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I will be watching closely how the new look team does over the next 20 games.  Which areas do they continue to grow?  How do they respond with failure?  Etc.

The game against PHX should be real interesting.  Dallas got beat pretty good by PHX in one of Dallas' low points in the season.  Dallas beat PHX in PHX during one of their low points in the season.  Both teams are playing well now. 

I will be interested to see the chess moves.  Luka tends to play guys like Nurkic off the floor.  Will that happen?  If it does, what happens when PHX goes smaller?  Can Dallas bigs stay on the floor and make an impact on the boards?  Or will PHX spread them out and make dallas go small?

I am going to also be watching a very close eye on Luka and how seriously he takes the last stretch of the season. He's currently in Croatia now for at most a 2 day vacation. Will he be prepared for the Suns? Will he come out sluggish? 

How about Kyrie? Will he need time to re-ramp? Will PJ and Gafford look more acclimated? Will Exum come back and seamlessly fit in?

Lots of questions for this team in the 2nd half. Last year they fell flat on their faces. I hope this year is different and Luka is ready to take that next step because the PHX game is huge for standings.