He goes by the moniker The Point God. As if to indicate he’s the greatest point guard in the 75-year history of the NBA. While that clearly is up for debate, there’s no arguing the fact that anyone who goes up Chris Paul they will have their hands full. The man clearly has his fingers […]
Spencer Dinwiddie was no different than everybody else when he saw Bojan Bogdanovic let fly with a 3-pointer at the buzzer that could have stunned the Mavericks with a devastating loss. “I was scared,” he said. “I spent a year with Bogey in Brooklyn. I have great respect for his game. He’s a very good […]
After the Dallas Mavericks finished off the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in six games – coupled with the Phoenix Suns eliminating the New Orleans Pelicans — the TNT Inside The NBA crew of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal and Ernie Johnson had a spirited debate on who will win the Western Conference semifinals […]
Finally. The Mavericks have been trying for more than a decade to find success in the NBA playoffs. First it was Dirk Nowitzki, who had endless sweat equity built up with fans and peers after winning a ring in 2011. Nowitzki went through a slew of teammates, many of them desperate for playoff fortunes. And […]
The fact that the Dallas Mavericks were able to finally win a playoff series Thursday night for the first time since they captured the 2011 NBA championship was pretty special for Jalen Brunson. After all, when the Mavs advanced to the playoffs – against the Los Angeles Clippers inside the bubble in 2020 – Brunson […]
SALT LAKE CITY – As the ball hung in the air for what seemed like “15 seconds,” Luka Dončić waited for the outcome of Bojan Bogdanovic’s wide-open 3-pointer. When the shot careened off the rim, and the final buzzer sounded, Dončić clenched both fists, let out a roar aimed at no one in particular and […]
It seems like every media type with a microphone or a computer made a big deal out of Tuesday’s highlight real dunk Memphis guard Ja Morant perfected over Minnesota’s Malik Beasley. But did those same folks happen to see last Thursday’s dunk that Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie perfected over Utah’s Rudy Gobert? Both dunks […]
GAME 6: DALLAS MAVERICKS (3-2) at UTAH JAZZ (2-3) Time: 9 p.m., Thursday. Place: Vivant Arena, Salt Lake City. TV: Bally Sports Southwest, TNT. Radio: The Eagle 97.1 FM; Univision Zona MX 99.1 FM (Spanish) Format: Best-of-Seven. About the Mavericks: They can close out the best-of-seven series with a win. They have not advanced past […]
“Execute. Trust. And play hard.” Those were the five words coach Jason Kidd used to describe what has to happen on Thursday night in Game 6 of the Mavericks’ first-round playoff series against the Utah Jazz. He didn’t reference anything that has happened with the Mavericks in the past 11 years, including last season’s 3-2 […]
The NBA and Dallas Mavericks are thrilled to announce that Gina Chapa, VP of Guest Experience at American Airlines Center, has been awarded the 2022 NBA Pete Winemiller Guest Experience Innovation Award for overseeing an outstanding team that created a safe and dynamic atmosphere for fans to attend games these last two seasons. The Pete […]