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• Mavericks’ rally falls short, Clippers level series 2-2

  29-04-2024 00:27 via mavs.com
  
  An epic comeback bid by the Mavericks came up just short on Sunday afternoon in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
  Trailing by 31 points midway through the second quarter, the Mavericks tried to pull off a Richter-scale rally behind some clutch shot-making by Kyrie Irving. But the Clippers had an answer in the form of James Harden and Paul George, who powered them in the final moments to a 116-111 victory at American Airlines Center.
  The first-round series now is knotted at two wins apiece
  
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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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• 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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• Game 3 victory proves Mavericks won’t be bullied

  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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• Daniel Gafford wants Mavs’ fans to always keep the faith

  11-05-2024 00:46 via mavs.com
  
  That same path the Dallas Mavericks traveled when they knocked off the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs seems to be taking shape here in the second round of the playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  The Mavs lost Game 1 on the road against the Clippers, then won Game 2 on the road against the Clippers. The Mavs lost Game 1 on the road against the Thunder, then won Game 2 on the road against the Thunder.
  From the Mavs’ perspective, the morale of the story is the
  
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• Game 3 preview: learning from the past is crucial in swing games

  10-05-2024 23:30 via mavs.com
  
  The Mavericks in these playoffs have been outstanding in the area of learning from mistakes.
  Look no further than the fact that they have not lost consecutive games yet in this postseason.
  Now, as they prepare for Games 3 and 4 at American Airlines Center against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals, there’s no better time to continue their learning process.
  Josh Green knows as much. As he pulled on a nice vest over his white dress shirt in the postgame locker roo
  
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• ‘GuitarSlayer’ Justin Lyons: Meet the man reinventing Mavericks’ iconic intro

  10-05-2024 20:00 via mavs.com
  
  When he was growing up in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Justin Lyons wasn’t yet known as “GuitarSlayer.”
  That would come later when his musical chops went global.
  But he was an athlete. A good one, too. He particularly excelled at basketball, enough to chase the dream.
  “I was a Mavs fan, a sports fan, because I played basketball all the way to college,” Lyons said. “I thought I was going to be on the court, be a Dallas Mav.”
  As it turns out, his dream ca
  
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• Hardaway joins playoff party with major Game 2 contribution

  10-05-2024 07:59 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks lost one of their X-factors in this series when Maxi Kleber went down with a separated shoulder in the first round of the playoffs.
  Maybe, just maybe, another X-factor stepped up Thursday night.
  Tim Hardaway Jr. supplied strong energy and even better scoring off the bench and helped ignite the Mavericks to a 119-110 victory in Game 2 to knot the Western Conference semifinals against Oklahoma City at a win apiece.
  The Mavericks have been a strength-in-numbers t
  
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• Dončić Washington lead Mavs to 119-110 win over OKC

  10-05-2024 07:04 via mavs.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Luka Dončić and P.J. Washington scored 29 points apiece and the Dallas Mavericks squared their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder at 1-1 with a gritty 119-110 victory on Thursday night at the Paycom Center.
  The series now shifts to American Airlines Center in Dallas for Games 3 and 4 starting Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and finishing up on Monday at 8:30 p.m. before returning back to OKC on Wednesday for Game 5.
  
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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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