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MIAMI -- The Dallas Mavericks know the 3-pointer must be a money ball for them if they have any shot of dinging a quick and rugged Miami Heat defense. Dallas has been dominant from beyond the arc all postseason, shooting it at 38.8 percent -- two ...

DALLAS -- The hope that Dallas' defense would be ahead of its offense? Well, that might be the case, but that's not saying much. Since going on a run after an 11-11 tie, the Heat have not looked back and the Mavs have looked horrendous. Already...

DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks' zone defense was so effective last season -- whether it was early in the year to throw a wrench at teams in crunch time or in the NBA Finals to force the more athletic Miami Heat into a bombs-away approach -- that it w...

DALLAS -- On Thursday, just three days before the Dallas Mavericks are to begin their title defense against the Miami Heat, coach Rick Carlisle said the secret to any early success for his retooled team on the fly starts with simplicity. "Simplici...

The final game of the Dallas Mavericks' championship run was played against the Miami Heat and it now appears their title defense will begin the same way. Just two weeks into its "nuclear winter," the NBA appears headed back to work after a marath...

DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks spent the season preaching defense. But, three games into the NBA Finals and trailing the Miami Heat, 2-1, defense is not the problem. The Mavs have held LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and company to an average of 91.0 po...

MIAMI -- How is it possible that the Mavericks trail by four, 75-71, heading into the fourth quarter? The Heat dominated the third quarter with a flurry of dunks and suffocating defense. Yet just as Miami looked to be setting the Mavs up for an ea...