Roundtable: Who Will Me the Most Important Opponent for the Mavs?

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Apr 6, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks center Salah Mejri (50) guards Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) during the first half at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

When it comes to regular season series against certain opponents, each game counts. Which team is going to be the most important for Dallas to do well against this season?

For those of you who are Texas Rangers fans as well as Dallas Mavericks fans, I’m going to leadoff this post with an example. If you are not a Rangers fan, that’s ok too, just bear with me for a moment.

This season, the Texas Rangers have already clinched the AL West division in convincing fashion. Our interstate and division rivals, the Houston Astros, have been all but eliminated from the playoff race and are 11 games back from the Rangers.

The thing is, if the Astros hadn’t played the Rangers this season, they would be one of the best teams in the league. At a total record of 83-76, Houston is 3.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for the 2^nd Wild Card spot. Here is why the Rangers are important in this equation though.

In 19 games played between the two opponents this year, the Rangers have won 15 and lost only 4. That is an incredible win percentage against an opponent, no matter how good or bad they are. So what does this have to do with the Mavericks?

Our staff decided to make some predictions this year for the team and who the most important opponent is for the Dallas Mavericks, just like the Astros were the most important opponent for the Rangers. If the Mavs dominate against a certain team, it can make all the difference in a season.

Here are the staff choices for the Mavs most important opponent.

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