Up next for the Lakers: Saturday at Dallas

By Mike Bresnahan

March 11, 2011 12 AM PT

AT DALLAS

Time: 6 PST.

On the air: TV: Channel 9; Radio: 710, 1330.

Where: American Airlines Center.

Records: Lakers 46-20, Mavericks 47-18.

Record vs. Mavericks: 0-1.

Update: The Mavericks’ move-ahead mantra has been impressive since losing Caron Butler, their third-leading scorer, to a possible season-ending knee injury two months ago. Dirk Nowitzki, 32, continues to score (23 points a game) and Tyson Chandler has been a stellar defensive addition, averaging close to a double-double. The Mavericks, however, have been in a mini-slide, losing two of their last four games by a point — at home to Memphis and at New Orleans.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Saturday at Dallas

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