A team full of veterans would say these were just two wins. The Mavs have plenty of them in the locker room, but they’re making a slight exception this time around. In beating San Antonio and Cleveland in back-to-back games, Dallas ended two long droughts in as many days. The Mavericks had lost 12 […]
Final: Mavs 104, Cavaliers 97 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavs offense was humming in the first half, both in terms of efficiency and in shot creation. More than 40 percent of their jump shots were what the team considers “open,” which basically means an uncontested shot in rhythm. Such a […]
Earlier in the season, Seth Curry’s points per possession stats had been impressive almost across the board, with the exception of one area: as a pick-and-roll ball-handler. Since the return of Dirk Nowitzki, however, Curry’s improved greatly in that aspect of the game. For reference, Curry currently ranks in the 67th percentile league-wide in points […]
His own man “And now… starting at guard, No. 30…” No, not two-time NBA MVP, Steph Curry. Not Dell Curry, a man with an accomplished 16-year NBA career. Seth Curry. A player who has burst out of a monumental shadow and onto the scene in the NBA. Unlike his older brother, Steph, and father, Dell, […]
Harrison Barnes is clearly a smart guy, but the play he made in Sunday’s win against San Antonio makes him look even more intelligent — because he essentially called it last week. First, here’s the play I’m talking about. [wp_hyena imageurl=’https://www.mavs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Barnes-to-Curry-3.gif’ data_hyena='{“slate”:”300,0.10,15″,”player_fade_speed”:”500″,”control_opacity”:”0,0.9″,”fade_speed”:”250,250″,”style”:2}’] By the fourth quarter, Barnes seemed to understand what the Spurs were doing […]
Final: Mavs 105, Spurs 101 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score Dirk Nowitzki swatted a Kawhi Leonard 3-pointer at the end of the second quarter. It was his first 3-point block since Nov. 22, 2014, and just his fifth overall since 2006, according to Basketball-Reference. He finished with four blocks, his most in […]
Final: Thunder 109, Mavs 98 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score Down three point guards due to injury and Dirk Nowitzki due to rest, the Mavs had to find creative ways to generate offense tonight. With the German, the club runs more pick-and-rolls, and without him the offense is more isolation-oriented. Tonight the […]
The NBA Draft classes of 1984 and 1996 are perhaps the most famous in history, but the class of 1998 has to be right up there. Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, and Paul Pierce have each had incredible careers, and as ESPN’s Tim MacMahon writes, have combined to score 80,413 career points. The group is inching […]
In the first half, it was looking like Carmelo Anthony was going to have one of those nights. The Knicks superstar went into halftime with 22 points already to his name, on 9-of-15 shooting, and the Mavs held a narrow 52-51 lead. Already playing without Wesley Matthews, who suffered a right hip strain on Sunday […]
Final: Mavs 103, Knicks 95 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score Outside of Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks shot a modest 12 of 30 from the field in the first half, but seven offensive rebounds led to several second chances, which led to some easy putbacks or spot-up Js. All the extra chances helped […]