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DALLAS -- Rick Carlisle bolted a couple of steps onto the court, right in the path of O.J. Mayo dribbling up the sideline, to frantically call a timeout midway through the fourth quarter. After the referee blew the whistle, Carlisle shot...

LOS ANGELES -- Full of optimism after Saturday's phenomenal comeback win, Dirk Nowitzki compared that stunning rally against the Chicago Bulls to the story of the Mavericks' season. Just when you think you can count them out ... Unfortunately, ...

How it happened: Kobe Bryant and his supporting cast crushed the Mavericks' playoff hopes. In a game that all but mathematically eliminated the Mavs from the playoffs, Bryant produced the 19th triple-double of his career, stuffing the box score wi...

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki declared recently that the playoffs have essentially already begun for the Dallas Mavericks. The big German certainly has looked like postseason Dirk recently. There were a couple of performances last week that were remin...

DALLAS - Coach Rick Carlisle couldn't stop raving about one of his starters after Saturday's stunning comeback win over the Chicago Bulls. No, it wasn't Dirk Nowitzki, the dude who scored eight of his season-high-tying 35 points in the final 54 se...

DALLAS -- After almost 15 seasons, folks around these parts should have learned their lesson. Don't ever leave a game when Dirk Nowitzki is on the floor, no matter how low the Mavericks' odds of winning seem. You might miss a legendary performance...

Dirk Nowitzki hit a 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left and the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Chicago Bulls 100-98 on Saturday.

DALLAS - The Indiana Pacers heard all the buzz about .500 beards and Omar the barber. They made sure Omar's clippers didn't do any buzzing in the Dallas Mavericks' locker room Thursday night. "We wanted to shut that s--- down," big man Roy Hibb...

DALLAS - Maybe the Mavericks will get rid of those bushy beards before they hit the beach. As has been well chronicled, several Mavs made a pact a couple of months ago that they wouldn't shave until they get back to .500. (We assume all bets are o...

Jason Terry, a featured member of the Dallas Mavericks' two Finals teams, expects to hear a lot of cheers during his return to the American Airlines Center on Friday night.

Dirk Nowitzki and former Nets guard Vince Carter each scored 20 points, and the Dallas Mavericks avoided another late collapse by holding off Brooklyn 98-90 on Friday night.

LOS ANGELES -- Elton Brand leaned against the wall next to his locker, shook his head and smiled. He wouldn't go as far as to say it's as bad now as it was 13 years ago, when the futile Chicago Bulls finished 17-65 his rookie season. But right no...

Tom Carpenter reviews Sunday's action, including the season debut of Dirk Nowitzki.

In his Weekly Dish column, Brian McKitish offers injury updates and fantasy lineup advice regarding the top NBA players currently sidelined, including Minnesota's Ricky Rubio, L.A.'s Steve Nash and Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki.

CHICAGO -- Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle emphasized after Wednesday's 101-78 loss to the Chicago Bulls that the imminent signing of veteran Derek Fisher will help but not cure the team's dire situation at point guard. "I want to make this clear: I...

CHICAGO -- Dallas Mavericks guard O.J. Mayo is convinced that Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose will return to action at some point this season rather than sit out the whole year as some have speculated. "Some people say, 'Well (if) you have a chanc...