Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan on Mavs rookie Jalen Brunson: “He has that ‘it’ factor”

OKLAHOMA CITY – No one had to pry any words out of the mouth of Oklahoma City Thunder coach Billy Donovan in order to get him to tell what he really thinks of Dallas Mavericks rookie guard Jalen Brunson. Donovan was the coach of Team USA in 2014, and Brunson was his star player. For […]

Burke’s 25 points helped the Mavs score a stunning 106-103 road victory over the Thunder

OKLAHOMA CITY – With qualifying for the playoffs out of the picture and point guard Luka Doncic back in North Texas nursing a right thigh contusion, the Dallas Mavericks went out and simply swung for the fences Sunday afternoon against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The results were absolutely stunning as the Mavs overcame a triple-double […]

The Fast Break: Mavs at Thunder

Final: Mavs 106, Thunder 103 Down one point with under two minutes left, the Mavs rookie guard stood at the free throw line in front of nearly 20,000 people bellowing out boos, taunts, and prayers in an effort to distract him from the task at hand. It worked. His first offering rattled out. But he […]

Game 76: Mavs at Thunder

Nowitzki, Kleber, Schroder will be in the spotlight for Sunday’s Mavs-Thunder contest

OKLAHOMA CITY – Last Thursday it was Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic and Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic who were in the national spotlight. Now it’s Mavs players Dirk Nowitzki and Maxi Kleber – along with Oklahoma City guard Dennis Schroder — who will have the spotlight shone on them. When the Mavs (29-46) face […]

Doncic will sit out Sunday’s game against Oklahoma City with a right thigh contusion

  DALLAS – Luka Doncic will not play in Sunday’s game at Oklahoma City due to a right thigh contusion. The Dallas Mavericks’ sensational rookie guard from Slovenia banged knees with Miami’s Derrick Jones Jr. early in the first quarter of this past Thursday’s game against the Heat. After coming out of that game that […]

The 5 takeaways from the Mavs’ 105-99 loss to the Miami Heat

THE FINAL (ICONIC) SHOWDOWN: The final matchup between the Mavs’ Dirk Nowitzki and Miami’s Dwayne Wade took place Thursday, and it was an emotional showdown. Nowitzki and Wade will forever be linked because the Heat defeated the Mavs in the 2006 NBA Finals and the Mavs beat the Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals. On […]

Wade made critical plays down the stretch to lead the Heat to a 105-99 win over the Mavs

MIAMI – A pair of sub-plots took center stage Thursday night during the Miami Heat’s 105-99 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at AmericanAirlines Arena. First, this was the last time two NBA icons – the Mavs’ Dirk Nowitzki and the Heat’s Dwyane Wade – would meet on the basketball court. Wade, by the way, factored […]

Game 75: Mavs at Heat

Both the bad – and the good — feelings about the Miami Heat are gone for Mark Cuban

MIAMI — There was a time when the mere thought of walking into Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena almost made Dallas Mavericks proprietor Mark Cuban sick to his stomach. But, Cuban said: “Those feelings are all gone — even the good ones. I was thinking about it just as we were driving in. “I don’t get the […]