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Klay Thompson wasn’t sure he would play on Saturday. The Dallas Mavericks’ veteran guard woke up sore, mentally drained, and still feeling the weight of Friday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. At 35, he knows how back-to-backs can hit the body, and this one felt like the kind of...

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...

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...

Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis is expected to return Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers after missing the past month with a calf strain, and the 10-time All-Star will do so on a 24-to-27-minute restriction as he ramps back into game action. Davis has appeared in just five games...

Moussa Cissé arrived in training camp as an Exhibit 10 flier. Two months later, scouts around the league say the Mavericks may have uncovered a legitimate developmental center with long-term defensive value. Cissé has appeared in 15 games while averaging 3.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks. His early-season minutes...

The Dallas Mavericks released their final injury report ahead of Friday’s matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers, and while the team remains thin, one key development stands out: Anthony Davis is on the brink of returning. Dallas listed Davis as questionable with the left calf strain that has sidelined him...

Dereck Lively II’s right foot has become a renewed source of concern for the Dallas Mavericks, with the 21-year-old center now facing the possibility of missing an extended period of time. Complications appear to have surfaced around the same foot he had offseason surgery on, adding uncertainty to a frontcourt...