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• Feast your ears on epi.14 on the "Thats What's Up" podcast featuring @matrix31 and @DannyBMFFL! LISTEN:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  20-04-2017 23:07 via twitter.com
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• Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving proved the critics were wrong

  20-05-2024 02:19 via mavs.com
  
  As they sat next to each other during Saturday’s postgame press conference after closing out the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games in the Western Conference semifinals, Dallas Mavericks guards Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving discussed the close bond they’ve developed in the 15 months since they’ve become teammates.
  When the 2023 trade was finalized which had Irving joining the Mavs, there were so many so-called basketball experts who said it wouldn’t work. They cl
  
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• Culture club: Mavericks’ belief in one another continues to grow

  19-05-2024 21:06 via mavs.com
  
  As the Mavericks move on to the Western Conference finals for the second time in three seasons, it’s different than it was in the first go-round.
  In 2022, they were younger, smaller and had a defense that was growing teeth.
  In 2024, they’re older, bigger, more athletic, have true centers and have a defense that possesses full-grown fangs.
  That’s why they feel the job is not done.
  In 2022, the Mavericks most definitely had the attitude that they had accomplished something to be
  
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• Washington’s clutch free throws give him ‘a dream come true’

  19-05-2024 06:57 via mavs.com
  
  For three quarters, P.J. Washington was having a forgettable night. Sort of like the Mavericks as a whole.
  The Oklahoma City Thunder were controlling Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals and Washington had a goose-egg in the scoring department going into the fourth quarter.
  Then, Washington came to life with nine points, including the two free throws with 2.5 seconds left that provided the winning points in the Mavericks’ 117-116 victory at American Airlines Center that delivered th
  
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• Mavs nip OKC, 117-116, reach conference finals for second time in three seasons

  19-05-2024 05:56 via mavs.com
  
  For the second time in three seasons, the Dallas Mavericks punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals.
  The Mavs overcame a massive 17-point deficit in the second half en route to chasing down and nipping the Oklahoma City Thunder in electric fashion, 117-116, on Saturday night before a boisterous sellout crowd of 20,555 at American Airlines Center. In winning this Western Conference semifinal best-of-seven series, 4-2, the Mavs advanced to the conference finals where they’ll fac
  
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• Mavs turned up the heat on defensive end of court

  18-05-2024 07:15 via mavs.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks went into this season hellbent on being a solid defensive team. But the lightbulb moment when that eventually happened didn’t occur until Feb. 8 when two trades brought the Mavs center Daniel Gafford and forward P.J. Washington.
  Gafford and Washington have been the defensive engines the Mavs have used to steer themselves within one win of reaching the Western Conference Finals for the second time in three seasons. Since the two trades, for the most part the Mavs have b
  
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• Ex-Cowboys coach Switzer still bullish on the NFL — and the NBA

  18-05-2024 03:52 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – His roots may be in football, but Barry Switzer also has some skin in the NBA game.
  An absolute legend in Oklahoma, Switzer attended Wednesday’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder at the Paycom Center. After he left his suite to go down a hallway to conduct an interview with Mavs.com, fans kept rushing up to him to get a photo, or just to say hello or reminisce about the good old days.
  For Switzer, the adulation comes with the territory of bei
  
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• Ex-Cowboys coach Barry Switzer has some skin in NBA game

  18-05-2024 03:52 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – His roots may be in football, but Barry Switzer also has some skin in the NBA game.
  An absolute legend in Oklahoma, Switzer attended this past Wednesday’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder at the Paycom Center. After he left his suite to go down a hallway to conduct an interview with Mavs.com, one-by-one fans kept rushing up to him to get a photo, or just to say hello or reminisce about the good old days.
  For Switzer, the adulation comes with
  
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• Mavericks’ notebook: Toughest part of OKC series starts now

  17-05-2024 23:59 via mavs.com
  
  The Mavericks have the hammer in their Western Conference semifinal series against Oklahoma City.
  They are up 3-2 and have a home game on Saturday night to possibly close out the Thunder.
  This is where it gets really difficult. For the Mavericks as a team. And for Luka Dončić in particular.
  From the team perspective, Josh Green summed it up perfectly on Friday.
  “I think it’s going to be a battle,” he said. “And I’m looking forward to it.”
  As are all
  
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• Jimmy Goldstein is a long-time and well-loved NBA superfan

  17-05-2024 03:24 via mavs.com
  
  His presence at NBA games is undeniable. To paraphrase the old E.F. Hutton stock brokerage commercial, when Jimmy Goldstein walks into an NBA, people turn their heads.
  Goldstein is the proverbial NBA superfan who always has super cool courtside seats, and always shows up at arenas all across American donning super fashionable one-of-a-kind eye-popping clothes that he purchased straight from Paris, where he travels to four times a year. But it was as if Goldstein was destined to become the NBA&rs
  
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• Luka’s back, plus takeaways on Hardy, Irving from Game 5

