The Fast Break: Mavs at Warriors

Final: Mavs 126, Warriors 91 What an evening for the Mavericks, who desperately needed a game like this to help steady the ship. Times haven’t been easy for Dallas the last month-plus, but everything seemed to work perfectly tonight, against the two-time defending champions of all teams. The Mavs notched a 35-point road win, just […]



The Fast Break: Mavs vs. Warriors

Final: Mavs 112, Warriors 109 How many times last season would the Mavericks have lost this game? They hung around good teams all of last season, and have done so for much of this season, too, but were seemingly never able to cross the finish line in first place. Dallas was 12-38 in games last […]



The Fast Break: Mavs at Warriors

Final: Warriors 121, Mavs 103 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score Dennis Smith Jr. scored 22 points tonight, securing his 19th consecutive game scoring in double-figures. It was also his 10th game this season with at least 20 points, which moves him past Jim Jackson and Jason Kidd and into sixth place all-time […]



The Fast Break: Mavs vs. Warriors

Final: Warriors 125, Mavs 122 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavs had a strong second quarter on this floor earlier this season against the Warriors, and they followed it up with another good one tonight. Dallas scored 35 points in the second frame, shooting 60.0 percent from the field and getting […]



The Fast Break: Mavs at Warriors

Final: Warriors 112, Mavs 97 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavs got off to a great start in the first quarter, scoring 1.273 points per possession and shooting 60 percent from the field. The bigger key to their success though was avoiding turnovers, committing only two in the opening frame. The […]



The Fast Break: Mavs vs. Grizzlies

Final: Mavs 103, Grizzlies 94 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavericks scored 32 points in the first quarter thanks in large part to taking 15 free throws. It was the team’s highest-scoring opening frame of the season, and the most since Dallas dropped 32 in the first against Brooklyn on March […]



The Fast Break: Mavs vs. Warriors

Final: Warriors 133, Mavs 103 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavs scored 62 points in the first half tonight. They did so only 10 times in 2016-17 and eight times the season before, so to do so in their fourth game this season (and second with Dennis Smith Jr.) should be […]



Game notes: Mavs at Warriors

Here are some notes and observations ahead of the Mavs/Warriors showdown tonight in Oakland. Tip-off is at 9:30 p.m. Central. – Whenever you play the Warriors, the first thing you need to think about is who’s going to guard all-world point guard Steph Curry. But when you’re going up against a really good player, you […]



Mavericks acquire center Andrew Bogut from Warriors

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have acquired center Andrew Bogut along with a future second-round pick from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for a future conditional second-round pick. Bogut (7-0, 260) is an 11-year veteran with career averages of 10.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.6 blocks and 29.4 minutes […]



Here’s how the Mavs can finish 5th, 6th, or 7th in the West

This has been one of the wildest regular seasons in recent Mavs history. The campaign started with a 9-4 burst and so far has ended with a 7-1 sprint to the finish, and nothing in between failed to provide drama, fireworks, or both. It’s only fitting, then, that a season which took so many twists […]