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• Dennis Smith Jr. talks TV, favorite moments, and player comparisons in Twitter Q&A

  16-08-2017 21:46 via mavs.com
  Mavs rookie Dennis Smith Jr. had some time on his hands earlier today, and he used it to take fan questions on his Twitter account. Here are some of the best interactions.
  First up comes the question of his favorite TV show.Martin for life lol
  — Dennis Smith Jr. (@Dennis1SmithJr) August 16, 2017This is particularly relevant right now because Smith wore a pair of “Martin”-themed shoes to his rookie photo shoot last week.Dennis Smith Jr is wearing this "Martin"-inspired pair of t
  
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• Kidd great at making adjustments following a Game 1 loss

  09-05-2024 00:14 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Are the Dallas Mavericks flustered because they dropped Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, 117-95? Sure, they are.
  But not to the point where they’re ready to pack their bags and call it a season.
  “If it was just (a) one-game (series), we would be out,” coach Jason Kidd said following Wednesday’s practice at the Paycom Center. “It’s a (seven-game) series.
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• Hardaway ‘grateful’ to be back for a piece of the action

  08-05-2024 22:59 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Tim Hardaway Jr. scored just two points in 17 minutes on Tuesday in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
  Yet, after Wednesday’s workout, the Mavericks’ shooting guard was all smiles.
  The last time the Mavericks went beyond the first round of the playoffs, Hardaway was a bystander, dealing with a broken bone in his left foot.
  When he went down after playing just six minutes in Game 2 of the first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers with a sprain
  
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• OKC ‘D’ was a puzzle Mavericks could not solve in Game 1

  08-05-2024 20:23 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – If the Mavericks are going to have to knot this Western Conference semifinals at a win apiece on Thursday, they’re going to have to learn a lot from what ended up being a blowout loss in Game 1.
  At the top of the priority list is creating better shots. You can’t shoot 34 percent in the second half and expect to win a road playoff game.
  Was the OKC defense at least partly responsible? You bet.
  But the Mavericks didn’t help their own cause. They didn’t
  
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• Daniel Gafford miffed at shots that he missed

  08-05-2024 08:42 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Daniel Gafford prides himself on being as close to perfection as humanly possible.
  After all, the Dallas Mavericks’ center led the NBA in field goal shooting this season at 74 percent. And at one stage this season, Gafford converted 33 consecutive shots – two shy of the NBA record established by the great Wilt Chamberlain.
  So, when Gafford glanced at the stat sheet from Tuesday’s 117-95 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center, he was none too pl
  
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• Mavericks stumble in opener, fall into familiar territory

  08-05-2024 06:03 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Well, at least this is familiar territory for the Mavericks.
  They trail the Western Conference semifinals 1-0 after the youthful energy of the Oklahoma City Thunder showed itself and the Mavericks’ shooting didn’t. They proceeded to lose the opener of this best-of-seven set 117-95 Tuesday night at Paycom Center.
  Not to worry. The Mavericks have been here before.
  A lot.
  They haven’t won Game 1 of a playoff series in their last two postseason runs. They went
  
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• Mavericks stumble in opener, fall into a hole they know all too well

  08-05-2024 06:03 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Well, at least the Mavericks are in familiar territory.
  They trail the Western Conference semifinals 1-0 after the youthful energy of the Oklahoma City Thunder showed itself and the Mavericks’ shooting didn’t. They proceeded to lose the opener of this best-of-seven set 117-95 Tuesday night at Paycom Center.
  Not to worry. The Mavericks have been here before.
  A lot.
  They haven’t won Game 1 of a playoff series in their last two postseason runs. They went down
  
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• Game 1 preview: Mavs need energy, experience against youthful Thunder

  07-05-2024 03:25 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Anybody who’s been watching the NBA for any length of time knows that the key for the Mavericks in the conference semifinals against Oklahoma City can be summed up in one word.
  Energy.
  The Mavericks no longer are the young team going against the wily graybeards like they were in the first round against the Los Angeles Clippers.
  Now they are the grizzled veterans, comparatively speaking to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  So the Mavericks need to channel their inner Energize
  
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• Mavs sign Jason Kidd to multi-year contract extension

  06-05-2024 16:58 via mavs.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks signed coach Jason Kidd to a multi-year contract extension on Monday.
  Kidd is currently in his third season coaching the Mavs and has led them to a 140-106 record in the regular season, and a 13-11 record in the playoffs. In Kidd’s first season with the Mavs two years ago, he guided them to a 52-30 record and a berth in the Western Conference Finals.
  Behind Kidd, the Mavs won the Southwest Division title this season for just the fifth time in franchise history with a 5
  
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• Kidd sees similarities between Thunder of 2011 and today

  06-05-2024 02:38 via mavs.com
  
  For Jason Kidd and his NBA journey against the Oklahoma City Thunder, this is a bit of a déjà vu scenario.
  In 2011 when Kidd was the starting point guard for the Dallas Mavericks, he faced a Thunder squad in the Western Conference Finals that featured a group of 22-year olds named Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. The Mavs won that series in five games, then went on to beat the Miami Heat in six games to capture their lone NBA title.
  This time around, the Mavs will
  
