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Klay Thompson has entered a phase of his career where the games matter, but the teaching might matter even more. And on Saturday night at Intuit Dome — after waking up expecting to sit, then erupting for 17 fourth-quarter points to lift the Dallas Mavericks past the LA Clippers —...

Klay Thompson woke up Saturday morning expecting to sit. By Saturday night, he was the emotional hinge of one of the Dallas Mavericks’ grittiest wins of the season. Hours before tipoff against the LA Clippers, the Mavericks listed Thompson as out due to left knee injury management on the official...

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg packed a weekend’s worth of NBA history into two nights in Los Angeles, turning a back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers into a defining early chapter of his rookie season. On Friday, the 18-year-old became the youngest player in league history to record 10 assists,...

The Dallas Mavericks were already operating with one of the league’s thinnest rotations when Saturday’s game against the LA Clippers took an unexpected turn. P.J. Washington, announced as a starter during pregame introductions, never made it to the opening tip after rolling his right ankle on a loose ball during...

A new NBA trade idea sending Anthony Davis from the Dallas Mavericks to the Chicago Bulls has been created. NBA writer Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Mavericks and Bulls: Chicago Bulls get: Anthony Davis Dallas Mavericks get: Coby White, Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins,...

The Dallas Mavericks arrived at Intuit Dome battered, undermanned and dealing with one of their strangest pre-game sequences of the season. They left with a season-saving win powered by an 18-year-old who keeps rewriting the record books. Cooper Flagg scored 35 points, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to...

The Dallas Mavericks upgraded Klay Thompson to available ahead of Saturday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers, an unexpected shift after he was initially ruled out on the second night of a back-to-back due to left knee injury management. Thompson played 24 minutes in Friday’s 129–119 loss to the Los...

The Dallas Mavericks will be without six rotation players Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, a stretch of absences that will again force head coach Jason Kidd to reconfigure his lineup and lean heavily on inexperienced groups. Anthony Davis, who made his return Friday after missing a month with...

Dallas Mavericks big man Anthony Davis will not play Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers, completing the plan the organization set for his return from a left calf strain. The Mavericks confirmed that Davis would only play in one end of the back-to-back after logging 28 minutes in Friday’s 129–119...

In his first game in more than a month, Dallas Mavericks big man Anthony Davis looked like a player intent on re-establishing himself at the center of everything the team does. Davis finished with 12 points, five rebounds, five assists, and three blocks in 28 minutes during Friday’s 129–119 loss...