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The Los Angeles Clippers are getting healthy at the right time — and the Dallas Mavericks are the first team to see it. Kawhi Leonard and Darius Garland are both active Saturday night after Leonard missed two games with a left ankle sprain and Garland has been working through a...

The Dallas Mavericks have not won at American Airlines Center since Jan. 22. Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers is their next chance to change that — and Los Angeles arrives shorthanded. Kawhi Leonard is listed as questionable with a left ankle sprain. The Clippers did not hold a...

The Dallas Mavericks have not won at American Airlines Center since Jan. 22. Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers is their next chance to change that, and both coach Jason Kidd and guard Max Christie were direct on Friday about what needs to happen differently. Los Angeles (34-36) arrives...

Khris Middleton had a chance to leave the Dallas Mavericks and chase a championship. He passed. The veteran forward did not seek a buyout before the NBA's deadline, keeping him in Dallas for the remainder of the season and off the free agent market that would have allowed him to...

The Dallas Mavericks are nearing a decision on one of the most important hires in franchise history, and team leadership wants it done before late June. Mavericks CEO Rick Welts said Thursday at Mavs Ball that the organization hopes to have a permanent general manager in place ahead of the...

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II is making progress in his recovery from right foot surgery, the second-year big man confirmed this week, saying he has progressed from a scooter to a cane as he works toward a return for the 2026-27 season. "I went from being on a scooter,...

The Dallas Mavericks got a first-hand look Wednesday night at why the Atlanta Hawks are the hottest team in the NBA, and it was not a pretty sight. Atlanta won its 11th consecutive game, beating Dallas 135-120 at American Airlines Center in a game that was never close. The Hawks...

The Atlanta Hawks arrive at American Airlines Center on Wednesday night riding the NBA's longest active winning streak. The Dallas Mavericks haven't won at home in nearly two months. Something has to give. Atlanta has won 10 straight, catapulting from the bottom of the Eastern Conference playoff picture back to...

The Dallas Mavericks get two key contributors back Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks, but will be without Brandon Williams as they open a three-game homestand at American Airlines Center. Klay Thompson and Daniel Gafford are both active for the 7:30 p.m. tip-off after each missing the past two games...

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg's favorite basketball player of all time isn't Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. It's Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird. Flagg recently met Bird for the first time and the Duke product told Malika Andrews of ESPN that he was nervous. “I was definitely nervous,"...