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DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are off the NBA’s Christmas Day schedule for the first time since 2019. Dallas had played on Christmas in six straight seasons. The NBA announced its five Christmas games Tuesday morning. The San Antonio Spurs visit the New York Knicks at 11 a.m. CT, with the...

NBA free agency opens at 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, and the Dallas Mavericks have two of their own free agents drawing interest from rival teams. Guard Brandon Williams and big man Marvin Bagley III are each unrestricted, each coming off a productive run in Dallas, and each has surfaced as...

DALLAS — Defenses have had a plan for Cooper Flagg all season when they face the Dallas Mavericks. Put the best defender on him, load up against the drive, and make him beat you from the perimeter. On Thursday night at American Airlines Center, the strategy fell apart. Flagg pulled...

DALLAS — Most nights at American Airlines Center, before the arena fills and the lights come up, two players share the floor during pregame warmups without much fanfare. One is 19 years old and averaging 20.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 4.5 assists across 65 games as the centerpiece of a...

DALLAS — Cooper Flagg watched the Milwaukee Bucks attempt 54 three-pointers on Tuesday night. He was not going to pretend the number did not matter. "A lot of stuff, but I think just helping each other out, rotating," Flagg said after the Dallas Mavericks lost 123-99 at Fiserv Forum. "Obviously, we...

DALLAS — Jason Kidd knows exactly where Friday night's game against the Orlando Magic will be won or lost for the Dallas Mavericks. "Their ability to get to the free-throw line — that's something we have to limit," Kidd told Dallas Hoops Journal before tip-off at American Airlines Center. "They're...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are limping home. Coming off a 123-99 beatdown in Milwaukee on Tuesday night — their second loss in as many days on a back-to-back that saw Daniel Gafford exit in the second quarter with a right shoulder stinger — the Mavericks (24-52) return to American Airlines...

MILWAUKEE — A shorthanded Dallas Mavericks team was handed another defeat on Tuesday night, falling 123-99 to the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum. The loss dropped Dallas to 24-52 on the season and extended a brutal stretch defined as much by the injury report as the scoreboard. The Mavericks arrived...

DALLAS — Cooper Flagg usually has the answers. On Monday night at American Airlines Center, the Minnesota Timberwolves made him work for every one of them. The rookie finished with 12 points on 5-of-19 shooting in a 124-94 loss. It was a grind from the jump. While the box score...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The headlines from Friday night's 100-93 Dallas Mavericks win at Moda Center will center on Cooper Flagg's historic first half. Rightfully so. But the player who closed the game, broke a 92-92 tie with just over two minutes remaining, and structurally dismantled Portland's interior defense for 27...