The Mavericks will play their first true road game of the 2025-26 season on Monday. Although it is preseason, it is still a trip they have to make and play basketball on. That means this is the Mavericks’ first opportunity to demonstrate how they perform after a flight. Listen, preseason basketball will test the limits of what you can take away from a game. However, if you decide to tune in to the Mavericks rather than Monday Night Football, here are three things you can expect to see.

A much better Anthony Davis

Assuming the starters will continue playing significant minutes in the preseason, Davis should be much better than he was on Saturday night. The Jazz are a very large team and, while they took nearly 40 threes a game last season, do not share the perimeter bombers that the Horne

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