Dallas Mavericks News

In what might have been a glimpse at the future of this year's NBA final, the top teams from the Eastern and Western conferences squared off on a night Richard Hamilton would like to soon forget. Hamilton has played a lot of basketball in his life, and almost all of it has gone better than Sunday. In a game televised across the U.S. and Canada, Hamilton missed five fourth-quarter free ...

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki left Wednesday night's game against the Toronto Raptors in the first quarter with blurred vision. A team spokesperson said Nowitzki was not poked in the eye and that he would not return to the game. Nowitzki and a team trainer walked off the floor with 1:46 remaining in the first. The five-time all-star had six points and six rebounds in 10 minutes. The defending Western ...

Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard was fined US$5,000 by the NBA on Saturday for shoving San Antonio's Bruce Bowen on Thursday night. The six-foot-seven Howard knocked down Bowen with a hard shove in the second quarter of the Spurs' 97-91 victory. Howard was called for a flagrant foul, penalty one. On Saturday, the league fined Howard and upgraded the foul to a penalty two. A flagrant foul, penalty two is called for ``unnecessary and excessive contact'' and carries ...

Mark Cuban is ready to do whatever David Stern wants. Really. Honestly. He promises. A lot. Stay away from huddles? No problem. Support overseas expansion instead of building the product in the United States? Done. Stop coming up with innovations like the multi-sided 24-second clock and hiring independent shot-clock operators in the playoffs? He's already excited about the extra free time he'll have. ``I'm reborn,'' the owner of the Dallas ...

The Dallas Mavericks will win the NBA title and the Toronto Raptors can look forward to a disappointing 12th-place finish in the Eastern Conference _ at least in a simulation of the 2006-07 season. Electronic Arts simulated the season, using its NBA Live 07 video game. The game has the Mavericks capturing their first NBA title by defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. Mavs forward Dirk Nowitzki is MVP ...

Rookie Maurice Ager scored 16 points, including four free throws in the final 55 seconds, to help the Dallas Mavericks rally for a 93-90 exhibition victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. Dallas, which trailed by 13 in the fourth quarter, ended the game with a 17-1 run, capped by Ager's two free throws with 33 seconds remaining for the final margin. Ager, Dallas' first-round pick from Michigan State, also made two free throws with 55 seconds ...

Mavericks forward Josh Howard agreed to a four-year, US$40 million contract extension Thursday through the 2010-11 season. Howard will play for $1.6 million this season, the last on his existing contract. Howard said he did not want to test the free-agent market after the season. ``I'm glad it's done,'' Howard said before Dallas' pre-season game Thursday night against Milwaukee. ``I knew I wanted to stay here as long as I could. Now I want to continue to play ...

Greg Buckner scored 19 points and Josh Howard added 15 points a few hours after signing a four-year, US$40 million contract extension to send the Dallas Mavericks to their first pre-season victory, 88-71 over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Buckner went 6-for-8 from the field and Howard converted his first five field goal attempts for the Mavericks (1-4). Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki had eight points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots in his first game of ...

Vassilis Spanoulis hit a tiebreaking jumper with 1:25 left and the Houston Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 72-69 in an exhibition game Tuesday night. The teams were tied at 67 when Spanoulis made a 20-footer to give the Rockets the lead for good. Steve Novak added a three-pointer with 37.7 seconds left. Ndudi Ebi made two free throws with 32.3 seconds remaining to get Dallas within three. The Mavericks had a chance to tie it with 10.8 seconds ...

Mo Williams, Charlie Bell and Steve Blake each scored in double figures to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 91-78 victory over the short-handed Dallas Mavericks in a pre-season game Saturday night. Williams, the starting point guard following T.J. Ford's trade to the Toronto Raptors in a deal that brought forward Charlie Villanueva to Milwaukee (2-1), led the Bucks with 13 points. Bell had 12 and Blake had 10 while also playing the point. The trio combined for ...

Mike Bibby scored 19 points, eight during a 26-8 run to open the third quarter as the Sacramento Kings went on to a 111-90 pre-season victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. Ron Artest added 13 points and six rebounds for the Kings in their exhibition opener. Josh Howard and rookie Maurice Ager each had 14 points for the Mavericks (0-2). Dallas shot 39.7 per cent from the field ...

Mavericks coach Avery Johnson has signed a new five-year contract that will keep one of the NBA's most successful young coaches in Dallas through 2011. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In his first full stint as head coach last season, the Mavericks reached the NBA Finals for the first time, losing to the Miami Heat in six games. Johnson, 41, led Dallas to a 60-22 record last season ...

David West was one of the NBA's most improved players last season. He doesn't want to stop there. West scored 17 points and Brandon Bass hit the go-ahead jumper to lift the New Orleans Hornets to an 84-81 victory over Dallas on Tuesday night in a pre-season game without most of the Mavericks' starters. West, who finished second in the voting for the league's most improved player last season, was ...