Commercial Content 2!+ Game 3 was more of the same from the Dallas Mavericks, who are unable to consistently hit open jump shots. The Warriors deserve all of the credit as they have dared the Mavericks to shoot it at a high clip. Their role players have not, and are now facing the dreaded 3-0 … Read more
The Dallas Mavericks’ weakness has been exposed in the Western Conference Finals vs. the Warriors. Trailing 3-0 entering Tuesday’s Game 4 in Big D, Mark Cuban’s Mavericks need a 7-foot, rim-protecting, shot-blocking center. The “Shark Tank” star needs a big shark to patrol the paint. The Mavericks don’t have cap space this summer – just … Read more
We can debate all day and all of the night what the Knicks crave at this point in their existence, and it’ll be a lively and long deliberation. A team that wins only 37 of its 82 games and finishes a full six games out of the NBA’s 10-team Eastern Conference tournament is in no … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry had 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, Golden State’s defense held Luka Doncic in check, and the Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 112-87 on Wednesday night for a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Doncic scored 20 points but shot just 6 for 18 and 3 of 10 … Read more
Commercial Content 21+ The Dallas Mavericks did it. Chris Paul and the Suns put up one of the worst Game 7s in NBA history and we are set up for a fascinating Western Conference Finals. The series between Dallas and the Golden State Warriors begins with Game 1 Wednesday, May 18 at 9:00 pm ET … Read more
Time gets us all. And in the Mavericks’ dismantling of the top-seeded Suns, Luka Doncic showed his time is now and Chris Paul’s is past. The Mavericks rolled into a 123-90, Game 7 win that was shocking not in the final victor but in how easy that victory was. They led by 42 points after … Read more
Commercial Content 21+ After the first two games, the Phoenix Suns looked like absolute juggernauts. They were painfully efficient, to the point where they averaged over 60 percent from inside the three-point line. However, the past two games have seen the Suns’ two-point field goal percentage crater down to 47.7 percent. There could be a … Read more
Knicks free-agent target Jalen Brunson is a poker-faced point guard on the court, rarely given to emotion, stoic and steady as the Mavericks’ quarterback. But in the interview room during his postgame press conference Sunday afternoon in Dallas, Brunson broke into a smile when somebody asked him what it was like to ruin Chris Paul’s … Read more
Commercial Content 21+ Well, well, that first game of the series went off almost exactly as predicted. If you read my Game 1 prediction of this series, you would’ve seen that I had the Mavericks covering (missed that by a point, ugh), and most importantly, Luka Doncic 40+ points at +630. There were a few … Read more
Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals will feature two of the best teams in basketball. The Dallas Mavericks made quick work of the Utah Jazz without Luka Doncic for most of their first-round series. A similar thing can be said with the Phoenix Suns, who only had Devin Booker for 2 1/2 games in … Read more