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• Kidd on similarities between OKC Thunder in 2011 to today

  06-05-2024 02:38 via mavs.com
  
  For Jason Kidd and his NBA journey against the Oklahoma City Thunder, this is a bit of a déjà vu scenario.
  Back in 2011 when Kidd was the starting point guard for the Dallas Mavericks, he faced a Thunder squad in the Western Conference Finals that featured a group of 22-year olds named Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. The Mavs won that series in five games, then went on to beat the Miami Heat in six games while capturing their lone NBA title.
  This time around, the
  
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• Right place, right time has Irving smiling a lot more these days

  06-05-2024 02:37 via mavs.com
  
  Kyrie Irving is really no different than regular folks, other than the paranormal handles, next-level shooting and apparent immunity to any pressure situation.
  There was a time when he wasn’t as mature as he is now, just like almost all of us. And Irving now has the advantage of perspective when he looks at his past. It’s been a journey that has led him here, to the Mavericks, where the people who know him best say has helped the superstar guard smile a lot more.
  As coach Jason Kidd
  
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• Kleber will miss series vs. OKC with shoulder injury

  05-05-2024 22:38 via mavs.com
  
  An MRI performed on Dallas Mavericks center/forward Maxi Kleber revealed that he has a right shoulder AC joint separation and thus will miss the Western Conference semifinal series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  The Mavs announced Sunday that Kleber will be re-evaluated in three weeks.
  Kleber suffered the injury Friday with 11:15 remaining in the second quarter of the Mavs’ 114-101 close-out Game 6 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Kleber was dribbling the basketball and proceeded
  
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• Kleber will miss series against OKC with shoulder injury

  05-05-2024 22:38 via mavs.com
  
  An MRI performed on Dallas Mavericks center/forward Maxi Kleber revealed that he has a right shoulder AC joint separation and will miss the Western Conference semifinal series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  The Mavs announced Sunday that Kleber will be re-evaluated in three weeks.
  Kleber suffered the injury Friday with 11:15 remaining in the second quarter of the Mavs’ 114-101 close-out Game 6 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Kleber was dribbling down the court and did a near som
  
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• The takeaways: Kyrie Irving, again, showed how special he is

  04-05-2024 21:55 via mavs.com
  
  By now, opponents should know if they give Kyrie Irving an inch, the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar guard will take the proverbial mile.
  The Los Angles Clippers discovered that the hard way Friday night when Irving tallied 28 of his 30 points in the second half in steering the Mavs to a 114-101 triumph in Game 6 of the first round of the Western Conference best-of-seven playoff series. The heroics by Irving clinched this series for the Mavs, 4-2, and they now move on to play the Oklahoma City
  
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• Young, hungry Thunder worthy of newfound status

  04-05-2024 20:45 via mavs.com
  
  The Oklahoma City Thunder are the Bad Bunny of the NBA.
  Still young and relatively fresh on the scene, but already so grown-up and accomplished that the world knows their name.
  And these Thunderdudes are some bad, bad bunnies.
  They won the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs for a reason. They dispatched New Orleans in the first round in a sweep, although that was with the Pelicans missing their best player, Zion Williamson.
  Still, the Thunder are a youthful force. Of the 421 points th
  
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• Offensive rebounding laid the foundation for Mavericks’ close-out win

  04-05-2024 08:14 via mavs.com
  
  When P.J. Washington fired up a three-pointer from the corner near the end of the third quarter Friday night, the shot hit hard off the rim, but caromed right back to Washington on the baseline.
  Four seconds later, the Mavericks’ forward found Kyrie Irving with a pass on the perimeter and that three-pointer nestled into the net and put the Mavericks up 85-70. If they needed a dagger to extract the last vestiges of life out of the Los Angeles Clippers, that was it.
  And it typified a night w
  
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• Mavs eliminate Clippers — finally — 114-101, win series in six games

  04-05-2024 07:00 via mavs.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks finished the job. And exorcised some demons along the way.
  Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić combined for 58 points Friday night and the Mavs won their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers with a 114-101 gut-check victory at American Airlines Center. With the win, the Mavs emerged victorious in this best-of-seven series, 4-2, and will now start a best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series at the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.
  Irving sco
  
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• Mavs eliminate Clippers — finally — 114-101, to win series in six games

  04-05-2024 07:00 via mavs.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks finished the job. And exorcised some demons along the way.
  Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić combined for 58 points Friday night and the Mavs won their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers with a 114-101 gut-check victory at American Airlines Center. With the win, the Mavs emerged victorious in this best-of-seven series, 4-2, and will now start a best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series at the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.
  Irving sco
  
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• Only one thing on Mavs’ mind — finish the job

  03-05-2024 03:48 via mavs.com
  
  Finish the job!
  That’s likely the mantra of the Dallas Mavericks entering Game 6 of their first-round best-of-seven playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers. After all, even an elephant can remember what happened when the Mavs were faced with this same challenge – against this same franchise — in the first round of the 2021 playoffs.
  That year, the Mavs took a 3-2 lead on the Clippers after winning Game 5 in Los Angeles. All the Mavs needed to do was win one more game an
  
