Josh Green	SG	28	10.1	0.9	2.1	.433	0.1	0.6	.118	0.3	0.5	.600	0.5	0.7	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	2.2
11	Tim Hardaway Jr.	SG	54	28.4	5.6	12.7	.443	2.9	7.3	.389	1.8	2.3	.797	0.9	1.5	0.3	3.1	3.4	1.7	0.5	0.1	16.0
14	Nate Hinton	SF	14	3.4	0.6	1.4	.400	0.1	0.4	.167	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.5
42	Maxi Kleber	PF	40	28.1	2.4	5.6	.429	1.8	4.3	.422	0.8	0.9	.914	0.7	2.3	0.9	4.5	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.8	7.4
51	Boban Marjanovic	C	24	9.0	2.0	4.2	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.1	.769	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	4.9
20	Nicolo Melli	PF	9	16.9	1.3	3.6	.375	0.7	2.1	.316	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.2	2.1	0.7	2.2	2.9	0.8	0.2	0.1	3.7
6	Kristaps Porzingis	FC	36	31.2	7.9	16.4	.479	2.3	6.3	.366	2.8	3.3	.847	1.4	2.7	2.0	7.4	9.4	1.6	0.4	1.6	20.8
7	Dwight Powell	PF	41	14.5	1.6	3.0	.533	0.1	0.5	.250	1.5	1.9	.779	0.6	2.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.8	0.6	0.3	4.8
4	J.J. Redick	G	3	15.3	2.3	5.7	.412	2.0	3.7	.545	0.7	1.0	.667	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	7.3
0	Josh Richardson	G	45	31.9	4.5	10.5	.430	1.5	4.8	.318	1.8	2.0	.910	1.4	2.5	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.8	0.9	0.4	12.4
1	Tyrell Terry	PG	11	5.1	0.5	1.5	.312	0.0	0.6	.000	0.1	0.3	.333	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0

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