After finishing the 2011-12 NBA season with a 36-30 record and third in the Southwest Division, the Dallas Mavericks hope to succeed during the 2012-13 regular season with Dirk Nowitzki, Elton Brand, Darren Collison, and Shawn Marion. This season, the Mavericks have 23 nationally-televised games, including eight games on TNT, seven on ESPN, seven on NBATV, and one on ABC.