Curry’s incredible shot-making, Doncic playing through pain top takeaways from loss to Miami

5 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 126-118 LOSS TO HEAT FOURTH QUARTER MELTDOWN: After gaining control of the game by outscoring Miami, 38-25, in the third quarter for a 93-88 lead, the Mavs were unable to finish the job because they got outscored by the Heat in the fourth quarter by an identical 38-25 margin. Miami regained […]

Miami spoils Doncic’s 21st birthday with 126-118 win over Mavericks

MIAMI – With a very large group of folks from his native land of Slovenia at American Airlines Center on Friday night, Luka Doncic was poised to put on a show and lead the Dallas Mavericks to victory on his 21st birthday. However, the Miami Heat wouldn’t cooperate and subsequently blew out the candles on […]

Maxi Kleber is Mavericks nominee for February NBA Cares Community Assist Award

DALLAS – The Dallas Mavericks have selected veteran power forward Maxi Kleber as the team’s nominee for the February NBA Cares Community Assist Award for his continuous charitable and philanthropic efforts to empower children and families throughout the year. “Anytime you give back and give another person a smile, it gives you a big smile,” […]

Doncic celebrates his 21st birthday as the Mavs face the Heat

PREVIEW MAVS (36-23) AT HEAT (36-22) Time: 7 p.m. CT Place: American Airlines Arena, Miami TV: FSSW Radio: ESPN 103.3 FM; Univision 1270 AM (Spanish) About the Mavs: This is the second of a four-game road trip for the Mavs. The week-long journey started with Wednesday’s 109-103 victory in San Antonio. In that game, Luka […]

Pain tolerance should be Luka’s newest statistical category

We know Luka Doncic has a high pain threshold. How else would he put up with some of the annoying, repetitive questions he gets from media members? But physical pain is different than mental anguish. It hurt to watch Doncic against San Antonio on Wednesday night. And his nasty thumb sprain has left him questionable […]

Kristaps Porzingis likes it better while playing the center position

MIAMI – After what he’s been able to accomplish in recent weeks, Kristaps Porzingis admits that playing the center position is more to his liking than playing power forward. “When I’m at the (power forward position) I only have the option to pop, and when I’m at the (center position) I can pick-and-pop and roll,” […]

Doncic’s franchise-tying 21st triple-double tops the takeaways from victory over Spurs

5 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 109-103 WIN OVER SPURS DONCIC JOINS KIDD IN TRIPLE-DOUBLE KINGDOM: He fought through a pair of painful slaps to his left thumb, but Luka Doncic battled through his last game as a 20-year old in grand style. Doncic collected 26 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists while picking up the 21st […]

Spurs had to convince Marjanovic that leaving for Detroit was ‘logical’

SAN ANTONIO — The date was July 7, 2016. At the time, Boban Marjanovic was a restricted free agent with the San Antonio Spurs and had recently received a three-year, $21 million offer sheet from the Detroit Pistons. But Marjanovic wanted to stay with the Spurs. Feeling loyal to the Spurs after they gave him […]

Doncic gets 21st triple-double as Mavs fend off Spurs, 109-103

SAN ANTONIO – After he got inadvertently hit on it twice, Luka Doncic’s left thumb was in excruciating pain for the remainder of Wednesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. So much so that on one routine drive late in the fourth quarter, Doncic simply lost the ball out of bounds while trying to […]

Mavs battle Spurs, who could miss the playoffs for the first time in 23 years

PREVIEW MAVS (35-23) AT SPURS (24-32) Time: 7:30 p.m. CT Place: AT&T Center, San Antonio  TV: FSSW Radio: ESPN 103.3 FM; Univision 1270 AM (Spanish) About the Mavs: Tonight’s game is the opener of a four-game road trip for the Mavs. Also on this trip, the Mavs will play in Miami on Friday, in Minneapolis […]