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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 — There was a moment in the fourth quarter Thursday night at American Airlines Center when the building understood it was witnessing something that had never happened before. Cooper Flagg, 19 years old, was putting together the greatest scoring performance by a teenager in NBA history, and he was...

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...

DALLAS — Jason Kidd addressed reporters Friday morning at American Airlines Center in a rare shootaround media session, offering his most direct public comments yet on the Luka Dončić trade and the subsequent remarks made by former owner Mark Cuban that appeared to place blame for the deal squarely on...

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd is tired of talking about the Luka Dončić trade. After Mark Cuban said on the Intersections podcast that Kidd played a role in the Dončić trade last season, Kidd strongly responded while talking to Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News. “When are we going...

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...

DALLAS — Daniel Gafford had been thinking about physicality before the Dallas Mavericks tipped off against the Minnesota Timberwolves. "Really just physicality and pretty much playing with the pace that we play with all the time," Gafford told Dallas Hoops Journal before tip-off when asked about the keys to facing...