Dončić Shines Against Celtics But Mavs Fall On Road Again
The Mavericks fell to 3-17 on the road after losing to the Celtics 114-93. Dallas is 15-3 at home.
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The Mavericks fell to 3-17 on the road after losing to the Celtics 114-93. Dallas is 15-3 at home.
Rookie Luka Doncic scored 21 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 30 seconds left, and the Dallas Mavericks ended a six-game losing streak with a 122-119 win against the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday night.
Buddy Hield and De'Aaron Fox each scored 28 points as the Sacramento Kings ended the Dallas Mavericks' 11-game home winning streak with a 120-113 victory Sunday night.
Dirk Nowitzki at last began his record-breaking 21st season with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, coming off the bench in the first quarter of a 99-89 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
After spending 21 years and counting with the Dallas Mavericks and contributing a great deal, not only to the team but to the community, Dirk Nowitzki received the key to the city Wednesday night.
Nowitzki will be only the third person to receive a key to the city from Mayor Rawlings over his more than seven years in office.
The Dallas Mavericks didn't need a big contribution from Luka Doncic to beat the Chicago Bulls. Harrison Barnes and J.J. Barea took care of that.
Luka Doncic scored 26 points in the teenager's home debut, Dennis Smith Jr. converted a tiebreaking three-point play with six seconds left and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Coach Rick Carlisle said Friday the 40-year-old Nowitzki will miss "multiple weeks" with a longer-than-expected recovery from left ankle surgery in April.
If Dirk Nowitzki's record 21st season with the Dallas Mavericks is his last, the superstar from Germany at least wants to be able to say he was there for the beginning of a turnaround.
The Mavericks announced Monday that they have re-signed Dirk Nowitzki for a record-breaking 21st season.
The Mavericks will play a pair of preseason games against the 76ers in China later this year, 10 years after Dirk Nowitzki played for Germany in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Dennis Smith Jr. will be half of Dirk Nowitzki's age when the Mavericks open next season, looking to end the team's first two-year playoff drought in nearly two decades.
Dirk Nowitzki said he planned to return next season, which would make him the first NBA player to play 21 seasons with the same franchise.
Dirk Nowitzki's season is over a few games early after the Dallas Mavericks star had surgery on his left ankle.
The Mavericks ended their five-game losing streak with their win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, but the focus remained on the Stephon Clark protests.
Dirk Nowitzki drained his first five 3-pointers to put the Dallas Mavericks in position to hand the Denver Nuggets a damaging loss in the tight Western Conference playoff race.
Dirk Nowitzki said Wednesday night he was "disgusted" to read about allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by former team president Terdema Ussery in a Sports Illustrated report that described a hostile workplace for women.
Stephen Curry had 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, and Golden State bounced back from a tough stretch to top the Mavericks 121-103 on Thursday night.
Dirk Nowitzki made peace years ago with the reality that spending his entire career with the Mavericks would likely mean little or no chance to win a second championship.
Danilo Gallinari had 28 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 24 seconds left, and the Clippers scored the last 13 points of the game to rally past a Mavs team that went scoreless over the final 4:42.
Dennis Smith Jr. scored 17, Harrison Barnes 15 and Dirk Nowitzki 14 for the Mavericks, who shot just 36 percent.
Hassan Whiteside scored 25 points with 14 rebounds in the Heat's 95-88 victory over the Mavericks on Monday night, completing another season sweep of Dallas.
The Mavericks made good on a promise to a fan who made a splash on social media last Friday. Dirk Nowitzki greeted Dianne Garcia after video of her recovering from dental anesthesia went viral.
"He is loyal," she said sobbing. "Everyone needs to find a boyfriend as loyal as Dirk." Dianne Garcia is speaking of the Maverick's star Dirk Nowitzki in a post-surgery rant, after a wisdom teeth extraction.
