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One night after a narrow loss in Houston, Mark Cuban made clear he shared the Dallas Mavericks’ frustration with how a late-game sequence involving Cooper Flagg was officiated. Cuban publicly backed head coach Jason Kidd following a late no-call that came with 29 seconds remaining in Dallas’ 111-107 loss to...

Jason Kidd did not hedge, soften his language, or attempt to cool the moment. After the Dallas Mavericks’ 111-107 loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday night, Kidd walked into his postgame news conference visibly frustrated and left no doubt where he stood — on the officiating, on outside criticism,...

The Dallas Mavericks were again within a possession of flipping the result, again had the ball late, and again walked off the floor with a narrow loss — this time falling 111-107 to the Houston Rockets on Saturday night at Toyota Center as injuries, missed chances, and mounting frustration continued...