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Mark Cuban's goal is to make the Dallas Mavericks a championship team again within a two-year window.

DALLAS - For the first time in a dozen years, the Dallas Mavericks won't participate in the playoffs. The Mavs' 12-year streak was snapped Wednesday night when they were officially eliminated due to their home loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns and th...

DALLAS - Mike James has every reason to believe that the Dallas Mavericks are a playoff-caliber team. After all, they are 22-14 since the 37-year-old journeyman guard joined the Mavs on a 10-day deal in January. They are 9-3 in games that James ha...

DALLAS - There's no nice way to put it: The Mavericks have been miserable against the West's best. Dallas has lost 13 of 14 games against the conference's top five teams, including 0-11 against the top four seeds. Six of those losses came by doubl...

Guard Chris Wright, the only player in NBA history known to have multiple sclerosis, will not receive a second 10-day contract from the Dallas Mavericks.

DALLAS - O.J. Mayo has been at his worst against the West's best. Not coincidentally, so have the Mavs. Dallas is 1-12 against the Western Conference's top four seeds this season after Sunday's loss completed the Oklahoma City Thunder's sweep o...

How it happened: The Dallas Mavericks survived a Kevin Durant scoring flurry, but they still couldn't find a way to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder. The NBA's leading scorer lit up the Mavs for 17 of his 31 points during a span of just more than fi...

SAN ANTONIO -- Hey, this was a heck of a lot better than the Mavericks' last trip to the AT&T Center. It just wasn't good enough for a Dallas team desperate for wins. At least the Mavs put up a fight in this meeting against the San Antonio ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan was too dominant. The Dallas Mavericks' stars in Duncan's age range couldn't match him. Duncan, who was well-rested after staying home for the San Antonio Spurs' Tuesday trip to Minnesota, had a vintage performance with 2...

SAN ANTONIO -- Can we be completely honest? OK, good. It took great restraint not to roll our eyes when Rick Carlisle went on and on about his enthusiasm for this team the day after the Dallas Mavericks got routed on the road by the Houston Rocke...

Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion has been ruled out of Thursday's game against the San Antonio Spurs and will be re-evaluated Friday morning by team doctor T.O. Souryal.

At first glance, the math doesn't look too daunting. After winning four of the last five games, the Dallas Mavericks are only three games out of eighth place in the Western Conference. They've given themselves a slim chance at extending the franch...

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...

The Mavs will have to beat the odds to make the playoffs, but they aren't giving up.

How it happened: There was no threat of a third straight Mavericks-Thunder overtime game. This one was over by halftime. Oklahoma City had a 68-44 lead after scoring the most points in any half by a Mavs opponent this season. The Thunder closed th...

DALLAS -- The worst-case scenario for these Mavericks might be sneaking into the playoffs and drawing the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs. By all indications, that series might be just as brief as last season's sweep at the hands of the Mavs' other I...