When the evening starts with a seldom-seen NBA rain delay, you know some weird stuff is going to happen. When Luka Dončić, one of the NBA’s best scorers and an MVP candidate, has eight turnovers and only five shots go through the net, you get confirmation that the night is going to be strange. Which […]
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES (42-30) at MAVERICKS (43-28) Time: 7:30 p.m., Monday. Place: American Airlines Center, Dallas. TV: Bally Sports Southwest. Radio: The Eagle 97.1 FM; Univision Zona MX 99.1 FM (Spanish) About the Timberwolves: The Mavericks would be wise to take this team very seriously. The Wolves are 11-2 since the All-Star break, the best record […]
The Mavericks went 3-2 on their five-game trip that spanned 10 days. It was a journey that came in like the proverbial lion, ended like the docile lamb. Before it started, coach Jason Kidd said that there was one goal on the trip that started in Houston, then skirted the East Coast: “To come back […]
Jason Kidd said it best following the Dallas Mavericks’ 129-108 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night. “Luka (Doncic) was very good,” the Mavs’ coach said. “But we just couldn’t get anybody to join him.” In less than three quarters, Doncic scored 37 points and was 13-of-20 from the field and 8-of-12 from three-point […]
Sitting on the tail end of a five-games-in-10-days road trip Saturday and apparently ready to come home, the Dallas Mavericks got caught in a flood of three-point shooting from the Charlotte Hornets. And by the time the splash was over, the Hornets were able to swim out of the Spectrum Center with a 129-108 victory. […]
Nobody wants to see a teammate go through a spell like Maxi Kleber had for nearly three weeks. Since Feb. 27, Kleber had shot just 2-of-20 from 3-point range in the seven games he played before Friday’s visit to Philadelphia (he’d been inactive for two other games). It was a nasty slump that included going […]
MAVERICKS (43-27) AT CHARLOTTE HORNETS (35-35) Time: 6 p.m., Saturday. Place: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N. C. TV: BSSW Radio: The Eagle, 97.1 FM; Univision 99.1 FM (Spanish) About the Mavericks: This is the finale of a 10-day, five-game road trip. The Mavs are guaranteed of having a winning record on this road trip. They won […]
When the Dallas Mavericks became the No. 1 scoring defense in the NBA earlier this week, some folks started raining on their parade. They claimed the only reason the Mavs were tops in allowing the fewest points is because they’re slowing things down on the offensive side the court. No. 1, coach Jason Kidd knows […]
The Mavericks were blowing through the Atlantic Seaboard with more power than any Nor’easter could bring. Then, their perfect storm ran out of punch in Philadelphia. In their first two stops on the East Coast, the Mavericks were as destructive as anything Mother Nature could dish out. But the 76ers brought a blizzard of their […]
MAVERICKS (43-26) at PHILADELPHIA 76ers (42-26) Time: 6 p.m., Friday. Place: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia. TV: Bally Sports Southwest. Radio: The Eagle 97.1 FM; Univision Zona MX 99.1 FM (Spanish) About the Mavericks: They have been nothing short of sensational so far on this trip with last-gasp wins at Boston and Brooklyn after rolling the […]
Facing a double-digit deficit and living to tell about it has become a way of life for the Dallas Mavericks this season, which they showed again with Wednesday’s thrilling 113-111 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. In the latest edition of lifestyles of the rich and famous, the Mavs fell behind the Nets by 14 points […]
Over the past two games, the Dallas Mavericks revealed their own version of March Madness. And it was the same player who delivered the dramatics. Spencer Dinwiddie took a pass from Luka Doncic and drained a three-pointer at the buzzer to hand the Mavs a thrilling 113-111 triumph over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night […]
We’ve heard many times how teams that make a major in-season trade often need time to make the new chemistry work. Sometimes, it doesn’t happen until the following season or even later. The Mavericks are the exception to that rule, so far, since getting Spencer Dinwiddie for Kristaps Porzingis. They’ve played much better since the […]
MAR. 15, 2022 (DALLAS) – In honor of Women’s History Month, the Dallas Mavericks, as part of a three-year investment in the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX), have announced new community programs for women and girls in the area. The $50,000 annual contribution over a three-year period, totaling $150,000, helps to power GSNETX’s DEI efforts in four key structural […]
MAVERICKS (42-26) AT BROOKLYN NETS (36-33) Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Barclays Center, Brooklyn TV: BSSW, ESPN Radio: The Eagle, 97.1 FM; Univision 99.1 FM (Spanish) About the Mavericks: Since Dec. 31, the Mavs and Memphis Grizzlies are tied with the second-best record in the NBA at 26-8. Phoenix owns the best record since Dec. 31 […]
NORTH DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks concluded another successful season of the Mavs Reading Challenge on Tuesday, with franchise legend Rolando Blackman and DJ Poizon Ivy serving as the special guests. Dozens of children showed up, decked out in bright orange Whataburger sunglasses and slap bracelets, to join the Mavs and celebrate their love for […]
There used to be a time when defenders could leave Dorian Finney-Smith wide open at the three-point line, and there was no price to pay for that strategic move. But those times are long ago. Nowadays, there is a hefty price to pay for leaving Finney-Smith all by his lonesome at the three-point stripe. That’s […]
The Luka Dončić for MVP campaign may be slow to pick up steam, but the NBA certainly is not shy about recognizing the Mavericks’ superstar point guard. For the second time in a month, Dončić has been named the Western Conference player of the week after averaging 30.5 points in a 3-1 week for the […]
It’s starting to look like the marriage of coach Jason Kidd with superstar Luka Dončić is a perfect match. Sometimes, any sport’s best players have a hard time transitioning to coaching because they want everybody to be as good as they were. In Kidd’s case, it means being as smart as he was in his […]
The Mavericks could have been overwhelmed by all the negative vibes working against them on Sunday afternoon. They were trailing by 13 points in the third quarter. The Boston Celtics were revving the emotional motor in anticipation of Kevin Garnett’s jersey retirement after the game. The fans smelled blood. The Celtics’ defense was stifling the […]