The stakes were high and the pressure was palpable, and the Mavericks responded to a rough loss with perhaps their best win of the season last night against San Antonio. The offense sizzled after the first quarter to the tune of 110.1 points per 100 possessions, an elite mark. Monta Ellis spearheaded the attack, scoring […]
We’ve officially reached the stretch run of the NBA season. In a matter of two-and-a-half weeks, the regular season will be over and the playoffs will be upon us. But as the Mavs continue to work their way through the Western Conference, not much at all is clear. At this point, only three teams — […]
With 1:20 left and the Mavs up two in Monday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Rajon Rondo brought the ball up the floor. But instead of initiating a crunch-time play for Dirk Nowitzki, as has been standard operating procedure in Dallas for the last 15 years, he went another direction. He didn’t even turn […]
While it’s easy to get carried away with a lopsided result in the Mavs’ favor, Rajon Rondo does appear to be growing more comfortable in his new system on his new team. The strides he’s made have in many ways become more apparent since Chandler Parsons returned from injury. That’s an interesting coincidence, too, because […]
Rajon Rondo wasn’t the only player acquired in the Dec. 9 trade that shifted the foundation of the franchise. The Mavericks also acquired a young big man named Dwight Powell. Unheralded and relatively unknown at the time, it didn’t take Powell long to make an impact and seize the backup big role on a team […]
It didn’t take long for Chandler Parsons to make an impact in his return after a seven-game absence. The small forward finished with 11 points, six rebounds, and two assists against the Lakers in his first action since a Feb. 20 win against the Houston Rockets. He provided two pretty good examples of what the […]
Consider the end of the third quarter the Mavs’ “last call,” because this season if Dallas is in the lead after three, once the fourth quarter starts it’s already over. The Mavs are 30-0 this season when leading after three quarters, per Basketball-Reference, the only perfect record in the NBA. Thirty and zero. Over the […]