Injury-riddled Mavericks try to break slide at San Antonio

Mavericks at Spurs

7:30 p.m. Monday, AT&T Center, San Antonio

TV: FSSW, NBA TV

Radio: ESPN/103.3 FM, ESPN/1540 AM (Spanish)

Records: Mavericks 2-10; Spurs 10-3

About the Mavericks: At 2-10, Dallas owns the NBA’s worst record. The only times the Mavericks had a worse start came in the 1981-82, 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons at 1-11. ... Dirk Nowitzki (Achilles), Deron Williams (calf), Devin Harris (toe) and J.J. Barea (calf) are still sidelined with injuries. Nowitzki will miss his seventh consecutive game. ... Dallas wraps up a a two-game road trip that started with Saturday’s 95-87 loss to the Magic in Orlando. Playing in his second NBA game, point guard Jonathan Gibson came off the bench to score 26 points on 8-of-16 shooting against Orlando.

About the Spurs: San Antonio is riding a five-game winning streak after Friday’s 116-107 win against the Lakers in Los Angeles. LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard tallied 23 points apiece for the Spurs, who placed seven players in double-figure scoring. ... Leonard is averaging 24.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and is third in the league with 2.38 steal per game. ... The Spurs are scoring 103 ppg and their defense has allowed 97.6 ppg. ... They are averaging only 11.5 turnovers per game.

This story was originally published November 20, 2016 at 5:30 PM with the headline "Injury-riddled Mavericks try to break slide at San Antonio."