With just 6 games on the schedule, Dallas remains on the outside looking in. Sitting at the 11th seed, the Mavs are just a half game back from the Thunder/Lakers. Dallas owns the tiebreaker over the Lakers, but not Oklahoma City. Heading into this final stretch of games, you can’t help but question how motivated Dallas would be, or should …
After three straight games absent by both Kyrie Irving (right foot soreness) and Luka Doncic (left thigh strain), Irving’s return to the lineup was much anticipated. During this three game stretch, an overtime battle with a fifty-loss Spurs team was too close for comfort. Dallas found themselves in overtime play after a miscue by Maxi Kleber that allowed San Antonio …
In just two games played together, the narratives have already quickly surrounded the duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Can they close out games together? Who should get the last shot? These questions rapidly grew louder after Irving’s Maverick home debut. In a game that saw Minnesota with a 26-point lead in the third quarter, it’s rather impressive that …
On Thursday, December 15th the team announced that F Maxi Kleber will be out indefinitely. Kleber was diagnosed with a torn hamstring that will sideline him for a minimum of 6-8 weeks. This is the same injury that Bucks’ F Khris Middleton suffered in 2016, which kept him off the floor for 6 months. Kleber’s injury creates a significant hole …
With two games remaining in the season, the Mavericks currently sit at 50-30 and 4th in the Western Conference. This is their first 50-win season since the 2014-15 season, a year that saw a blockbuster trade to bring in none other than Dwight Powell (and some other guard from Boston). I do, however, believe that without COVID interrupting a hot 2020 …
It doesn’t take an expert to understand the importance of securing a top-4 spot, and home court advantage, in the Western Conference. The Mavericks have won 11 of their last 14, a league best, with key victories coming against Boston, Utah, and the exclamation point dagger coming last night from Spencer Dinwiddie over the Brooklyn Nets. In a game that …