  16-05-2024 21:50 via mavs.com
  
  One comment after the Mavericks’ gut-check 104-92 victory over Oklahoma City on Wednesday provided certifiable proof that Luka Dončić was feeling better than he has for weeks.
  He was campaigning for his spot on the NBA’s all-defense team next season.
  Never mind the 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. He was thrilled with his blocked shot on OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with 55 seconds to go and the Mavericks ahead 99-90. That snuffed any faint hope the Thunder mig
  
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• Jones was able to sleep very well after win over Thunder

  16-05-2024 11:26 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Derrick Jones Jr. doesn’t sleep very well whenever the Dallas Mavericks lose a game. But he probably slept very, very well on Wednesday night after he played a pivotal role in the Mavs’ 104-92 gut-check win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Paycom Center.
  Jones poured in a playoff career-high 19 points, including 10 in the first quarter after P.J. Washington was charged with his second foul less than four minutes into the game. Those tone-setting points by J
  
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• Jones was able to sleep quite well after win over Thunder

  16-05-2024 11:26 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Derrick Jones Jr. doesn’t sleep very well whenever the Dallas Mavericks lose a game. But he probably slept very, very soundly on Wednesday night after he played a pivotal role in the Mavs’ 104-92 gut-check win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Paycom Center.
  Jones poured in a playoff career-high 19 points, including 10 in the first quarter after P.J. Washington was charged with his second foul less than four minutes into the game. Those tone-setting points b
  
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• Mavericks take charge with dominant Game 5 showing at OKC

  16-05-2024 05:50 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks’ ability to adjust on the fly and their refusal to let one disappointment become two or more is becoming more than just a trend.
  It’s who they are.
  Coach Jason Kidd’s group continues to be as resilient as anybody in the NBA as they bounced back from Monday’s heart-wrenching loss to post a dominant 104-92 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday at the Paycom Center.
  The Mavericks took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conf
  
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• Mavericks’ ‘foxhole’ mentality shows to take charge with Game 5 win

  16-05-2024 05:50 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks’ ability to adjust on the fly and their refusal to let one disappointing game become two or more is becoming more than just a trend.
  It’s who they are.
  Coach Jason Kidd’s group continues to be as resilient as anybody in the NBA as they bounced back from Monday’s heart-wrenching loss to post a dominant 104-92 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday at the Paycom Center.
  Luka Dončić, showing a very focused side that inc
  
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• Luka’s magic, Mavericks’ ‘foxhole’ mentality power Game 5 win

  16-05-2024 05:50 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks’ ability to adjust on the fly and their refusal to let one disappointing game become two or more is becoming more than just a trend.
  It’s who they are.
  Coach Jason Kidd’s group continues to be as resilient as anybody in the NBA as they bounced back from Monday’s heart-wrenching loss to post a dominant 104-92 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday at the Paycom Center.
  Luka Dončić, showing a very focused side that inc
  
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• Mavericks trying to keep things light in pressure situations

  15-05-2024 21:21 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks wrapped up their Wednesday morning shootaround in familiar fashion.
  A little dancing, a little huddle, a lot of half-court shooting.
  Everyone on the team from Luka Dončić to the assistant athletic trainers has made one of the heaves this season.
  It’s everybody’s chance to laugh at the misses, particularly the occasional airball, and lighten the mood.
  Don’t underestimate the importance of that at this time of the year, when the Maver
  
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• Mavs have been there done that in this year’s playoffs

  15-05-2024 05:18 via mavs.com
  
  If it appears as though the Dallas Mavericks are in the same place with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals that they were with the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs, it’s because it’s true.
  The Mavs lost Game 4 at home to the Clippers, leaving that series knotted at 2-2. And on Monday, the Mavs lost Game 4 at home to the Thunder, leaving that series knotted at 2-2.
  However, any similarities between what happened to the Mavs in the ser
  
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• Game 5: Can Mavericks get over the hump in knotted-up series

  15-05-2024 00:00 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks will be back in the Thunderdome on Wednesday night knowing exactly what’s waiting for them.
  And what they need to do to grab the momentum in a playoff series that has been as unpredictable as they come.
  Their priorities:
  Stay poised. Figure out a way to make life harder on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. And get Kyrie Irving and Luka Dončić rolling at the level we’ve come to know and love.
  That last one is probably the trickiest of the three.
  Th
  
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• In the second half, everything that could go wrong went wrong for Mavs

  14-05-2024 20:56 via mavs.com
  
  The second half of Monday’s game was a Murphy’s law type of game for the Dallas Mavericks. In other words, everything that could go wrong went wrong for the Mavs after halftime against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  In all, the Mavs blew a 14-point lead. They missed 11 free throws. They only scored 15 points in the third quarter. And they gave up 35 points in the fourth quarter.
  Add all of that up and it equaled to the Thunder upsetting the Mavs, 100-96, to square this best-of-seven West
  
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• In the second half, everything that could go wrong did for Mavs

  14-05-2024 20:56 via mavs.com
  
  The second half of Monday’s game was a Murphy’s law type of game for the Dallas Mavericks. Everything that could go wrong went wrong for the Mavs after halftime against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  In all, the Mavs blew a 14-point lead. They missed 10 of 19 free throws. They only scored 15 points in the third quarter. And they gave up 35 points in the fourth quarter.
  Add all of that up and it equaled to the Thunder upsetting the Mavs, 100-96, to square this best-of-seven Western Confer
  
