NEW YORK – Not much was going particularly well for the Dallas Mavericks in the first half of Saturday afternoon’s game against the New York Knicks. Then the third quarter started. And Luka Doncic and Tim Hardaway Jr. started setting the Madison Square Garden nets on fire. Doncic and Hardaway took turns setting off fireworks […]

NEW YORK – The Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks are tipping off a basketball game today at a time when most people are just dragging themselves out of bed and scrambling a pan full of eggs. The Mavs-Knicks game tips off at 11:30 a.m. Why such an early tipoff? It’s because it’s double-header day […]

NEW YORK – Arguably every player on the Dallas Mavericks’ roster has a soft spot in their heart for Jalen Brunson. That’s why when the Mavs square off against Brunson and his new team – the New York Knicks – on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Madison Square Garden, this will be more than just […]

DETROIT — From the players to the coaching staff, the Dallas Mavericks are befuddled as to why they keep losing games to teams who don’t have their best player(s). They also are mystified as to why they missed a whopping 15 free throws during Thursday’s 131-125 overtime loss to the short-handed Detroit Pistons at Little […]

DETROIT – Anyone wanting to know in detail how the Dallas Mavericks were able to put everything together and win the 2011 NBA title when the majority of the national media didn’t think they could, just ask Dwane Casey. At the time, Casey was the Mavs’ defensive coordinator. He was in the middle of everything […]

DETROIT – It miraculously and unfortunately happened again. The snake-bitten Dallas Mavericks played another team without its best player, and that team still found a way to emerge victorious. Thursday, it was Detroit playing without Arlington native Cade Cunningham, but the Pistons still had enough juice to defeat the Mavs, 131-125, in overtime before 18,106 […]

DETROIT — After stitching together their most impressive win of the season with Tuesday’s 116-113 victory over the defending world champion Golden State Warriors, the Dallas Mavericks will try to build on that momentum when they start a two-game road trip tonight at 6 against the Detroit Pistons at Littler Caesars Arena. The play of […]

On Feb. 16, just before the All-Star break, Kemba Walker played his last game of the 2021-22 season. He’s been waiting for a chance ever since. That opportunity will come with the Mavericks soon, perhaps as early as Thursday at Detroit. Or maybe at his hometown of New York when the Mavericks visit Jalen Brunson […]

It was all Luka Doncic all the time Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. The fifth-year point guard completely picked apart Golden State’s defense to the tune of 41 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals in an all-around dominant show-stopping performance during the Dallas Mavericks’ 116-113 victory over the Warriors. These 40-point triple-doubles […]

Sometimes the basketball gods have an unusual sense of humor. What other explanation is there for how the Dallas Mavericks couldn’t beat New Orleans, Orlando, Washington, Denver and Toronto without their best player(s), but somehow mustered up enough energy to defeat the defending world champion Golden State Warriors with their best players? That’s what happened […]

In the case of Kemba Walker, it’s better late than never for the Mavericks. They had pursued Walker in the summer of 2019, when the 6-0 point guard was an unrestricted free agent and coming off a season when he averaged 25.6 points per game. The Mavericks were prepared to offer a maximum contract to […]

Spencer Dinwiddie is quickly becoming the most real-thinking Maverick when it comes to analyzing situations. We all remember his monologue on the merits of Dwight Powell and how what Powell does makes him one of the best professionals and most under-appreciated teammates in the NBA. On Sunday, after the Mavericks lost to the Milwaukee Bucks […]

MILWAUKEE – This originally was supposed to be the north-of-the-border edition of Big Ed’s weekly mail bag. Technical difficulties and a shortage of questions that no doubt was Thanksgiving-induced led to a delay in the posting of this. Sorry about that. Stuff happens. But it affords me the opportunity to talk about a tough time […]

This is not exactly the situation the Dallas Mavericks wanted to find themselves in when facing the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors for the first time this season. Thanks to Sunday’s 124-115 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Mavs have now dropped four straight games for the first time since they lost six in […]

MILWAUKEE – Sometimes, it’s the little things. Yes, shooting and scoring points and stopping the other guy all are big things, important facets of basketball. But once in a while, you have to dig deep and analyze the little things that cost you (or earn you) basketball games in the NBA. With the Mavericks on […]

MILWAUKEE – We’ve all probably had lousy trips. That long holiday weekend at the in-laws comes to mind. But they don’t come a whole lot worse than what the Mavericks suffered through over the last five days. They put a lid on an 0-3 trip against the best the Eastern Conference has to offer and […]

MILWAUKEE – The thinking behind giving Reggie Bullock a rest on Sunday night was twofold, coach Jason Kidd said. The physical part of it was a consideration, of course. Bullock had played in all of the first 18 games this season. But Kidd said he also sensed that Bullock needed a mind-clearing moment, some time […]

Dorian Finney-Smith has a nice big contract, a starting job on a good NBA team and a lot to be thankful for, which he always is, especially during the holiday weekend. But in one small way, he’s a little jealous of Josh Green. Finney-Smith knows defense and hard-nosed play will always be his calling cards, […]

TORONTO – The Mavericks’ three-game losing streak has been built primarily on their inability to make the long ball. In their past 14 games, they’ve shot below 30 percent from the three-point line five times. And they’ve only sprinkled in two games in which they’ve hit 40 percent or better during those 14 contests. The […]

TORONTO – The way the Mavericks have shot the ball this season, maybe it was inevitable that when they came to the Great White North, it would extend their hibernation from the three-point line. Another frosty shooting night merged with terrible rebounding and an inability to make defensive stops late, dooming the Mavericks to a […]