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• Lively, Gafford still going strong as tag-team event

  25-10-2024 06:06 via mavs.com
  
  In the Dallas Mavericks’ season opener on Thursday night, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford picked up where they left off last season.
  The two centers combined for 24 points, 17 rebounds, eight assists and two steals as the Mavs upended the San Antonio Spurs, 120-109, at American Airlines Center. It was the same one-two punch the Mavs received from Lively and Gafford last season during their magnificent run to the NBA Finals.
  “When you talk about the two – Gaff and D-Live &nd
  
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• Preview: Mavs have a pair of big-time closers in Dončić, Irving

  30-10-2024 22:17 via mavs.com
  
  Whenever the Dallas Mavericks find themselves in a pickle, conventional wisdom suggests they already know they can turn to either Luka Dončić or Kyrie Irving to get themselves out of a jam.
  It happened again Tuesday night on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves as clutch baskets by Dončić and Irving rescued the Mavs and enabled them to walk away with a 120-114 victory.
  First, a 24-foot three-point bomb by Irving put the Mavs ahead of the Timberwolves, 112-107, with 2:3
  
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• ‘Monster’ Lively, Irving among top highlights in win over Wolves

  30-10-2024 17:38 via mavs.com
  
  As he watched Dereck Lively II keep another offensive rebound alive and give the Mavericks a second chance for points Tuesday at Minnesota, coach Jason Kidd’s first thought was that messages he and his staff have sent to the second-year center are being received loud and clear.
  The crux of those messages?
  “Go get it,” Kidd said.
  In the Mavericks’ first four games, Lively has gotten it. He’s had nine or more rebounds in three of the four and been responsible for a bi
  
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• ‘It got a little scary,’ Dončić says of leg injury

  30-10-2024 04:55 via mavs.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS – It wasn’t a moment when the world was about to end. Then again, when Luka Dončić hobbles to the locker room during a game, it’s always a red-alert moment for the Mavericks.
  Dončić came down after a move in the paint and clutched the back of his right leg, quickly asking to be removed from the game. It appeared he was kneed in the back of the leg by Jaden McDaniels.
  As he limped to the locker room with 1:10 left in the first half of the 120-114
  
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• Mavericks survive Wolves in rematch of conference finals

  30-10-2024 03:01 via mavs.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS – When last the Mavericks were in this building, they were swigging cold beers and hoisting the Western Conference championship trophy.
  The atmosphere Tuesday night was different.
  The result was not.
  The Mavericks overcame a scary moment with Luka Dončić late in the first half, then asserted their will to grind out a 120-114 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center.
  Dončić, despite a leg issue that sent him to the locker room late in the firs
  
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• Mavericks survive Wolves and Luka’s scary moment

  30-10-2024 03:01 via mavs.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS – When last the Mavericks were in this building, they were swigging cold beers and hoisting the Western Conference championship trophy.
  The atmosphere Tuesday night was much different.
  The result was not.
  The Mavericks overcame a scary moment with Luka Dončić late in the first half, then asserted their will to grind out a 120-114 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center.
  Dončić, despite a leg issue that sent him to the locker room late in the
  
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• Dallas Mavs Bring Halloween Spirit to Children’s Health

  29-10-2024 22:35 via mavs.com
  
  While kids across the Metroplex will costume up and hit the neighborhood streets to trick-or-treat, the pediatric patients at Children’s Medical Center Plano will have an untraditional Halloween.
  But, this October, the Dallas Mavericks and ShiftKey teamed up to ensure the kids, families, and care teams got a taste of the Halloween spirit.
  Mascot Champ, the ManiAACs and D-Town Crew led the spirit squad as they visited patient rooms with buckets of Halloween treats, Mavs swag, and goody bags
  
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• Takeaway: Lively has added a new wrinkle to his vastly improved game

  29-10-2024 20:10 via mavs.com
  
   Dereck Lively II has added a new and effective wrinkle to his game.
  Not only is the Dallas Mavericks’ second-year center a major threat with the lob dunk. But over the offseason, Lively added the jump hook shot to his vastly improving arsenal.
  The addition – on full display during Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz — will make Lively even more difficult to defend.
  “I’ve been working on that a lot this summer and just being more consistent,” he sai
  
