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You want players to compete with one another in order to improve. Competition provides a challenge, a challenge proving worth and value.

Sorry y'all, can't watch the game tonight. Something more serious weighing on my mind right now.

By EDDIE SEFKO DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks are 10-3 and tied with Phoenix for the best record in the Western Conference.The best bit of fallout from that was on display after their 104-102 survival test against Sacramento on Friday night.The Mavericks weren't the least bit impressed with themselves after the victory at American Airlines ...

Erick Dampier. An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in a headband. No Mavs player has caused fans more disgust, delight, optimism and pessimism in the past five years.

He's hit 14 of his last 27 3-point attempts to boost his season percentage up to .400. ... The Mavericks swept the series from the Pistons last season, including a 21-point win at the Palace.

Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images. "Let's be bad guys." -Jayne Cobb If last season's Mavs had one defining flaw, it would be their lack of a team identity.

Dirk Nowitzki hit a fallaway 18-footer as time expired in overtime to give the Dallas Mavericks a 115-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.

By EDDIE SEFKO AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Mavericks are 6-3, a massive improvement on the 2-7 record last season after nine games.But that doesn't mean they don't have issues.One of the most concerning is what's happened to them at the end of quarters, when they have too often lost momentum by giving up last-gasp buckets.Look only as far as their ...

Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, and rookie Rodrique Beaubois added 14 points on 6-for-6 shooting to help the Dallas Mavericks beat Detroit 95-90 on Sunday night, snapping the Pistons' winning streak at three games.

The Mavericks may need to update their dictionary. "Winning ugly" has long been a disparaging term to them.

In the latest edition of the around-the-league Weekend Dime column , we look at the five most likely destinations for LeBron James with his foray into free agency exactly 237 days away.

Jason Terry was deadly off the bench, missing just one shot in a 24-point effort, as the Dallas Mavericks rebounded from some early struggles to post a 121-103 win over the Houston Rockets.

Dallas Mavericks players, Mavs owner Mark Cuban and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert got the voting started today for the upcoming 2010 NBA All-Star game, which will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Feb.

The Mavericks have had it easy so far. Six games, 14 days? That's practically a vacation by NBA standards.

Matchup: Mavericks @ Hornets Dallas has opened the season in impressive fashion, falling in their first game to a hot-shooting Wizards team, but then winning their next three against the Lakers, Clippers and Jazz by an average of 10 points.

Kidd re-signed with the Mavericks in July, a three-year deal for $25.3 million. At age 36, he remains one of basketball's best point guards.

You might remember a week ago when somebody in this space said not to panic and wait at least another week or two before getting concerned about the Mavericks after their season-opening loss.

Now THAT was a barnburner. When West got that technical in the fourth, with the Hornets down 3, I was certain that game was done.

Peja Stojakovic hit a game-tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation and Chris Paul scored six of his 39 points in overtime, lifting the New Orleans Hornets to a 114-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

Dirk Nowitzki exploded in the fourth quarter by scoring a club-record 29 points in the final quarter to lift the Dallas Mavericks to a 96-85 win over the Utah Jazz.