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For the fifth and final time, the Dallas Mavericks will have a ring ceremony. This time it will involve one of the biggest pieces from their 2010-11 NBA championship -- Tyson Chandler. Chandler, the starting center on last year's team, will be presen...

MIAMI -- In the first game of the NBA Finals, the Mavericks used a zone defense early in the game to confuse the Heat. As this series has moved on, the Mavs mixed up the coverages with positive results. Instead of just calling for the zone defense...

DALLAS -- There is so much love for Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd. After the Mavericks' 112-103 Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday night, Kidd was holding court near his stall in the locker room just talking basketball. New Jerse...

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...

Game 4 has some lineup changes and the Mavericks will sit DeShawn Stevenson for JJ Barera. You could call this a desperate move considering how badly Barera has played in this series. It's clear the Mavs want to push the offense and coach Rick Ca...

During his pregame news conference, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle won't confirm that backup point guard J.J. Barea will move into the starting lineup over DeShawn Stevenson for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. "I'm not going to confirm that," was all Car...

MIAMI -- The Mavericks came out fast to start the second half. A 7-0 run, ending when DeShawn Stevenson made a 3-pointer from the corner for a 51-43 Mavs lead, prompted Miami coach Erik Spoelstra to call a timeout at the 10:03 mark of the third qu...

Guard Jason Terry was so confident the Dallas Mavericks would reach the NBA Finals this season, that he had it printed. In ink. On his body. Before the start of the 2011 regular season.

DALLAS -- On Oct. 19, 2010, the day before a preseason game between the Mavericks and Orlando Magic, guard DeShawn Stevenson had a team get-together at his house. Stevenson, who has an offseason home in Orlando, brought his chef and his personal t...

The Mavericks' players of the game were Jason Kidd and Dirk Nowitzki. But DeShawn Stevenson should get a little credit for setting the tone early for the Mavericks. With Rodrigue Beaubois out with a sprained foot, coach Rick Carlisle started Steve...

Two interesting developments after one quarter at the American Airlines Center. First, the Mavericks started DeShawn Stevenson at forward. Stevenson didn't play in the comeback victory against Golden State and missed three of the last four games d...

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