The Dallas Mavericks and Sacramento Kings meet Saturday in Sacramento, California, with tip-off set for 5 p.m. ET.

The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Sacramento Kings 113-107 Saturday afternoon in what was undoubtedly a matchup between two basketball teams.

The Dallas Mavericks are a team looking towards the future with No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg among other young players. Flagg is the north star, but other pl

Cooper Flagg scored 33 points as the Mavericks edged the Nuggets 131-130, snapping a losing streak and handing Denver a rare road loss.

Any diagnosis of Dallas’ struggles so far this season would start with its struggles away from the American Airlines Center.

BOTTOM LINE: Dallas will try to break its six-game road losing streak when the Mavericks take on Portland. The Trail Blazers are 10-12 against Western Conference opponents. Portland is fourth in the Western Conference in rebounding averaging 45.2 rebounds. Donovan Clingan paces the Trail Blazers with 10.6 boards.

Cooper Flagg's latest game against the Kings put him in the same conversations as LeBron James and Luka Doncic.

NBA insider Marc Stein says it's "hard to imagine" the Atlanta Hawks finding a way to keep Trae Young on the roster if they pursue a trade for Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis.