After suiting up just nine players Thursday night against Miami and winning anyway, the Mavericks really need this week off for the All-Star break. After devising a plan to incorporate two big men — Anthony Davis and Daniel Gafford — into his lineup and then watching them vanish like some magician’s trick for multiple weeks,

It’s the NBA All-Star break, and when teams resume play, we’ll see a two-month sprint toward the regular season’s finish line. By now, we have an idea of what each team is and isn’t and whether the remaining 25-30 games should be focused on title contention,

Denver has won eight games in a row heading into the All-Star break and they seem to be figuring it all out. Veteran guard Russell Westbrook has looked great in this system and it has the Nuggets clicking on all cylinders. This team will be tough to deal with in the postseason, especially with Nikola Jokic dominating again.