DALLAS — Daniel Gafford made 7 of his 8 shots Sunday night and scored 18 points in 19 minutes, 8 seconds as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Brooklyn Nets 130-93 at American Airlines Center.
Coach Dusty May’s Dallas Mavericks welcomed the Utah Jazz to American Airlines Center in Dallas as mercurial power forward/center Daniel Gafford helped lead his team in a close game.
DALLAS — Walter Clayton Jr. signed a two-way contract with the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 21, the day of the season opener at the Houston Rockets, and has appeared in 7 of the team’s 8 games without going through training camp.
DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks coach Dusty May has cleared center Daniel Gafford to take one or two 3-pointers late in the shot clock, Gafford said Thursday on 105.3 The Fan’s K&C Masterpiece.
DALLAS — Down 19 points early in the third quarter Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks outscored the San Antonio Spurs 60-44 after halftime and had the ball with a chance to win before falling 112-111 at Frost Bank Center.
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DALLAS — Morez Johnson Jr. scored a career-high 13 points without missing a shot Monday night, and center Daniel Gafford said afterward that the sky is the limit for the Dallas Mavericks rookie.
DALLAS — Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 20 points Monday night, and he still put part of the Dallas Mavericks’ 115-100 loss to the Sacramento Kings on himself.
DALLAS — The Sacramento Kings had given up 128.3 points per game while losing their first six games of the season. On Monday night at American Airlines Center, they held the Dallas Mavericks to 100 points and won 115-100.
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DALLAS — Cooper Flagg told his Dallas Mavericks teammates he was sorry for how he played after Monday night’s 115-100 home loss to the Sacramento Kings, center Daniel Gafford said.
DALLAS — Daniel Gafford is averaging a career-high 2.5 assists through six starts for the Dallas Mavericks, and Mavericks coach Dusty May said before Monday’s game against the Sacramento Kings that the center is playing as well as he has seen him play.
DALLAS — Kyrie Irving scored 16 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter of Friday’s 116-111 win over the Houston Rockets. He had 26 of them after halftime.
DALLAS — Daniel Gafford blocked 2 shots on Friday night and has now recorded multiple blocks in each of the Dallas Mavericks’ first six games. No other player in the NBA has a six-game run like that this season.
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DALLAS — Daniel Gafford made a 3-pointer for the first time in his NBA career Wednesday night, a 23-footer off a Cooper Flagg pass with 8:29 left in the first quarter.
DALLAS — The Oklahoma City Thunder went 5-of-32 from 3-point range Wednesday night, and their unbeaten start ended at American Airlines Center. The Dallas Mavericks won all four quarters in a 120-96 final.
MIAMI — P.J. Washington tied up Giannis Antetokounmpo for three jump balls Monday night and played a game-high 40 minutes, 38 seconds, finishing with 20 points and 9 rebounds in the Dallas Mavericks’ 113-109 win over the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center.
Giannis Antetokounmpo has officially arrived for the Miami Heat. The Heat star forward Antetokounmpo committed a basketball murder during Monday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks.
The Miami Heat looked to notch their first win as they hosted the Dallas Mavericks at Kaseya Center on Monday. The Heat are off to a 0-3 start, with Giannis Antetokounmpo still searching for his maiden victory with his new squad.
Another member of the Dallas Mavericks’ 2024 NBA Finals team could soon be leaving town. The Dallas Mavericks are actively fielding trade offers on center Daniel Gafford, veteran NBA writer Marc Stein reported this week during a podcast appearance.
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