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Daniel Gafford has been ruled out for Friday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Dallas Mavericks announced on the official injury report. Gafford had been listed as questionable heading into Wednesday's 142–135 loss to the Denver Nuggets before ultimately being held out, and the Mavericks moved him to...

Brandon Williams made his return to the Dallas Mavericks' lineup from the concussion protocol Wednesday night, and his teammates noticed the difference immediately. Williams had missed the Mavericks' previous three games before suiting up in Wednesday's 142-135 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena. He finished with 11...

Cooper Flagg has seen plenty in his rookie season, but Wednesday night offered a test. The Dallas Mavericks forward scored 26 points in a 142–135 loss to the Denver Nuggets, then found himself explaining what it’s like to match up against Nikola Jokić after a historic performance. Jokić delivered another...

Brandon Williams stepped to the line with the Dallas Mavericks down one and a chance to tie. He missed both free throws. Nikola Jokić went right back to work, and the game was over. That sequence, with 3:58 left in the fourth quarter, turned what had been a remarkable comeback...

It's almost exactly a year to the day since now-former Mavericks GM Nico Harrison stunned the NBA by trading away his franchise player, Luka Dončić, to the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony Davis and a constellation of picks headed to the American Airlines Center in exchange for a generational talent. The...

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are expected to part ways this summer, per Sam Amick of The Athletic. Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are no longer on the same page. "Never mind that Giannis Antetokounmpo has a long and legendary reputation of playing through pain, or that the Bucks never...

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg finished Wednesday night's game against the Denver Nuggets despite injuring his right hand in the fourth quarter, and was spotted in the locker room afterward with his hand heavily wrapped and iced. Flagg injured his hand by landing awkwardly late in the game. He also...

Dwight Powell will draw the start at center Wednesday night for the Dallas Mavericks against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena, filling in for the injured Daniel Gafford (right shoulder sprain). Powell, who is averaging 3.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 53 games this season, has shown he can step...

Before Monday’s game, Cooper Flagg and Khris Middleton were spending time working on post‑ups at the Dallas Mavericks' practice facility. It was one of the many examples throughout the regular flow of the season in which a veteran like Middleton could offer wisdom to help the franchise's future grow. Middleton’s...

The play was the right one. Klay Thompson wants to make that clear. With the Dallas Mavericks trailing the Golden State Warriors in the final seconds of regulation Monday night, Cooper Flagg drove baseline, drew the defense, and found Naji Marshall wide open on the perimeter. The shot rimmed out....