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DHJ Quick Take Contrast in Momentum: The Dallas Mavericks entered Moda Center on Friday desperate to snap a five-game losing streak against a Portland Trail Blazers squad that had won five of its last six. Postseason Push: Portland entered the matchup having clinched its first postseason berth in five years,...

DHJ Quick Take The Return: Brandon Williams scored 11 points with 6 assists in his return from concussion protocol against the Denver Nuggets. Portland Ties: Williams, whose NBA debut came with the Trail Blazers, previews a physical road test against his former team at Moda Center. Locker Room Fun: Williams...

Cooper Flagg will play Friday night in Portland. The Dallas Mavericks rookie was not listed on the official injury report ahead of tonight's game against the Trail Blazers, clearing him to play despite leaving Wednesday's 142-135 loss against the Denver Nuggets with his right hand heavily wrapped and iced after...

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...

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...

The Dallas Mavericks ruled out Daniel Gafford for Wednesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena with a right shoulder sprain, while Brandon Williams was cleared to return after missing three games in the concussion protocol. Gafford went through morning shootaround and was listed as questionable on the...