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DALLAS -- This game was all about the Mavericks' pride, not their puny playoff chances. A box score from Sunday's blowout loss in Houston was printed out and taped on the whiteboard in the front of the home locker room at the American Airlines Cen...

How it happened: The Mavericks got their measure of revenge. A few days after their defensive debacle in Houston, the Mavs won a wild rematch with the Rockets. It isn't like Dallas shut down Houston in this game, but this was a drastic defensiv...

DALLAS - The last time the Mavericks endured a losing season, there was a lot of legitimate, tangible reason for hope. Michael Finley was an established, young franchise cornerstone. Steve Nash turned a corner in his career midway through that sea...

DALLAS - For better or worse, the Mavericks get a rematch with the Houston Rockets. OK, it can't get much worse than Sunday's defensive debacle, when the Rockets torched the Mavs for 44 points in the third quarter en route to a 136-103 blowout. ...

HOUSTON - How did things go so humiliatingly haywire for the Mavericks in the third quarter of what could be considered a high-stakes game? "I don't have an explanation for it," coach Rick Carlisle said after the Mavs' 136-103 loss Sunday to the R...

HOUSTON -- If the Dallas Mavericks manage to sweep the home-and-home series with the Houston Rockets over the next four days, we can continue entertaining their slim hopes of making the playoffs. The reality, however, is that Dallas' 12-year posts...

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki described the Lakers as a "perfect situation" for Dwight Howard earlier this season, which isn't exactly the best way to begin the recruiting pitch in an attempt to bring the NBA's best big man to Dallas. Of course, there's ...

Mavericks' post-title plan was worth risk in order to keep up with rising Thunder.

DALLAS - As much fun as Mark Cuban had at the Mavericks' get-to-know-the-new-guys press conference Monday, he hopes there won't be a similar event next year. Believe it or not, Cuban claims that he hopes the Mavs' roster won't change much next sum...

The Dallas Mavericks' front office has a pair of big-picture options, neither of which is particularly attractive in the immediate future. They can move forward with the plan that has failed so far. Or they can panic. They'll keep the bait read...

It might not have been politically correct for Donnie Nelson to say it in the wake of the Mavs' winless postseason sprint, but he had a point. The Mavericks weren't going to beat this season's Thunder no matter how many members of last season's ti...

Mavs need leading man to carry team so aging Dirk can embrace supporting role.

The Mavs' flameout shows the need for an elite player to pair with Dirk Nowitzki.

DALLAS - Oklahoma City's four best players are all younger than Rodrigue Beaubois. That fact puts into perspective just how much room the Thunder have to grow if the core of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Serge Ibaka sticks toge...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Thunder features the NBA's most explosive scoring trio. Serge Ibaka isn't part of that group. You wouldn't know that by watching Game 1 of this series. Ibaka exploded for 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting in the Thunder's 99-98 ...

We take a look at the games that impact the West playoff picture each morning for the rest of the regular season. Mavs' spot in the standings: The Mavs are back in the sixth seed, a half game ahead of the Nuggets and in possession of the tiebreake...