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NEW ORLEANS - After arriving in the NBA, Dirk Nowitzki didn't know whether he could survive 25 games, much less score 25,000 points. Here he is, 15 years later, one of 17 members of the league's exclusive 25,000-point club. "And as he showed t...

Dallas Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki became the 17th member of the NBA's 25,000-point club Saturday.

DENVER - What happened to one of the great closers in NBA history during the fourth quarter of Thursday's down-to-the-wire loss? Dirk Nowitzki essentially disappeared on the offensive end in the final dozen minutes. Nowitzki didn't score a sing...

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 - When O.J. Mayo glanced at the box score after Wednesday night's win, the career-high 12 assists in his line looked good. The zero turnovers looked even better. "Just trying to be a playmaker, you know?" Mayo said with a grin. Maybe tha...

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...

HOUSTON -- Anthony Morrow will have to keep waiting to score his first point for the Dallas Mavericks. Coach Rick Carlisle said Morrow will be inactive due against the Houston Rockets due to a hip injury. The sharpshooting Morrow has been score...

How it happened: After struggling to score for most of the fourth quarter, the Dallas Mavericks pulled off a stunning comeback in the final minute. Hornets forward Ryan Anderson's 3-pointer with a little less than a minute remaining felt like a da...

Dallas Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki returned to the lineup Monday in a 112-91 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder after missing the previous two games with a strained right thigh muscle.

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki didn't score more than 20 points in a game during his first month of action this season, but he believes he's on the path back to his norm. "Basically with me not having training camp, training camp's almost over," said Nowi...

How it happened: O.J. Mayo and Chris Kaman made a pretty strong closing duo. Mayo and Kaman combined to score seven consecutive baskets down the stretch. Mayo had three buckets and assisted on three of Kaman's four field goals during the span, in ...

DALLAS -- Derek Fisher's debut with the Dallas Mavericks was a success despite his cringe-inducing line in the box score. These were the only numbers Fisher cared about Saturday night: Mavs 92, Pistons 77. "The best part about tonight is our te...

Darren Collison didn't exactly make the Pacers regret their decision to give his job to George Hill. Hill stuffed the box score Friday night with 15 points, seven assists, five rebounds and two steals, making five of his seven shots from the floor...

PHILADELPHIA -- It didn't take Dwayne Harris long to start thinking about six points on the punt with the score tied a little more than a minute into the fourth quarter. "When the ball left his foot," Harris said. Harris knew he had a chance to...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jerry Jones doesn't want to hear that the Cowboys' five-point win over the 1-5 Carolina Panthers wasn't a work of art. "Candidly, the win, to get out on the upper end of that score, was beautiful to me," Jones said after the 19-...

BALTIMORE -- After most of the media horde left his locker Sunday afternoon, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant asked for an opinion about the failed two-point conversion that would have tied the score with 36 seconds remaining. Want the trut...