News Category: Dallas Mavericks

Thunder aim for West No. 1, face weakened Mavericks

The Oklahoma City Thunder were expected to make a leap this season. With an up-and-coming core headlined by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, plus the addition of Chet Holmgren, growth was expected from a team that made it to the NBA play-in tournament last year. But heading into the regular-season finale Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks in Oklahoma City, the Thunder have a chance to finish atop the Western Conference. Oklahoma City comes into the

Mavericks aim to extend winning streak in matchup vs. Pistons

The Dallas Mavericks hope to keep their slim hopes alive of earning the No. 4 seed for the Western Conference playoffs when they host the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. With five wins in a row and 12 victories in their past 13 games, the Mavericks (50-30) have moved within one game of the fourth-place Los Angeles Clippers (51-29) with just two contests remaining. Los Angeles will host the Utah Jazz later Friday before wrapping

Heat take Luka Doncic Test in visit from streaking Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat are locks to play past the end of the regular season on Sunday. Dallas (49-30) is in fifth place in the Western Conference. The Mavericks appear likely to avoid the play-in round, which is for teams in spots seven through 10 in the standings. Miami (44-35) is eighth in the Eastern Conference, and it looks like the Heat again are destined to compete in the play-in round. Dallas

Hornets host red-hot Mavericks in home finale

The Dallas Mavericks are looking more and more like a team capable of making a run in the NBA playoffs. That’s not the case for their next opponent as they head to Charlotte on Tuesday for the Hornets’ home finale. The Mavericks (48-30) are riding a wave of success, winning 14 of their last 16 games, including three in a row. They’d like to avoid the play-in portion of the postseason, so winning in Charlotte

Mavericks out to continue climb up standings vs. fading Rockets

The surging Dallas Mavericks continue their push for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs on Sunday when they host their in-state counterparts, the fading Houston Rockets. Dallas (47-30) rolls in having won nine of its past 10 games and 13 of 15 after a 108-106 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday. With MVP-contending Luka Doncic sidelined due to right knee soreness, P.J. Washington scored 32 points against the Warriors —

Warriors look to rise in the standings vs. Mavericks

The Golden State Warriors will get an opportunity to look up in the standings after having spent the past couple of weeks gazing back when they visit the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. The game is a rematch of a 104-100 Warriors’ home win on Tuesday that snapped Dallas’ seven-game winning streak. This time, it’s Golden State (42-34) that has the lengthy run of wins — six straight — thanks to a 133-110 road romp

Ascending Hawks attempt to subdue Luka Doncic, Mavericks

If the Atlanta Hawks want to continue building momentum as the season winds to a close, they’ll need to slow Mavericks star Luka Doncic when the two teams meet Thursday night in Dallas. In their first meeting on Jan. 26, Doncic scored a career-high and franchise-best 73 points in a 148-143 victory in Atlanta. Doncic was 25-for-33 from the floor that night, including eight 3-pointers, and went 15-for-16 from the foul line. Doncic’s total tied

Warriors hope to end home struggles when Mavs visit

The Golden State Warriors return to their San Francisco house of horrors when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night in a matchup of teams locked in tight battles for postseason position. The Warriors (40-34) have won four in a row as they attempt to fend off the charging Houston Rockets for the final play-in spot in the Western Conference while also trying to move up in the standings. Those four wins all came

Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic lead Mavs to road sweep of Kings

Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic combined for 56 points, Dante Exum broke a late tie with a 3-pointer and the Dallas Mavericks completed a two-game road sweep of the Sacramento Kings with a 107-103 victory Friday night. Irving led the way with 30 points and Doncic completed a double-double with 26 points and a game-high 12 assists for the Mavericks (44-29), who had won 132-96 in the opener of the four-day double-header on Tuesday. Domantas

Mavericks look to pull further away from Kings

The Dallas Mavericks will look to put some distance between themselves and the Sacramento Kings in the standings when the teams meet in Sacramento on Friday night for the second time in four days. Luka Doncic had 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the first half to help the Mavericks lead at halftime, and Kyrie Irving scored 18 in the second half as Dallas pulled away for a 132-96 victory over Sacramento on