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The Dallas Mavericks built a massive lead after pouncing on Portland and survived a late run by the Trail Blazers. Dallas scored the first nine points of the game and led by 26 at one point -- 20 in the fourth quarter. But the Blazers, fueled by a...

DALLAS - As far as off nights go, it wasn't a good one for the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs' two prime competitors for the West's last playoff seed both won. The Los Angeles Lakers held on for a 120-117 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Utah...

How it happened: The Dallas Mavericks played drastically better defense than in their previous two games and got the ball in the hands of their hot frontcourt duo. After allowing 113 points in each of the past two games, the Mavs held th...

Forward Shawn Marion will miss his third consecutive game due to a bruised left calf, coach Rick Carlisle told reporters in Milwaukee. The Mavericks are 6-3 in games missed by their most versatile player this season, but that's a misleading statis...

Vince Carter has earned eight All-Star appearances, the Rookie of the Year award and an Olympic gold medal during a career that has made a strong case for the Hall of Fame. Carter's boss would like to nominate him for another honor. "If we had ...

How it happened: The Dallas Mavericks came out smoking in the second quarter and used their depth to cruise to a win over a tired Minnesota Timberwolves team playing the dreaded Daylight Savings back-to-back. Dallas scored the first 14 points of t...

Mavericks forward Shawn Marion will miss his second consecutive game, Sunday night's matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves, due to a bruised calf. "A couple more days," Marion told reporters when asked after the Mavs' shootaround in Minnesota...

DALLAS -- After 10 losses in 11 games, Rick Carlisle isn't going to complain about a three-game winning streak. But Carlisle isn't getting carried away, either. "It's good to have some tangible, positive results as far as wins, but some of it h...

DALLAS - Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle advised the media a couple of weeks ago not to judge Dirk Nowitzki's performance until the middle of January. Actually, it was more like a demand. So the fact that Nowitzki's numbers - 13.3 points per game...

DALLAS -- This was a glimpse of what the Mavericks hoped their young backcourt would be. Darren Collison and O.J. Mayo, the Mavs' pair of 25-year-old newcomers, pretty much dominated during Monday's 113-98 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. C...

Can the Mavericks keep their winning streak going? With the exception of Friday night, they have a relatively favorable schedule this week. A look at their four foes: Minnesota Timberwolves (7:30 p.m. Monday, American Airlines Center): The Timb...

DALLAS - Coach Rick Carlisle has pinpointed the primary cause of the Mavericks' many turnovers on their recently completed winless road trip. "To be honest, we've done uncharacteristically stupid things," Carlisle said. Such as? "Well, you ...

There's no such thing as a gimme game in the NBA, but this is about as close as it gets to one. The Raptors have lost six straight games and 12 of their last 13. They'll be missing their top two players, point guard Kyle Lowry and forward/center A...

A quick look at the Mavs schedule this week, which features a quick stop at home before heading out on the road for another three-game trip: Sacramento Kings (7:30 p.m. Monday, American Airlines Center): The 7-12 Kings hadn't won on the road this ...

DALLAS - Mark Cuban isn't too mad that his Mavericks are .500 without their lone superstar. "If somebody said, 'OK, 4-4, a couple of disappointing losses without Dirk (Nowitzki) and Shawn Marion, would you take it?'" Cuban said. "Yeah, we'd take i...

DALLAS -- The feel-good vibe buzzing around the Dallas Mavericks last week feels like it was so long ago. This team stinks all the sudden. And that's putting it pretty kindly after the Mavs lost their third game in a row. They followed up their...