Mavs Top Suns As Marion Marks 1,000th Game
Shawn Marion scored 18 points in his 1,000th game, Dirk Nowitzki also had 18 while passing Allen Iverson on the career scoring list and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns 110-95 Sunday night.
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Shawn Marion scored 18 points in his 1,000th game, Dirk Nowitzki also had 18 while passing Allen Iverson on the career scoring list and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns 110-95 Sunday night.
The Dallas Mavericks have officially crawled out of the "terrible'' category in the NBA.
Hey Mavs fans, you can get your hands on a piece of team memorabilia that's out of this world.
Born and raised in this here close-minded, fear-based, suffocating Bible Belt, the Cowboys would have themselves a nightmare if they ever drafted an openly gay player.
James Harden drove to the basket with his potent left hand, intent on breaking a late tie against the Dallas Mavericks. His layup attempt never reached the rim.
The Dallas Mavericks front office is making a statement about its desire to be a buyer as the Feb. 21 NBA trade deadline looms just over the horizon.
Mark Cuban said that he plans to keep star Dirk Nowitzki even though the Mavericks have their worst record since a few months after he bought the team in 2000.
An elbow from DeMarcus Cousins helped hand the Dallas Mavericks a win and gave Sacramento fans another stinger.
We have bad news. The fact that with regularity the Mavs are leading early, and collapsing in the fourth, doesn't mean that they are 'almost there.' Thursday's result in Sacramento - a 117-112 OT win - doesn't signify the finding of a cure, either.
Chris Paul had 19 points and 16 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 99-93 on Wednesday night, extending their franchise-record home winning streak to 13 games.
"Dirk,'' Cuban tells me, "gets annoyed with our team every year. He uses his annoyance as motivation. ... Dirk gets upset when we go through a tough period. Always has.''
Rick Carlisle's night began on a jovial note as he compared himself to 'Colonel Sanders.' But that game of Chicken became something else altogether on Monday when the coach accused the Jazz of 'thugging it up' in the Mavs' 100-94 loss at Utah.
Rick Carlisle says misfortune is coming 'in waves.' Elton Brand says Hornets 99, Mavs 96 marks 'rock-bottom.' Dallas is a quote machine - and an OT-loss machine, too.
The Mavericks lead the NBA in different starting lineups with 15. But Saturday night comes the most important change of all: Dirk Nowitzki will make his season debut as a starter.
O.J. Mayo scored 30 points and Dirk Nowitzki -- still working his way back from knee surgery -- added 19 in 29 minutes for the Mavericks, who fell to 0-6 in overtime this season.
The second thing that needs to be said as Dallas snaps its six-game losing streak is: Don't you dare dismiss this as "Aw, it's just the Wizards'' ... because in Washington, all things considered, they probably approached this game by saying, "Aw, it's just the Mavs.''
Vince Carter scored 23 points, and O.J. Mayo and Darren Collison each added 15 to help the Mavs break their losing streak with a 103-94 win over the Wizards on Tuesday.
Dallas is in the process of slipping a couple of classes, down to the point where a game against the contending San Antonio Spurs seems to come with it a foregone conclusion.
"It's not pretty right now,' Dirk Nowitzki said of the Mavs after Friday's 106-85 home loss to Denver. 'It's not pretty defensively, not pretty offensively, not pretty on the glass.'
Kevin Durant scored 40 points while Russell Westbrook added eight of his 16 points in overtime to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Dallas 111-105 on Thursday night for their 11th straight win at home.
From the Rangers collapse to the Josh Brent intoxication manslaughter charges, 2012 was a busy sports year in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Dirk Nowitzki plays basketball with a Chicago Bulls' fan at the Dallas Children's Medical Center - and struggles.
Danny Green scored a career-high 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs spoiled former league MVP Dirk Nowitzki's season debut with a 129-91 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki made his season debut Sunday night, entering the game as a substitution midway through the first quarter against the San Antonio Spurs.
Dirk Nowitzki shocked MavsLand on Sunday by revealing that he's a go for Dallas in its game at San Antonio. Dirk came off the bench and may play 20 minutes in what qualifies as a tremendous early Christmas gift for all. Here's how it's going down after Dirk decided to 'give it a go.'
