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Rested Hawks look to keep Mavericks in check
The Hawks hope Monday night's meeting with the visiting Dallas Mavericks has a different result than the last time the teams matched up in Atlanta. ,On Jan. 26 of last season, superstar Luka Doncic scored 73 points in the Mavericks' 148-143 win.,Doncic, who was traded for Atlanta point guard Trae Yo...
Cavaliers use balanced attack to roll past Raptors
Ty Jerome came off the bench to score 26 points, Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley each recorded double-doubles, and the Cleveland Cavaliers led nearly wire-to-wire in a 122-108 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Sunday. ,Jerome has scored at least 24 points in three of his past four games. Do...
Heat clamp down in OT to hold off Mavs
Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 33 points and added nine rebounds and six assists as the host Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks 123-118 in overtime on Sunday night.,Mavericks star Kyrie Irving had 27 points and six assists, while P.J. Washington added 21 points and 10 rebounds. Naji Marshall ...
Cavs out to spoil Raptors' first win streak of season
After successfully bouncing back from their first loss of the season, the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers will attempt to end a rare winning streak by the Raptors when they welcome visiting Toronto to town on Sunday night. ,The Raptors had dropped seven games in a row before beating the Indiana Pacers ...
Bam Adebayo leads well-rested Heat vs. surging Mavs
The well-rested Miami Heat, led by captain Bam Adebayo, are set to host the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.,Miami has been off since Monday, while Dallas beat the host Denver Nuggets 123-120 on Friday night.,Adebayo, 27, is a three-time All-Star, but he appears to be struggling with his role of ca...
Naji Marshall has big night as Mavericks dump Nuggets
Naji Marshall scored a career-high 26 points, P.J. Washington had 22, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 123-120 on Friday night in the NBA Cup West Group C game.,Kyrie Irving finished with 19 points, Quentin Grimes added 14, Daniel Gafford 13 and Dereck Lively II had 11 and t...
Mavs' Luka Doncic out, Nuggets' Nikola Jokic questionable ahead of clash
The Denver Nuggets could get their superstar back, but the Dallas Mavericks know they'll be without theirs when the teams meet on Friday in Denver.,Nikola Jokic, a three-time MVP, missed the Nuggets' recent three-game road trip due to personal reasons. He is listed as questionable for Friday's game,...
Mavericks' Luka Doncic (wrist) out at least one week
Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic is nursing a strained right wrist and will be re-evaluated in one week, the team announced Thursday morning.,Doncic sat out his first game of the season on Sunday due to a right knee contusion. He returned to the floor two days later and scored a game-hig...
Report: Mavericks' Luka Doncic (wrist) out at least a week
Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic is nursing a strained right wrist and will be re-evaluated in one week, ESPN reported Thursday morning.,Doncic sat out his first game of the season on Sunday due to a right knee contusion. He returned to the floor two days later and scored a game-high 26 ...
Cavs dominate injury-depleted Pelicans
Ty Jerome scored a career-high 29 points and made seven 3-pointers as the host Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from their first loss of the season to rout the depleted New Orleans Pelicans 128-100 on Wednesday night., ,Jerome had his career-high after scoring 27 first-half points, Georges Niang sco...
Cavs, smarting from first loss, aim to rebound vs. Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans will do something Wednesday night that no other NBA team has done this season -- face the Cavaliers after Cleveland lost a game.,The Cavaliers, who won a franchise-record 15 games to start the season before losing to the host Boston Celtics 120-117 on Tuesday night, will hos...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics drop Cavaliers to 15-1
Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists on Tuesday to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Cavaliers 120-117, ending Cleveland's season-opening, 15-game winning streak.,The Cavaliers were attempting to become the second team in NBA history to start a season 16-0. The 2015-16...
Mavs post season-high point total, pound Pelicans
Luka Doncic scored 26 points to lead seven Dallas players in double figures and the host Mavericks never trailed while routing the New Orleans Pelicans 132-91 in an NBA Cup game Tuesday night.,Klay Thompson scored 19, Kyrie Irving added 18, former Pelican Naji Marshall had 15, Quentin Grimes logged ...
Jayson Tatum, Celtics drop Cavs to 15-1
Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists on Tuesday to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Cavaliers 120-117, ending Cleveland's season-opening, 15-game winning streak.,The Cavaliers were attempting to become the second team in NBA history to start a season 16-0. The 2015-16...
After string of close losses, Mavs heating up ahead of Pelicans clash
The Dallas Mavericks have played a lot of close games of late.,The results had been unfavorable until the Mavericks followed a blowout victory over San Antonio with a two-point win at Oklahoma City on Sunday.,Dallas will try to notch a third straight win when it hosts the New Orleans Pelicans in an ...
Champion Celtics circle NBA Cup showdown with undefeated Cavaliers
Cleveland visits the Celtics on Tuesday with defending champion Boston shooting to become the first team to defeat the Cavaliers this season. , ,The second NBA Cup game for each team is a rematch of the playoff series dominated by the Celtics last season, when Cavs All-Star Donovan Mitchell was rel...
P.J. Washington shines, Mavericks stave off Thunder
P.J. Washington had a season-high 27 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to lead the visiting Dallas Mavericks to a 121-119 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.,Kyrie Irving added 23 points as the Mavericks led for much of the game despite playing without Luka Doncic, who was out with a br...
Cavaliers beat Hornets, become fourth NBA team to start 15-0
Darius Garland's 25 points and Ty Jerome's 24 points helped carry the Cleveland Cavaliers as they maintained their unbeaten record by beating the visiting Charlotte Hornets 128-114 on Sunday night.,Four Cleveland players had more than 20 points as the Cavaliers extended their franchise-best winning ...
Mavericks' Luka Doncic (knee) ruled out vs. Thunder
Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the host Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right knee contusion.,Sunday's contest is the latter half of a back-to-back set for the Mavericks. Doncic scored 16 points on 6-of-16 shooting from the floor in Dallas' 11...
Thunder, Mavericks seek answers to lingering questions
The last time the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder met, the former eliminated the latter in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.,Now, one day short of six months since that game, the Mavericks and Thunder will square off Sunday in Oklahoma City.,"The playoffs is over," Thunder coac...