If there is ever a time to play it, tomorrow is the time vs Dallas.

Of course, if Dirk is able to play it changes, but at the moment:

Dirk will be out, Butler is out, Marion is out.

Dallas scored only 87 points against Milwaukee and that's with 29 points from JJ Barea. They only scored 76 against Toronto and 93 (last second meaningless 3) against San Antonio in Dallas.

The Mavericks are an old team. Jason Kidd has had to play 33, 38 and 38 minutes the last three games. Jason Terry is averaging 11 PPG without Dirk. The Mavericks will playing their 3rd game in 4 days and have to travel from Milwaukee to Cleveland on a three game losing streak. The team has to be down with all of the injuries and just waiting to get back to Dallas and Dirk to come back.

Cleveland put up a decent effort in Chicago losing by 9 without Mo Williams and Gibson. Gibson will probably be back tomorrow and the status of Williams isn't known yet.

Dallas is going to be severely undersized in this game. It's likely that the Mavs will be throwing out a starting lineup of Chandler-Brian Cardinal-Deshawn Stevenson-JJ Barea and Jason Kidd and a lot of the game with a 3 guard lineup with Terry.

I'm not saying this is a great play, but Dallas will probably be a decent sized favorite and the ML play for Cleveland isn't a bad look here.