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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...

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....

The Dallas Mavericks were officially eliminated from postseason contention on Monday night. Ten games remain. What's left now is time to build a foundation for next season. Next up is the Denver Nuggets. The Mavericks head to Ball Arena on Wednesday for a tip-off set for 9 p.m. CT. Dallas...

Cooper Flagg has done something Kevin Durant and Luka Dončić never did as teenagers. Flagg scored 32 points Monday night against the Golden State Warriors, recording his eighth career 30-point game and breaking a three-way tie with Durant and Dončić for the third-most such games by a teenager in NBA...

The Dallas Mavericks were eliminated from postseason contention after losing 137-131 in overtime against the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. However, amid a 23-49 record, the Mavs have continued to use the remainder of the schedule to develop players, especially Cooper Flagg. Through 60 games, Flagg is averaging 20.3...

Before tip-off Monday night, Naji Marshall kept it simple when asked what the Dallas Mavericks needed to do against Golden State. "Rebound, get out in transition, and take care of the ball," Marshall told Dallas Hoops Journal. He also spoke about what needed to carry over from the previous game...