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• Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks suffers horrific injury

  29-10-2024 08:19 via mavs.com
  
  A gruesome scene happened with 5:59 remaining in the third quarter of Monday’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz at American Airlines Center.
  Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks tumbled to the floor after he was jogging on the right side of the basket on Utah’s end of the court. No one touched Hendricks as he tripped over himself and landed with his right leg bent sideways, and wound up suffering a fractured right fibula and dislocated right ankle.
  As fans looked on in horror
  
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• Mavs-Wolves preview: First look at new team for Julius Randle

  29-10-2024 05:53 via mavs.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS – At this time of year, chills and shivers usually come with Halloween skeletons attached or ghosts flying about.
  But the Mavericks don’t need any haunted-house props. They have a chance to put an October scare into the Minnesota Timberwolves and the entire NBA all on their own if they can take care of business on Tuesday night.
  It’s the first rematch with the Wolves since the Mavericks saw them – and beat them in five games – in the Western Conference f
  
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• Irving paces balanced attack as Mavs upend Jazz, 110-102

  29-10-2024 04:56 via mavs.com
  
  The good thing about the Dallas Mavericks is that, when one of their superstars is not performing at his best, they have two more superstars who can pick up the slack.
  Not only that, the Mavs also know they have several role players who are talented enough to carry the load.
  Such was the case Monday night against the Utah Jazz when Luka Dončić had an off-night shooting the ball. But Kyrie Irving stepped in with 23 points and Klay Thompson tallied 18 as the Mavs held off the pesky Jazz,
  
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• Irving led balanced scoring as Mavs upend Jazz, 110-102

  29-10-2024 04:56 via mavs.com
  
  Monday night turned into a get-right game for the Dallas Mavericks. And they promptly got things right with a 110-102 victory over the Utah Jazz at American Airlines Center.
  After losing Saturday night in Phoenix by 12 points, the Mavs wanted to make sure they got back on track before hitting the road and playing Tuesday night in Minnesota. And with the triumph over the Jazz, the Mavs were able to pad their record to 2-1, while the Jazz remained winless at 0-3.
  Kyrie Irving led the Mavs with 23
  
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• Takeaways: Nurkic was a big difference-maker for the Suns

  28-10-2024 03:32 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX — Jusuf Nurkic turned out to be the biggest difference-maker in the Phoenix Suns’ 114-102 triumph over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in the Valley of the Sun.
  The Suns’ center scored 18 points, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, was 7-of-12 from the field, and played a lot of bully-ball at the Mavs’ expense.
  “Yeah, he was aggressive,” coach Jason Kidd said. “We talked about it. We had to box him out.
  “He got (three) offensive rebound
  
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• Takeaways: Nurkic was a big difference-maker for Suns

  28-10-2024 03:32 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX — Jusuf Nurkic turned out to be the biggest difference-maker in the Phoenix Suns’ 114-102 triumph over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in the Valley of the Sun.
  The Suns’ center scored 18 points, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, was 7-of-12 from the field, and played a lot of bully-ball at the Mavs’ expense.
  “Yeah, he was aggressive,” coach Jason Kidd said. “We talked about it. We had to box him out.
  “He got (three) offensive rebound
  
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• Mavs-Jazz preview: Even smart moves don’t always work out well

  28-10-2024 02:56 via mavs.com
  
  Every general manager in the NBA is trying to make his team better.
  Bad teams are trying to get mediocre. Mediocre teams are trying to get good. Good teams, great. Great teams want to be champions.
  But it doesn’t always work out, even when teams make good decisions.
  The Utah Jazz have fallen into a tough situation in spite of doing a lot of things right.
  They invade American Airlines Center on Monday night and the team the Mavericks will see brings an 0-2 record into the 7:30 p.m. game. Th
  
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• Hardy, Mavs aren’t fazed by critics

