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• Nerlens Noel’s gravity had Mavs’ offense rolling in his debut

  26-02-2017 06:26 via mavs.com
  Nerlens Noel only scored nine points in his Mavs debut, but he had a pretty major impact on the offense nonetheless, and that’s not going to change any time soon.
  Noel has the potential to become a very dangerous big man in the pick-and-roll due to his athleticism and above-the-rim finishing ability. He’s already drawn some comparisons to Tyson Chandler from his head coach, and those who remember Chandler’s playing days in Dallas will remember why: Elite roll men open up so man
  
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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.
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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.
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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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• Tyronn Lue happy Clippers kept their composure in Game 4

  30-04-2024 03:09 via mavs.com
  
  Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue likes the way his team stuck together this past Sunday when they blew a 31-point lead Sunday and nearly lost Game 4 to the Dallas Mavericks.
  The Clippers led, 55-24, midway through the second quarter, only to see the Mavs put on a furious rally and storm ahead, 105-104, with 2:15 remaining in the game. But the Clippers recovered and hung on to prevail, 116-111, to knot this best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series at 2-2.
  Lue said his team
  
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• Many angles of Game 4 loss, including PG’s remarkable corner three

  29-04-2024 18:58 via mavs.com
  
  Depending on your perspective, there are so many ways to look at Sunday’s Game 4 of the Mavericks’ first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers.
  You might say that the Mavericks got waylaid by a Clippers’ haymaker and simply made a cosmetic comeback that eventually caused them to run out of gas when they finally got in position to win the game late.
  Or, another way to look at it is that the Clippers had a masterful shooting night (18-of-29, 62 percent from three-point ra
  
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• Luka fighting health issues, but impressed with Kyrie, MFFLs

  29-04-2024 05:20 via mavs.com
  
  As Kyrie Irving said, nobody’s is feeling 100 percent physically at this time of the NBA season.
  Aches and pains are standard for every player that has survived the 82-game regular season to make the playoffs.
  Luka Dončić is proof.
  He acknowledged after the 116-111 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 4 on Sunday that he’s dealing with is not a “perfect situation.”
  The superstar point guard was questionable going into Game 4 with right knee soreness. Less pu
  
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• Mavs mysteriously lost another game Leonard didn’t play

  29-04-2024 03:17 via mavs.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks are bemoaning the idea that they’ve been unable to take advantage of the fact that the Los Angeles Clippers have been winning games in this best-of-seven first-round playoff series without having the services of All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard.
  It’s a dilemma that has become very mysterious to the Mavs.
  Leonard is clearly the Clippers’ best player, and he missed Games 1 and 4 while dealing with inflammation in his right knee. However, not having Leonard has
  
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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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• Mavericks’ rally falls short as 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 series will return to LA for Game 5 on Wednesday all
  
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• Game 4 preview: Mavs, hoping to accomplish something, can go up 3-1

  28-04-2024 01:00 via mavs.com
  
  It’s a coach’s job to prop up his players when they need a hug.
  And to remind them that they haven’t done a darn thing if they get a little too comfortable with themselves.
  Jason Kidd is perfectly fine at doing both.
  Going into Game 4, the Mavericks needed to hear the blunt truth.
  “We haven’t accomplished anything,” Kidd said Saturday. “The series is still going on. We’ve only won two games and it’s a quick turn playing in the afternoon (on S
  
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• Kidd to Mavs and fans: “We haven’t accomplished anything”

  28-04-2024 00:47 via mavs.com
  
  As the Dallas Mavericks attempt to get a firm grip on this best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers, coach Jason Kidd wanted to make one thing perfectly clear about the team from Southern California.
  “This is a veteran ball club,” Kidd said, referring to the Clippers. “They’ve been in every situation, so there’s nothing for us to celebrate.”
  Tipoff for Game 4 is Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at American Airlines Center, and the Mavs lead
  
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• Kidd to Mavs and fans: ‘Nothing for us to celebrate’ yet

  28-04-2024 00:47 via mavs.com
  
  As the Dallas Mavericks attempt to get a firm grip on this best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers, coach Jason Kidd wanted to make one thing perfectly clear about the team from Southern California.
  “This is a veteran ball club,” Kidd said, referring to the Clippers. “They’ve been in every situation, so there’s nothing for us to celebrate.”
  Tipoff for Game 4 is Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at American Airlines Center, and the Mavs lead
  
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• Washington’s defiance embodies Mavs, tops our Game 3 takeaways

  27-04-2024 20:30 via mavs.com
  
  After Friday’s fourth-quarter altercation with the Los Angeles Clippers’ Terance Mann and others, P.J. Washington struck a pose.
  And not just any pose.
  His face was emotionless. His arms crossed. He stared at the Clippers’ bench as if to say: Come and take it.
  The Clippers didn’t. Or couldn’t.
  A few moments later, the 6-7 Washington mixed it up with Russell Westbrook and both players ended up being ejected with their second technical fouls.
  But it was the stance, th
  
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• Daniel Gafford had a nice bounce-back outing in Game 3

  27-04-2024 07:05 via mavs.com
  
  Daniel Gafford was on a mission to prove that he’s way better than the performances he turned in against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first two games of this best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
  In the first two games in LA, Gafford had cumulative totals of just three points, one rebound, one blocked shot and was 1-of-7 from the field. But during Friday’s 101-90 victory over the Clippers in Game 3 at American Airlines Center, a much more aggressive Gafford had six points,
  
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• Mavericks’ defense rises again, keys Game 3 win over Clippers

  27-04-2024 04:47 via mavs.com
  
  In keeping with the NBA’s theme for these 2024 playoffs, it’s fair to say a few words about the Mavericks’ defense.
  It’s a thing.
  In a strong show of toughness and willpower, the Mavericks unleashed their home-court version of playoff mode and took down the Los Angeles Clippers 101-90 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series.
  The Mavericks went up 2-1 in the best-of-seven match and are two victories from advancing to the conference semifinals.
  Not that
  
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• Mavericks’ defense, poise key Game 3 triumph over Clippers

  27-04-2024 04:47 via mavs.com
  
  In keeping with the NBA’s theme for these 2024 playoffs, it’s fair to say a few words about the Mavericks’ defense.
  It’s a thing.
  In a strong show of toughness and willpower, the Mavericks unleashed their home-court version of playoff mode and took down the Los Angeles Clippers 101-90 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series.
  The Mavericks went up 2-1 in the best-of-seven match and are two victories from advancing to the conference semifinals.
  Friday ni
  
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