In the midst of a miserable stretch of Mavericks basketball in which the majority of the team is out with injury, the patchwork roster has kept it close with another struggling team in the Phoenix Suns, trailing 60-54 at the half of the game at American Airlines Center.

The Dallas Mavericks are conveniently the opponent the Suns are facing today - the unfortunate string of injuries has rendered them in a free-fall as of late. A Phoenix victory today would both secure the season series (tiebreaker) and bring them within 1.5 games of the play-in tournament.

Naji Marshall’s big night showed he could emerge as the focal point of Jason Kidd’s offense in the final quarter of the season.

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Two of the season's biggest underperformers face off on Sunday as the Phoenix Suns head to Texas to battle the injury-plagued, struggling Dallas Mavericks.

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