  27-10-2024 07:09 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX – Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy doesn’t worry about the critics often not mentioning the Mavs as one of the top teams in the NBA.
  “We feed off of that,” Hardy told Mavs.com. “We just stick together. It’s a brotherhood at the end of the day, so we’re just going to ride for each other and be there for each other.
  “I feel like when we do that, we can go anywhere.”
  Last year when the Mavs didn’t have homecourt advantage in the
  
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• Durant scores 31 as Suns roll by Mavs, 114-102

  27-10-2024 06:33 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX – Kevin Durant scored 31 points and Devin Booker added 21 points in leading the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 17,071 at the Footprint Center.
  The Mavs are now 1-1 on the season and will host the Utah Jazz on Monday at American Airlines Center, while the Suns improved to 2-1.
  The Mavs never could get a firm grip on this game as they looked out of sync too many times, and committed 28 fouls as the Suns converte
  
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• Durant scores 31 as Suns roll by foul plagued Mavs, 114-102

  27-10-2024 06:33 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX – Too many fouls and too many free throws by Phoenix led to the Suns upending the Dallas Mavericks, 114-102, before a Saturday night sellout crowd of 17,071 at the Footprint Center.
  In the Suns’ home opener, Kevin Durant scored 30 points and Devin Booker added 21 points as the Mavs improved to 2-1 after losing on the road to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. Meanwhile, the Mavs are now 1-1 on the season and will host the Utah Jazz on Monday at American Airlines Center.
  The Ma
  
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• Preview: Lively hopes to build on solid game against Wembanyama

  26-10-2024 10:46 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX – For the second straight opening night, Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II outplayed his more heralded competition – San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama.
  In the Mavs’ 120-109 win over the Spurs on Thursday, Lively came off the bench to contribute 15 points, a game-high 11 rebounds and a career-high tying six assists. On the flip side, Wembanyama struggled and finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and was a frosty 5-of-18 from the floor.
  During the Maveric
  
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• Preview: Lively hope to continue prospering after solid game against Wembanyama

  26-10-2024 10:46 via mavs.com
  
  PHOENIX – For the second straight season on opening night, Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II outplayed his more heralded competition – San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama.
  In the Mavs’ 120-109 win over the Spurs on Thursday, Lively came off the bench to contribute 15 points, a game-high 11 rebounds and a career-high tying six assists. On the flip side, Wembanyama struggled and finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and was a frosty 5-of-18 from the floor.
  During t
  
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• Dereck Lively II & Dwight Powell Empower Next Generation to Fight Cancer

  26-10-2024 02:44 via mavs.com
  
  For athletes like Dereck Lively II and Dwight Powell, sporting a pink sweatband or pair of bright pink sneakers on the basketball court means something.
  It means something not just because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month but because they have each experienced the profound impact of a cancer diagnosis leading to the tragic loss of their mothers.
  Through the immense hardship, however, both Lively and Powell have acted as passionate advocates for cancer awareness.
  This October, the Maveric
  
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• Thompson on Dončić defying logic tops Mavs-Spurs takeaways

  25-10-2024 20:15 via mavs.com
  
  Klay Thompson had the good fortune of playing with one of the best players in NBA history during his decade-plus at Golden State.
  Now, he’s doubly blessed to play with Luka Dončić, who may someday pass Steph Curry in the conversation about the NBA’s greatest players ever.
  And for Thompson, the season opener on Thursday was more of an eye-opening moment than he could have imagined.
  “It was great to be out there with Luka,” he said. “What an incredible talen
  
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• Legendary Broadcaster Mark Followill Talks MavsTV: ‘It’s a Game-Changer’

  25-10-2024 16:32 via mavs.com
  
  Just before the start of the regular season, the Dallas Mavericks announced the final details of its broadcast plans for the all-new MavsTV.
  The revolutionary broadcast strategy will air all non-nationally televised games free over-the-air on TEGNA’s KFAA 29 in the DFW Metroplex, with select games simulcast on WFAA 8. 
  Additionally, the team announced a direct-to-consumer streaming service, MavsTV Stream, which will allow fans to watch games through the NBA’s 
  
