The NBA schedule has been thrown into absolute chaos this Monday as a historic winter storm continues to paralyze travel across the United States. The latest victim of the “Ice Monster” is the Dallas Mavericks, who found themselves literally stranded in Texas, forcing the league to postpone their highly anticipated matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks.
While fans were expecting a showdown between Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Mavericks never even made it off the tarmac. Reports confirm that icy conditions in North Texas grounded the team’s charter plane immediately following their Saturday game against the Lakers. The team attempted to depart multiple times throughout Sunday, but with airports shutting down and de-icing equipment failing in the extreme cold, the NBA had no choice but to scrap the game.
“We are literally stuck,” a team source leaked to social media. “The runway is a sheet of glass.”
This marks the third major postponement in the last 48 hours, following the Grizzlies-Nuggets and Warriors-Timberwolves cancellations. The league is now facing a logistical nightmare to reschedule these games in an already packed second-half calendar. For the Mavericks, the “stranded” status adds insult to injury as they lose valuable rest days stuck in a travel limbo rather than recovering.
The NBA has stated that the game will be rescheduled, but no date has been set. As of Monday morning, the storm is projected to move East, threatening even more cancellations for Tuesday’s slate.
