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After suffering through chicken tenders by the bucket and mac and cheese topped with coleslaw at TD Garden, the Mavericks faithful who traveled to Boston are in for a treat when they return to Dallas. The American Airlines Center will host the first Mavericks home game of the NBA Finals on Wednesday evening, and Zavala’s Barbecue will be ready with smoked meat and caviar at the booth they’ve run all season in section 121.When I sat down with pitmaster and caviar connoisseur Joe Zavala at the barbecue joint he co-owns with his wife, Christan, in Grand Prairie, he asked, “What goes better with barbecue than caviar?” He popped open a tin of Petrossian Royal Ossetra caviar as a tray of barbecue arrived from the kitchen.…

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