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• Lively, Gafford picked up where they left off last season

  25-10-2024 06:06 via mavs.com
  
  In the Dallas Mavericks’ season-opener on Thursday night, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford picked up where they left off last season.
  The two centers combined for 24 points, 17 rebounds, eight assists and two steals as the Mavs upended the San Antonio Spurs, 120-109, at American Airlines Center. It was the type on one-punch the Mavs received from Lively and Gafford last season during their magnificent run to the NBA Finals.
  “When you just talk about the two – Gaff and D-Live
  
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• Power trio leads Mavericks’ to season-opening win over Spurs

  25-10-2024 03:55 via mavs.com
  
  The Mavericks unveiled their new ham-and-egg attack on opening night.
  With a side of sizzling bacon called Klay Thompson.
  The power threesome of Thompson, Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving combined for 65 points to lead the Mavericks to a 120-109 season-opening win over the San Antonio Spurs Thursday at American Airlines Center.
  Thompson knocked in six three-pointers, the most ever for a Maverick in their debut for the franchise.
  He finished with 22 points and the Mavericks got plenty of pu
  
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• Mavericks’ power threesome leads season-opening win over Spurs

  25-10-2024 03:55 via mavs.com
  
  The Mavericks unveiled their new ham-and-egg attack on opening night.
  With a side of sizzling bacon called Klay Thompson.
  The power threesome of Thompson, Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving combined for 65 points to lead the Mavericks to a 120-109 season-opening win over the San Antonio Spurs Thursday at American Airlines Center.
  Thompson knocked in six three-pointers, the most ever for a Maverick in their debut for the franchise.
  He finished with 22 points and the Mavericks got plenty of pu
  
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• Mavericks’ power threesome lead season-opening win over Spurs

  25-10-2024 03:55 via mavs.com
  
  A season opener that was like many season openers – not particularly sharp, but entertaining nonetheless – turned in the Mavericks’ favor Thursday night with something that surely brought a smile to Jason Kidd’s face.
  Their defense.
  Forcing turnovers on three consecutive San Antonio possessions in the third quarter, the Mavericks broke open a three-point game, went up by 14 and that gave them enough cushion to take a 120-109 victory over the Spurs at American Airlines Cen
  
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• Chime and Dallas Mavericks Extend Strategic Sponsorship; Debut All-New ‘Chime Lane’ at American Airlines Center

  24-10-2024 15:01 via mavs.com
  
  Chime Becomes Official Credit Card Sponsor of the Dallas Mavs
  Dallas & San Francisco – October 24, 2024 – Chime, The #1 Most Loved Banking App1, today announced an extension to their strategic sponsorship with the Dallas Mavericks. As an official Jersey Patch sponsor, the Chime logo remains featured on the left front shoulder strap of all four official Dallas Mavericks jerseys and on practice, authentic and swingman jerseys for purchase in the Mavs Hangar. The Chime logo will als
  
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• Mavs notebook: Hardy has sixth-man dreams

  24-10-2024 03:19 via mavs.com
  
  Give Jaden Hardy credit. The kid isn’t afraid to aim high.
  A day after he signed a new three-year contract with the Mavericks, the third-year guard said he has a new goal to go with the salary bump.
  “Being in this position to get to my second contract, not a lot of players are able to do that,” Hardy said Wednesday after the Mavericks’ final workout before the season opens Thursday against San Antonio. “But I’m not going to let this contract define me. I&rsquo
  
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• Mavs-Spurs preview: Season tips off with plenty of stars on display

  23-10-2024 23:32 via mavs.com
  
  The Mavericks will start season No. 45 on Thursday when San Antonio visits American Airlines Center.
  Rarely in franchise history has their been more excitement or higher expectations.
  That’s what happens when a trip to the NBA Finals is fresh in the rear-view mirror from last season and you are in the intersection of unpacking one of the best shooters in basketball history and adding it to the continued partnership of Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving, who form the best backcourt tand
  
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