Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images Mavericks even up the series 1-1 with a great defensive performance The Dallas Mavericks fought back to tie the series with the Los Angeles Clippers with a gutsy defensive performance, winning 96-93. Following that win, Josh Bowe and I went live on YouTube to try to process and make sense of a really grinding defensive battle. This one was a little bit hard to talk about in that it was such a back-and-forth battle, a lot of what happened on defense will require me to get a second look at what Dallas did that was so effective. The Clippers missed a t ..read more

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports The Mavericks were able to pull away from the Clippers late and steal a win in L.A. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday night in Los Angeles, winning 96-93. The series will now move to Dallas with the teams tied at one game a piece. It wasn’t exactly a must-win game for the Mavericks, but being down 2-0 to such a talented team would be almost impossible to come back from. The game was gritty from start to finish, with neither team able to push out to a big lead at any point. But eventually the Mavericks were able to string together some c ..read more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Dallas needs to get a win in Los Angeles eventually, why not now The Dallas Mavericks trail the Los Angeles Clippers in the best of seven first round series. The two teams match up again on Tuesday night, the late game on TNT, starting at 9:00. Everyone drink your coffee, this is going to be a late game! Let’s get to the important stuff: WHO: Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Clippers WHAT: Playoffs? Are you kidding me?! WHERE: crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles California WHEN: 9:00 p.m. CST HOW: TNT and Bally Sports Southwest As far as the injury report goes, Ka ..read more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports I’m in a glass case of emotion! Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast. It jumped up a notch. Before you could say, “You stay classy, San Diego,” the Los Angeles Clippers, who once played in San Diego, jumped out to a 29-point lead in Game 1 en route to a 109-97 win and a 1-0 series lead over the Dallas Mavericks. Almost everything that could go wrong did for the Mavericks. Eventually, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving woke up and mounted a comeback that would fall short. Too little, too late. While Doncic and Irving were able to sha ..read more

Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George (13) drives past Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford (21) and forward Derrick Jones Jr. (55) in the first quarter at Crypto.com Arena. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Just one game into the NBA Playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks appear to have lost the edge with which they ended the regular season. Just one playoff game in, have the Dallas Mavericks already lost their edge? The Mavericks rolled over against the Los Angeles Clippers in Sunday’s Game 1 loss, 109-97, a piss-poor performance for the ages at Crypto.com Arena. Gave the game away with a pi ..read more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Mavericks dropped game one to the Clippers The Dallas Mavericks dropped game one of the their first round series against the Los Angeles Clippers, losing 109-97. The game never really got close, even as the Mavericks closed at the end of the game. It was obvious the Clippers, who led by 29 at one point, took their foot off the gas as the minutes ticked down, letting the Mavericks make the score look better than it actually was. The two teams will face off again on Tuesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles, this time at 9 p.m. Central in the U.S. Dallas wil ..read more

Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images A historically bad second quarterd doomed the Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday afternoon, 109-97. James Harden led a balanced attack for the Clippers, scoring 28 and dishing out eight assists. Luka Doncic scored 33 and Kyrie Irving scored 31 for the Mavericks in defeat. Los Angeles opened the game getting good looks from Ivica Zubac. This resulted in Daniel Gafford picking up two early fouls and the Mavericks turning to Dereck Lively off the bench. Head coach Jason Kidd called his first timeout with Da ..read more

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Bring that prove ‘em wrong energy, no matter the odds A famous recurring sketch from the classic British series Monty Python’s Flying Circus has been rattling around in my head ever since the end of the Dallas Mavericks regular season. “Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!” is the catchphrase deployed as the revered comedy troupe engages in silliness with a purpose. While this satirization has many layers, it became shorthand over the years for inevitable moments of unexpectedness manifesting in personal life and society. We get into routines of narrative ..read more

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