Cleveland Cavaliers vs Dallas Mavericks

Preseason

4-2

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Mavericks DAL	18	16	16	16	66
Cavaliers CLE	25	26	32	13	96

Cleveland CavaliersCavaliersCLE

4-3

Matchups

DAL

Season tied

1-1

CLE

Game 1@ CLE

Final

111

102

Game 2@ DAL

Final

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	60	22	.732	-	W3
Cleveland	52	30	.634	8	W1
Milwaukee	32	50	.390	28	L1
Chicago	31	51	.378	29	L2
Indiana	19	63	.232	41	L2

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