Three Cities, Four Days: The Mavericks Open a Road Swing Thursday at Minnesota, Then Cleveland and Boston on the Weekend
Dallas's next three games are all on the road: Thursday at 7 p.m. CT at the Minnesota Timberwolves (Target Center), Saturday at the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Sunday at the Boston Celtics — before the Mavericks come home Wednesday, November 18, to host Golden State at the American Airlines Center.
DALLAS — The Mavericks' week runs through three northern arenas. Dallas opens a three-game road swing Thursday night at the Minnesota Timberwolves, tipping at 7:00 p.m. CT at Target Center in Minneapolis, then plays at the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday (6:30 p.m. CT, Rocket Arena) and at the Boston Celtics on Sunday (5:00 p.m. CT, TD Garden).
The trip follows Monday night's 125–122 loss at Portland, where Deni Avdija's 27-point, 10-rebound, 11-assist triple-double erased a Dallas effort led by Max Christie's 25 points — the game this station covered as SQ-20261111-028. Three road games in four days is the kind of stretch that tests a rotation's depth more than its starters.
The home crowd's wait is a week. Dallas does not play at the American Airlines Center again until Wednesday, November 18, when the Golden State Warriors visit for an 8:30 p.m. CT tip.
Thursday's opener is the swing's tone-setter: a win in Minneapolis gives Dallas a cushion for the weekend back-to-back in Cleveland and Boston; a loss makes Sunday's game at TD Garden — the trip's third city in four days — the one that decides whether the road week reads as a success.