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• Hottest takeaway from blowout? It’s what happened afterward

  02-05-2024 18:30 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – When it comes to big takeaways from Wednesday’s 123-93 pounding of the Los Angeles Clippers, the most impressive thing didn’t happen during the Mavericks’ perhaps-soul-crushing victory on the home team’s court.
  It came afterward, when the Mavericks, while exuberant, also were grounded.
  “It’s not over until you get four wins,” Maxi Kleber said. “They showed how much talent they have. So we got to take the next game very seriously
  
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• Kleber sizzles from long range to provide spark in Game 5

  02-05-2024 08:53 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Maxi Kleber has a simple outlook on his three-point shooting.
  It’s the same attitude all of the Mavericks try to have.
  “The shots I get, I take them,” Kleber said on Wednesday as the Mavericks drop-kicked the Los Angeles Clippers 123-93 in Game 5. “It goes for everybody. When it’s the right shot you take it and live with the results because it’s the best shot for the team.”
  Kleber took a lot of shots on Thursday night that were right
  
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• Dončić gets well, Mavericks take 3-2 series lead by smashing Clippers

  02-05-2024 06:25 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Luka Dončić might be fighting a knee sprain and an illness.
  But that was nothing compared to the world of hurt he put on the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
  There was no denying the magnitude of Game 5 in the most hotly contested series of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
  The Mavericks played free and easy, rolled up a 25-point third-quarter lead and cruised to an impressive 123-93 smashing of the poor-shooting Clippers Wednesday night at Crypto.com Are
  
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• Dončić gets well, Mavericks smash Clippers to take 3-2 series lead

  02-05-2024 06:25 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Luka Dončić might be fighting a knee sprain and an illness.
  But that was nothing compared to the world of hurt he and the Mavericks put on the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
  There was no denying the magnitude of Game 5 in the most hotly contested series of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
  The Mavericks played free and easy, rolled up a 25-point third-quarter lead and cruised to an impressive 123-93 drubbing of the poor-shooting Clippers Wednesday night
  
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• Dončić gets well, Mavericks smash Clippers for 3-2 series lead

  02-05-2024 06:25 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Luka Dončić might be fighting a knee sprain and an illness.
  But that was nothing compared to the world of hurt he and the Mavericks put on the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
  There was no denying the magnitude of Game 5 in the most hotly contested series of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
  The Mavericks played free and easy, rolled up a 25-point third-quarter lead and cruised to an impressive 123-93 drubbing of the poor-shooting Clippers Wednesday night
  
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• Dončić gets well as Mavericks take 3-2 series lead by smashing Clippers

  02-05-2024 06:25 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Luka Dončić might be fighting a knee sprain and an illness.
  But that was nothing compared to the world of hurt he put on the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
  There was no denying the magnitude of Game 5 in the most hotly contested series of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
  The Mavericks played free and easy, rolled up a 25-point third-quarter lead and cruised to an impressive 123-93 smashing of the poor-shooting Clippers Wednesday night at Crypto.com Are
  
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• Luka set to power through injury, sickness in Game 5

  01-05-2024 20:46 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Luka Dončić banked in a half-court at the end of the Mavericks’ morning shootaround, then declared himself ready to roll for Game 5 at Crypto.com Wednesday night.
  However, he admitted he’s not 100 percent because of his sprained right knee and a stubborn cold that has had him wheezing and congested for the past week.
  Asked if he would be playing were this a regular-season game, he said: “Probably not.”
  Dončić has put up good numbers
  
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• Game 5 preview: Entertaining series has both sides feeling upbeat

  01-05-2024 06:00 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – For 10 days now, the Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers have given us everything they could offer in terms of heart, skill and, most of all, entertainment value.
  The first-round series has been nothing if not riveting from start to 2-2.
  Neither team has been able to put a death grip on the best-of-seven series as it heads into Wednesday night’s Game 5 at Crypto.com Arena.
  The winner will have the upper hand. But anybody who believes that this game will decide the series
  
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• With arms folded, P.J. Washington’s pose goes viral

  01-05-2024 04:29 via mavs.com
  
  It all happened so fast for Dallas Mavericks forward P.J. Washington.
  One minute he was striking an intimidating pose seen around the world. And the next minute he had reached celebrity status after there were T-shirts being made with said pose.
  All of this came about when, following a brief skirmish last Friday during Game 3 of the Mavs’ best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers, Washington stood on the court with his arms folded and stared at the Clippers&
  
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• With Luka set to roll, winner of Game 5 ‘controls the series’

  30-04-2024 22:05 via mavs.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – It’s not win or go home Wednesday night for the Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers.
  But when it comes to taking charge in their first-round playoff series, it’s huge. When the match is tied, there is no bigger swing game than the next one.
  At 2-2, the Mavericks and Clippers know that whoever wins at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night will have a clear advantage to move on to the second round against Oklahoma City.
  Luka Dončić knows it, too. And while he
  
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