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 […]
The first half of Rajon Rondo’s Mavericks debut didn’t go the way we’d hoped. Gregg Popovich’s San Antonio Spurs sat in a 2-3 zone for virtually the entire game on Saturday night, and in the first two quarters the Mavs seemed flummoxed. Aside from Dallas, very, very few NBA teams regularly play a zone defense. […]
This is going to be a strange game. First, it’s the debut of new Maverick Rajon Rondo, who will be in the starting lineup tonight. Rondo learned the playbook in between last night and this morning, apparently, a pretty impressive feat. Tyson Chandler would agree. Tyson Chandler says Rajon Rondo was already going through plays […]
The San Antonio Spurs put on three consecutive clinics en route to the franchise’s fifth championship since 1999, playing the best basketball we’ve seen in a while along the way. But the lingering thought among Mavs fans — and many others, for that matter — is how were the Mavericks able to contain San Antonio […]
The Mavericks had a host of memorable moments last season. Over the next couple of weeks we’ll rewind the tape and take a look back at five of our favorite games from the 2013-14 campaign. Comments? Suggestions? Drop us a line below. GAME 5: Dallas 109, San Antonio 108 Box Score | Photo Gallery | […]
As Rick Carlisle, Dirk Nowitzki, and every other Maverick said heading into Game 6, it all starts with defense. Dallas was able to get the win last night for many reasons, and most of them had to do with what the Mavs were able to accomplish without the ball. Despite giving up 111 points in […]
It might have been Vince Carter who ruled the first three quarters for the Mavs in Game 5, but Dirk Nowitzki took over in the fourth and shot Dallas right back into the game. His entire offensive arsenal was on display as the Big German hit 7-of-10 from the field in the final frame Wednesday […]
After news broke that Mavs center DeJuan Blair would be suspended for tonight’s Game 5 in San Antonio, the gears in head coach Rick Carlisle’s head surely started turning quickly. Blair might have been the best player on the floor during Game 4, and he plays with the type of energy and fearlessness that coaches […]
At the end of a game in which they trailed by as many as 20 points and shot below 39 percent as a team, the Mavericks were still in position to tie the game with three seconds left on the clock. There’s no such thing as a moral victory in the playoffs, but the Mavs […]
It’s safe to say the Mavericks have surprised lots of people by taking a 2-1 lead against the No. 1 seeded Spurs. What’s even more shocking, though, is that Dallas has taken two of three without a scoring outburst from Dirk Nowitzki. But make no mistake: The notion that the Mavs have jumped ahead in […]