HOUSTON – Arguably one of the biggest regular-season games ever between the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will occur Sunday at 6 p.m. when the I-45 rivals collide at the Toyota Center. The red-hot Rockets are the hottest team in the NBA with 11 wins in a row. The Mavs are the second-hottest team in […]
SACRAMENTO – The last time this much carnage was inflicted on northern California, the gold rushers were taking everything they could find that was worth anything. This time, it was the Mavericks leaving this place barren. They put the worst kind of hurt on the Sacramento Kings with a blowout win on Tuesday, then a […]
SACRAMENTO – This wasn’t the scorched-earth kind of win like the Mavericks had Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings. This one, actually, may have been sweeter. The Mavericks had to grind out a hard-fought 107-103 victory over the Kings at Golden 1 Center, overcoming a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit behind Kyrie Irving’s hot hand and a clutch […]
SACRAMENTO – While the similarities are striking, it’s a bit unfair to compare these Mavericks with the group that reached the conference finals in 2022. This group has yet to accomplish anything, in the big scope of things. The team two years ago was greater than the sum of its parts. It was well-coached and […]
SACRAMENTO – If the Mavericks can put together another win over Sacramento Friday night, it wouldn’t exactly give them a death grip on at least a top-six seeding in the Western Conference. But they’d be well on their way to squeezing the life out of a few contenders for those spots, especially the Kings. The […]
SACRAMENTO – In some respects, Dereck Lively II is like all of us who have a job to do. Sometimes, that work stuff gets in the way of the fun things we’d really like to be doing. If Lively could be at American Airlines Center on Friday for Duke’s meeting with Houston in the NCAA […]
SACRAMENTO – Remember the early and middle parts of this NBA season when coach Jason Kidd said that the Mavericks’ best defense was their offense? Yeah, it seems like a long time ago. These days, the Mavericks are proving to the many doubters out there that they can stop opponents from scoring. Kidd and his […]
SACRAMENTO – If this is how the Mavericks respond to higher-stakes competition, consider the rest of the NBA to be on notice. With Luka Dončić shaking off a sore right Achilles and Kyrie Irving and Tim Hardaway Jr. coming alive after halftime, the Mavericks steamrolled the Sacramento Kings 132-96 in the first of two crucial […]
SACRAMENTO – As the Mavericks made a quick getaway from Salt Lake City after beating the Utah Jazz 115-105 on Monday night, they were prepping almost immediately for the upcoming games against Sacramento. But what they did in Utah was worthy of revisiting. They trailed through the first three quarters and it was beginning to […]
SACRAMENTO – With a nod to the great Magic Johnson, the Mavericks have officially arrived at “Winnin’ time” for this season. They are riding high with eight wins in their last nine games. The Sacramento Kings have won four of five. It’s a grand stage for two games between two teams who are both desperately […]