Utah's Derrick Favors will start

Utah Jazz power forward Derrick Favors (knee) will start against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.

What It Means:

He was surprisingly out on Sunday, but everything went well in warmups for Favors. He could be limited with his knee soreness. His return will take away from Trey Lyles, who was marvelous on Sunday.

Favors owns an impressive 6.8 nERD this season, which ranks 22nd. He's averaging 16.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game across 61 contests while making 51.6 percent of his shots from the field.