The Dallas Mavericks kick off a 5 game road trip with a visit to New Jersey to take on the shorthanded Nets. The Mavs are fighting for playoff postion in the West, and currently hold the 5 seed. They are 7 games under .500 on the road, but have won their last 2 away from the American Airlines Center. The Nets are without Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin, and will count on Richard Jefferson, who is averaging 23.4 points per game in his last 9 games, and has cracked the NBA's top 25 in scoring.
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