Dallas Mavericks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Live Stream: Watch Online Streaming NBA Preseason Game

The Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers are playing live on the NBA preseason schedule on Friday night and the matchup is from Quicken Loans Arena at 7:30 pm ET on NBATV and the game has LeBron James taking on Dirk Nowitzki in a rematch between those players of the first finals appearance for James when he was with Miami and now he is getting ready for a title run with the Cavs.

The Mavericks come into the game after a win over the Pacers and so do the Cavs, as they won over the team on Wednesday night. LeBron James has been resting on and off in the preseason and now it's getting closer to the start of the regular season. The team is 4-0 in the preseason and the Cavaliers next have the Chicago Bulls on the schedule and that will be on Monday. The preseason doesn't mean much, but with a new head coach, LeBron and Kevin Love coming in, the team needs time to start connecting.

The Cavaliers have the best Big 3 in the league now with James, Love and Kyrie Irving and they are hoping that puts the team in championship position. Last season the team was not good and they ranked in the bottom half of the league in scoring and defense and now that LeBron is there, things likely will shift. The Cavaliers have a stacked roster of young talent and veterans and now they have the best player in the world back.

The Mavs come into the game after a win over the Pacers and they have their next matchup against the Pacers after this game. The team is 1-2 on the preseason and they come in after making the playoffs last year. The team added Chandler Parsons and they feel they have a team that can make a run with the pieces they have added. Last year the team ranked in the top 10 in scoring and Parsons should help continue that. The Mavs also added Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton in a deal with the Knicks and they think that bringing back Chandler will help with rebounding, where the team ranked in the bottom 10 of the league last year.

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