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MIAMI -- Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said center Brendan Haywood will be active for Game 6. Haywood strained his right hip flexor in the fourth quarter of Game 2. He was inactive for Games 3 and 5 and played just three minutes in Game 4. ...

MIAMI -- Only one change to the lineups in the NBA Finals. Out is Mike Bibby and in is Mario Chalmers who has been a physical presence during the series. The Mavericks have no changes to their lineup, expect, Brendan Haywood (hip) is active for Game ...

DeShawn Stevenson and LeBron James have attacked each other verbally for years. It's moved to an NBA Finals level now, with Stevenson saying James "checked out" of the fourth quarter of Game 4. At Thursday's shootaround, James was asked about S...

Injured backup center Brendan Haywood didn't practice with the Mavericks on Wednesday because he's still recovering from a strained right hip flexor. Haywood, who missed Game 3 with the injury, played only three minutes in Game 4 on Tuesday. Hayw...

Mavericks center Brendan Haywood, who missed Game 3 with a strained right hip flexor, will be active for Game 4. "The plan is that we'll give it a shot and hopefully it will go well," coach Rick Carlisle said. "But we'll see. He's worked hard to r...

DALLAS -- Welcome back to The Finals and Game 3. No changes for the lineups. But the subs will be interesting. Brendan Haywood is out with a bad hip and Ian Mahinmi will get some minutes. Here are the starters: Dallas F Shawn Marion F Dirk No...

DALLAS -- The Mavericks will not have center Brendan Haywood, who has a strained right hip flexor, for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said his team will have to play small, and that means guard Rodrigue Beaubois will be ac...

Mavericks' Brendan Haywood, Jason Terry join Dirk Nowitzki in being hurt.

MIAMI -- One of the big storylines heading into Game 1 of the NBA Finals was how the Mavericks' big men would handle the Heat's. One big man, the Mavs' Tyson Chandler, didn't have his best performance. Chandler struggled in his 34 minutes Tuesd...

Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion hurt his right wrist against the San Antonio Spurs. X-rays were negative, and he's listed as day to day.

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said Friday morning that center Brendan Haywood is expected to play in tonight's game vs. the Spurs. Haywood has missed the last two games with lower back stiffness. The last time Haywood played he scored four points...

Dallas Mavericks' Brendan Haywood returned to action in Friday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs.

The Lakers are impressed by the new-look Dallas Mavericks, but they aren't worried just yet.