Mavs head to San Antonio to start back-to-back nightmare

Mavericks at Spurs

6 p.m. Sunday, AT&T Center, San Antonio

TV: FSSW

Radio: ESPN/103.3 FM; KFLC/1270 AM (Spanish)

Records: Mavericks 16-30; Spurs 36-10

About the Mavericks: Thursday’s 109-98 loss at Oklahoma City left the Mavs 5-3 in their last eight games. ... Dirk Nowitzki sat out against the Thunder, the second of a back-to-back, so he could rest. Nowitzki played 25 minutes the night before in a 103-95 win over the New York Knicks. ... Sunday is the front end of a back-to-back for the Mavs, who host the world champion Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. The Mavs are 4-4 on the front end of back-to-back games. ... Shooting guard Wesley Matthews will play Sunday after missing the past two games with a right hip strain. ... Point guard Deron Williams won’t play Sunday or Monday because of a left big toe sprain. He will be re-evaluated after that.

About the Spurs: They are 2-0 against the Mavs this season. All-Star Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points as the Spurs won 96-91 in San Antonio on Nov. 21. ... The Spurs also won 94-87 on Nov. 30 when Patty Mills came off the bench to pour in 23 points in 29 minutes. ... The only NBA team with a better record than the Spurs is the Golden State Warriors. ... San Antonio is first in the league in 3-point shooting (41.2 percent), second in points allowed (99.2), second in field goal shooting (47.9 percent), sixth in assists (24.2) and eighth in scoring (107.6).

This story was originally published January 28, 2017 at 5:46 PM with the headline "Mavs head to San Antonio to start back-to-back nightmare."