The Dallas Mavericks (5-12) host the Memphis Grizzlies (5-11) on Saturday night. Dallas won last night against the New Orleans Pelicans (also part of the NBA Cup somehow!). Memphis has had a day off after walloping the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.

Santi Aldama sparked a decisive 6-0 run in the final minute as Memphis notched back-to-back wins for the first time this season, while rookie Zach Edey posted his first double-double in a gritty road victory over Dallas.

Both the Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies may be without multiple key players in Saturday night's matchup.

The Dallas Mavericks hosted the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night in NBA Cup action, hoping to avoid a second loss to the Pelicans this year. New Orleans only has three wins this year, and one of them was against the Mavericks, which is when many fans started to realize this team is just going to struggle.

El español Santi Aldama anotó 20 puntos, incluyendo un tiro con la mano izquierda que inició una racha de 6-0 para desempatar el duelo en el último minuto, y los Grizzlies de Memphis derrotaron el sábado 102-96 a los Mavericks de Dallas.

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg joined LeBron James in rare NBA history following his performance against the Pelicans.

Kyrie Irving will be 34 years old in March. He tore his ACL eight months ago. If the post-Nico Harrison Dallas Mavericks are open to trading Anthony Davis, who is one year younger than Irving, then presumably they would be just as open to an Irving deal... right? Instead, the team is reportedly still fully committed to keeping Irving around.

Mercury Bischoff scored a hat trick to power Minnesota State Mankato to a weekend sweep of WCHA rival, the Mavericks’ first since 2006.

Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis seemingly received a clear message about his NBA future as he recovers from injury.

The Dallas Mavericks drop a close one to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night, falling 102-96. A clearly exhausted Cooper Flagg was unable to carry the Mavericks in the clutch as they failed to build upon last night’s momentum. With all that being said, let’s get into the grades.