This season more than most, the schedule sneaks up on you. There’s only 12 games left for the Lakers in the regular season, and after three straight losses (including back-to-back defeats to the Dallas team right behind them in the standings), they’re holding on tenuously to fifth place in the West. Suddenly, the last two…
Lakers eager to finish road trip on winning note after Dallas struggles — Orange County Register
Dwight Powell scored a season-high 25 points.
Mavericks come from 17 down behind Doncic, Powell to beat Lakers — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
This weekend marks the last time the Lakers will play an opponent twice in a row before the playoffs begin, which is a detail in itself that speaks to the urgency of their series with Dallas. Is it a little bit like a mini-playoff series? Coach Frank Vogel was reluctant to lean into that framing.…
Lakers, Mavericks feel intensity of 2-game series with playoff implications — Daily Breeze
The first person to fear the worst was Anthony Davis himself. He was driving against Nikola Jokic during the second quarter of the Lakers’ Feb. 14 game in Denver… 1,088 more words
Anthony Davis poised to rejoin Lakers’ lineup Thursday in Dallas — Daily News
Former Dallas Mavericks player Maverick Shawn Bradley announced Wednesday that he is paralyzed after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike earlier this year.
Former NBA player Shawn Bradley paralyzed after being struck while riding bike — FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban relented Wednesday and the national anthem will be played before home games this season after the NBA reiterated its “longstanding league policy” to include the song.
Mark Cuban resumes playing national anthem after NBA reiterates policy — WAVY.com
Hands on his hips, Stephen Curry posed, rocked his shoulders back-and-forth and let out a roar. The dramatic variation of his trademark shimmy punctuated a deep shot from the Mavericks’ logo. This was Curry’s ninth of 11 made 3-pointers during a 57-point eruption — an all-time performance even for one of the most decorated players…
Steph Curry’s 57 points not enough and other takeaways from Warriors’ loss to Mavericks — Marin Independent Journal
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – The Utah Jazz continue to blow past their opponents, and are making history along the way. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 17 of his season-high 32 points in the third quarter, while Joe Ingles passed John Stockton to become Utah’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, as the Jazz cruised past Dallas for […]
Bogdanovic scores 32, Ingles passes Stockton, as Jazz extend winning streak to 11 — ABC4 Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – Even without injured superstar Donovan Mitchell, the Utah Jazz had little problem with the Dallas Mavericks, winning its 10th straight game, 106-94. With the win, the Jazz now own the best record in the NBA at 14-4. The ten straight wins is the second longest win streak in the…
Without Donovan Mitchell, Jazz still roll to 10th straight victory, 106-94 — ABC4 Utah
NEW YORK – Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been fined $25,000 for striking Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. in the groin area, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
The incident, for which Murray received a Flagrant Foul 2 and was ejected, occurred with 4:51 remaining in the third quarter of the Nuggets’ 117-113 victory over the Mavericks on Jan. 25 at American Airlines Center.
To view the incident, click on the following link: https://www.nba.com/watch/video/nuggets-vs-mavericks-1-25-21
The NBA called off two more games because of COVID-related and contact tracing issues on Monday, and a person with knowledge of the situation said the Miami Heat were preparing to be without “at least five” players for the next several days because of possible exposure to the coronavirus.
NBA calls off 2 more games over COVID-19-related concerns — The Denver Post
Monday’s game in Dallas between the Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans was postponed by the league, as well as Tuesday’s matchup in Chicago between the Bulls and the Boston Celtics. The league’s general managers were meeting Monday to discuss the league’s current virus situation, with involvement from the National Basketball Players Association. The NBA’s board of governors will meet Tuesday on the topic.
Dallas already had three players in quarantine.
Mavs’ Maxi Kleber enters quarantine; Dallas shuts down practice facility — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
The view from left field 