2019-2020 NBA Restart Schedule July 3 - July 9, 2020 Vol. 18, Issue 45 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 July 3, 2020 - July 9, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 45 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 45 | July 3, 2020 - July 9, 2020 3 July 3, 2020 - July 9, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 18, Issue 45 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Mavs announce restart schedule Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA Davis broadcasting from the Mavericks The NBA’s standard playoff tiebreaker locker room at the AAC. Victor Villalba procedures will be used to break any ties 5 RANGER REPORT will provide the play-by-play in Spanish on on the basis of winning percentage. Once BY DIC HUMPHREY 1207 AM from Univision Deportes studio. the 16-team playoff field is set, the NBA 6 GOLF, ETC. Dallas went into the NBA hiatus with a Playoffs will proceed in a traditional con- BY TOM WARD record of 40-27 (.597) and currently sits in ference-based format with four rounds and CHET WILLIAMS DESIGN CON- seventh place in the Western Conference best-of-seven series in each round. The TINUES TO ACHIEVE entering the restart. 2020 Finals will end no later than Oct. 13. 7 BY PGATOUR.COM MAVERICKS ANNOUNCE 2019-20 The restart will include strict health and 2019-20 DALLAS MAVERICKS QUICK LOOK AT ROCKET safety protocols and the goal of taking col- 8 MORTGAGE CLASSIC RESTART SCHEDULE RESTART SCHEDULE BY PGATOUR.COM The Mavericks announced this week lective action to combat systemic racism GAME DATE OPPONENT ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC their eight-game schedule for the restart of and promote social justice. Games will 1 July 31 vs. Houston 9 PREVIEW the 2019-20 season, which will tip-off resume with 22 teams playing at The 2 Aug. 2 @ Phoenix BY PGATOUR.COM against the Houston Rockets on July 31 at Arena, HP Field House and VISA Athletic 3 Aug. 4 @ Sacramento NBA 2019-2020 RESTART 8 p.m. on ESPN at The Arena at the Walt Center at ESPN Wide World of Sports 4 Aug. 6 vs. Clippers SCHEDULE Complex with no fans in attendance. 10 BY NBA.COM Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. 5 Aug. 8 vs. Bucks The 22 teams traveling to Orlando will Following the seeding games, the seven 6 Aug. 10 @ Utah COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND teams in each conference with the highest 12 NOTES play eight “seeding games,” as selected 7 Aug. 11 vs. Portland BY BO CARTER from their remaining regular-season con- combined winning percentages across reg- 8 Aug. 13 @ Phoenix AUTO REVIEW tests. Following their matchup with the ular-season matchups and seeding contests 15 BY KBB.COM Rockets, the Mavs will face Phoenix (Aug. will be the first through seventh seeds for Wilkins Named SMU Assistant 2), Sacramento (Aug. 4), Clippers (Aug.6), the playoffs. If the team with the eighth- Men's Golf Coach 2020 NFL SCHEDULES BY TEAM Milwaukee (Aug. 8), Utah (Aug. 10), best combined winning percentage (regular Head Coach Chris Parra has announced 16 BY STAFF Portland (Aug. 11) and Phoenix (Aug. 13). season and seeding games) in a conference the addition of Brandon Wilkins as assis- 18 THE TICKET WINDOW Fox Sports Southwest will carry all is more than four games ahead of the team tant men's golf coach.Wilkins comes to the eight of the Mavericks’ seeding games with with the ninth-best combined winning per- Hilltop after two seasons as assistant coach RESTAURANT REVIEW Mark Followill, Derek Harper and Jeff centage in the same conference, then the and recruiting coordinator at the University 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK “Skin” Wade calling the action remotely team with the eighth-best winning percent- of Denver. from their studio in Las Colinas, Texas. In age would be the eighth playoff seed in In his first season at Denver, Wilkins addition to the matchup with Houston, that conference. helped lead the Pioneers to the 2019 ESPN will also televise the Mavs’ game If the team with the eighth-best com- Summit League Championship, earning the Follow us on against Milwaukee. TNT will air the club’s bined winning percentage in a conference team's first NCAA Regional berth since showdown with the Clippers and NBA TV (Team 8) is four games or fewer ahead of 2014. 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Iowa 4 July 3, 2020 - July 9, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 45 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com RANGERS WITH DIC HUMPHREY The season is finally set to begin stretched out enough to throw 90 pitches in make way for Solak or Isiah Kiner-Falefa a game when the season begins. Lynn has at third base. been named the opening day starter. There may also be a battle for the closer The rotation depth starts with veterans job. Jose Leclerc is the incumbent, but he Edinson Volquez and Juan Nicasio in the was inconsistent last year. Veteran reliever initial player pool. Prospects Joe Palumbo Cody Allen is on the roster. He has record- and Kolby Allard are also part of the start- ed 153 saves in his career. He suffered ing pitching depth on the 60-man pool of through an injury riddled season last year, players. Taylor Hearn and Jonathan but if he returns to form could be a key Hernandez were eye-catchingly good last contributor as the Rangers’ closer. March before the Coronavirus halted A year ago, the Rangers record was 32- spring training. They might be considered 28 after sixty games. That was the fifth part of the starting pitching depth, but they best record in the American League on are strong contenders for bullpen slots as June 6 and would have qualified the multi-inning relievers. Rangers for the second Wild Card playoff With a solid, if not top-notch starting berth if last season ended then.