BOSTON – The Mavericks’ flair for strong retorts after suffering a loss in these playoffs abandoned them on Sunday night at TD Garden. The Boston Celtics took charge in the third quarter and held on for a hard-earned 105-98 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals as the Mavericks lost consecutive games […]
BOSTON – When Rick Carlisle telephoned Rudy Tomjanovich to inform him that he had won the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, Tomjanovich was as surprised as anyone. “The great thing about this award is it came to me out of the blue,” Tomjanovich said Sunday. “I had no idea I was up for this. I […]
BOSTON – If the Mavericks want to extend their recent tradition of bouncing back sensationally from Game 1 disappointments in the playoffs, it will help immensely if they can relocate a couple of important weapons that went AWOL in the NBA Finals opener. The Mavericks shot only three corner three-pointers, far below their usual number. […]
BOSTON – Kyrie Irving calmly answered questions from the media for 12 minutes on Saturday. It wasn’t nearly as tough as any of the four quarters he played on Thursday in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Try as they might, media members could not rattle Irving. He was calm and thoughtful and defused any […]
BOSTON – Tim Hardaway Jr. has gone to places in his basketball career that Tim Hardaway Sr. never went to. And that makes for a proud papa. “He played on the biggest stage in college and they lost to Louisville,” Hardaway Sr. told Mavs.com. “And he’s in the NBA Finals now. “It’s somewhere I was […]
BOSTON – Obviously, the Dallas Mavericks went into Game 1 of the NBA Finals heavily concerned about the Boston Celtics’ All-Star duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. But of all people, it was former Mavs center Kristaps Porzingis who swung the momentum and the temperature of Game 1 in favor of the Celtics. As […]
BOSTON – What have we heard consistently from Jason Kidd for the past month? It’s just basketball. Yes, it’s 20,000 Boston crazies yelling in your ear. Yes, it’s Kristaps Porzingis rolling onto the court like the new-age combination of Bill Walton and Bill Russell to dismantle the Mavericks. And, yes, it’s a new atmosphere for […]
BOSTON – The return of Kristaps Porzingis was an unqualified success for the Boston Celtics and a major dose of misery for the Mavericks. After missing two playoff series with a calf injury, the 7-3 Porzingis came back with a vengeance, completely swinging Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Boston’s favor with his work […]
BOSTON – Game 1 of the NBA Finals was not exactly the best of times for the Dallas Mavericks. With a huge nudge from former Mavs center Kristaps Porzingis, the Boston Celtics built a massive 29-point lead in the second quarter and went on to cruise to a relatively easy, 107-89, victory over the Mavs […]
BOSTON – On the opposite coast from where the NBA Finals are taking place, the Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching job is capturing a lot of attention. Mavericks’ coach Jason Kidd weighed in on the latest speculation that the Lakers are potentially interested in adding University of Connecticut coach Dan Hurley as their head coach. Kidd […]
BOSTON – Daniel Gafford has a full-circle moment that directly involves the Boston Celtics. When Gafford woke up on the morning of Feb. 8, he was still a member of the Washington Wizards. And the Wizards were slated to play the Celtics in Boston on Feb. 9. That meant the Wizards were planning on leaving […]
BOSTON – Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving had settled into his seat at Media Day for only a few seconds on Wednesday when a question came flying his way regarding former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate LeBron James. Apparently, James said this week on his podcast — which he shares with ex-Mavs guard JJ Redick – that […]
BOSTON – The Mavericks and Celtics are the last teams standing in the 2023-24 NBA season. They have been clearly the best team from their respective conferences. Now, we get to see them go against each other with the world watching. “It’s going to be a dogfight,” Mavericks’ forward P.J. Washington said. “We’re playing for […]
BOSTON – Luka Dončić has been framed in the same picture as Denver MVP Nikola Jokic. His liftoffs are not explosive. He won’t blow by defenders. He’s not particularly athletic on the surface. To which he says: “I’m athletic in different ways. Not everything is jumping and running fast.” He’s right. From the neck up, […]
BOSTON – For using his expertise to build a team in rapid-fire fashion that reached the NBA Finals this season, Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has been rewarded with a multi-year contract extension, which he signed on Tuesday. “Nico Harrison has demonstrated his leadership and capabilities in the Dallas Mavericks organization,” Dallas Mavericks governor […]
Before they boarded their flight to Boston on Tuesday, the Mavericks got hit with a few questions about the 7-3 elephant in the room. Kristaps Porzingis, the former Maverick who never quite worked out the way everybody hoped, is expected to return in the NBA Finals from a leg injury that kept him out of […]
Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving is ready for his much-anticipated return to Boston to play the Celtics on the NBA’s biggest stage. Irving already knows the Celtics’ fans will likely heckle him, will probably boo him every time he touches the ball, and will do everything they can to try to get him off his […]
It wasn’t hard to see where P.J. Washington’s heart was when he was growing up. On Monday, as he and the Mavericks were in full-bore preparations for the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals, he recounted a story from his youth about his hopes and dreams as a youngster. A reporter produced a list. On […]
Derrick Jones Jr. bet on himself this past summer, and that bet looks like it’s going to pay off. Last summer Jones declined the player option on his contract with the Chicago Bulls which would have paid him $3.36 million this season. In its place, Jones instead signed a one-year $2.7 million veteran’s minimum contract […]
There’s been a debate building on social media platforms about who the most important player will be in the NBA Finals if you take away the four superstars. That would be Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. If you watched closely, Dončić may have already cast his vote. During the celebration after […]