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• ‘Unacceptable’ free-throw shooting sabotages strong Mavericks’ effort

  14-05-2024 07:26 via mavs.com
  
  As long as the NBA playoffs exist, there will be chatter about the officiating.
  But no matter whether the calls are even or one team feels like they got slighted, there’s a simple truth that overrides everything else regarding the whistles.
  If you don’t make your free throws, none of the rest matters, a fact that slapped the Mavericks into the loss column on Monday night.
  They had too many misfires when they were wide-open from 15 feet and that doomed them in Game 4 as Oklahoma City
  
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• Gilgeous-Alexander scores 34 points as OKC stuns Mavs, 100-96

  14-05-2024 07:22 via mavs.com
  
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, and the Dallas Mavericks missed 11 free throws, paving the way for the Oklahoma City Thunder to get out of American Airlines Center with a heart-stopping 100-96 victory on Monday night.
  With the win by OKC, this best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series is tied at 2-2.
  Game 5 is Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Oklahoma City and Game 6 is Saturday at AAC. If necessary, a Game 7 will be played in OKC on May 20.
  The Mavs led by as many as 14 points, but
  
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• Gilgeous-Alexander scores 34 as OKC stuns Mavs, 100-96

  14-05-2024 07:22 via mavs.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks were so close to taking a commanding 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven playoff series against Oklahoma City that they probably could taste it.
  Unfortunately, when Monday’s game was in the books, the Mavs left American Airlines Center with a sour taste in their mouth.
  Too many missed free throws, too many mental lapses and too many costly turnovers cost the Mavs as they suffered a heart-breaking 100-96 loss to the Thunder at AAC. With the setback, this Western Conference s
  
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• Gafford, Lively leading solid efforts to slow Holmgren

  13-05-2024 03:37 via mavs.com
  
  On paper, coming into this Western Conference semifinals series, Oklahoma City center Chet Holmgren had a distinct advantage over the Dallas Mavericks’ two-headed center combination of Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II.
  After all, Holmgren is the Thunder’s glorified first-year player who would have been the easy choice to win this season’s Rookie of the Year award if not for some phenom over in San Antonio name Victory Wembanyama. That’s the type of skill-set Holmgren h
  
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• Gafford, Lively and others doing solid job on Holmgren

  13-05-2024 03:37 via mavs.com
  
  On paper, coming into this Western Conference semifinals series, Oklahoma City center Chet Holmgren had a distinct advantage over the Dallas Mavericks’ two-headed center combination of Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II.
  After all, Holmgren is the Thunder’s glorified first-year player who would have been the easy choice to win this season’s Rookie of the Year award if not for some phenom over in San Antonio name Victory Wembanyama. That’s the type of skill-set Holmgren h
  
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• Dort’s dogged defense making life difficult for Dončić

  12-05-2024 21:08 via mavs.com
  
  As he trudged off the court Saturday afternoon, Luka Dončić didn’t look like a 25 year old.
  More like 75.
  Slow and creaky, he ambled toward the locker room and then to his postgame news conference room, his body still wrapped in leggings and athletic tape and supportive sleeves and Lord knows what else.
  So what’s hurting?
  “Everything,” he said. “I’m just trying to battle out there. I’m glad we got the win.”
  In the superstar point guard&rs
  
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• Lively felt disrespected — then knocked down five key free throws

  12-05-2024 03:00 via mavs.com
  
  When the Oklahoma City Thunder were in the middle of intentionally fouling him in the tensed fourth quarter during Saturday’s playoff game at American Airlines Center, Dallas Mavericks backup center Dereck Lively II had one definitive thought that came across his mind when he was pressed to convert some crucial free throws.
  Lively said: “It was like, ‘Alright, you’re going to disrespect me? I’m going to come up and I’m going to knock them down.’ “
  
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• Mavericks won’t be bullied as proven in rugged Game 3 victory

  12-05-2024 00:08 via mavs.com
  
  Just when it looked like the Mavericks were going to fall victim to the home-court hex that seems to be going viral around the NBA playoffs, they dug deep as if their playoff lives depended on it.
  And they might have.
  The Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder played a leave-it-all-out there playoff game on Saturday afternoon and the Mavericks persevered down the stretch for an exhausting 105-101 victory at American Airlines Center.
  And we mean exhausting for the fans who had to withstand a slew of
  
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• Mavericks grind out rugged Game 3 victory, 105-101

  12-05-2024 00:08 via mavs.com
  
  Just when it looked like the Mavericks were going to fall victim to the home-court hex that seems to be going around the NBA playoffs like a virus, they dug deep as if their playoff lives depended on it.
  And they might have.
  The Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder played a leave-it-all-out there playoff game on Saturday afternoon and the Mavericks persevered down the stretch for an exhausting 105-101 victory at American Airlines Center.
  And we mean exhausting for the fans who had to withstand a
  
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