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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"> <title>Mavs Moneyball - All Posts</title> <subtitle>Rick Carlisle approved.</subtitle> <icon>https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50869/mmb-fav.png</icon> <updated>2025-04-02T23:15:00-05:00</updated> <id>http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/rss/current/</id> <link type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/" rel="alternate"/> <entry> <published>2025-04-02T23:15:00-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-02T23:15:00-05:00</updated> <title>Player Grades: Recapping Mavericks vs. Hawks</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="Atlanta Hawks v Dallas Mavericks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/BmWhtFRxbq_pBfqIdUc_vtUF3do=/0x0:3993x2662/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74000827/2208229840.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Assigning Grades for the Mavericks in their 120–118 win over the Hawks</p> <p id="qYt2de">The <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/">Dallas Mavericks</a> welcomed the <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> to Texas on Wednesday night, looking to sweep the season series between the teams while strengthening their <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399629/nba-play-in-schedule-announced-playoff-spots-mavericks-suns-kings-clippers-timberwolves-grizzlies">Play-In Tournament</a> positioning in the Western Conference. The Hawks didn’t go easily, but the Mavs got the result they needed, <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24400074/mavericks-vs-hawks-recap-3-things-from-dallas-120-118-win-against-atlanta">winning 120-108</a>. This win combined with the <a href="https://www.nba.com/standings">Sacramento Kings</a> dropping one to the <a href="https://www.bulletsforever.com/">Washington Wizards</a> resulted in a full-game bump in the standings for Dallas.</p><p id="icmkBK">This was a great win and had a lot of excitement down the stretch, but a fair assessment of the game means we have to recognize the non-existent defense that was played over the first three quarters. Continuing an alarming (and long-standing) trend this season, the Mavs seem almost incapable of guarding the three. Perhaps a better descriptor is unwilling. Whether it is the defensive mandate or simply a shortcoming, the Mavs need to get this fixed. They watched the Hawks attempt 38 threes (connecting at 38.5%) with many being of the completely wide open variety. They are fortunate that didn’t cost them a second straight loss.</p><p id="BSXPGc">On a positive note, after a season filled with injury after injury after injury, the Mavs have now strung together back-to-back games where players actually returned! After Daniel Gafford came back to the lineup Monday, Dereck Lively II further bolstered the big man rotation tonight following a 36-game absence. Let’s get to the grades!</p><h2 id="3M3PIN">Spencer Dinwiddie: B</h2><h3 id="FW60H6">14 Points / 4 Rebounds / 10 Assists / 2 Steals / 0 Blocks (33 Minutes)</h3><p id="4WcbY8">Dinwiddie had a really nice game going but overshadowed it with back-to-back poor shots late in the fourth quarter. Both of those misses resulted in scores on the other end which put the Mavs in jeopardy of dropping a second consecutive must-win. He then missed a layup a few moments later, though he received a hot potato pass on a busted play for that one. Despite those blemishes, he did have a double-double, shot well (save for the glaring ones mentioned above) and had a few very heady defensive plays that will not show up on any stat sheet.</p><h2 id="O6xglt">Klay Thompson: A</h2><h3 id="Davjh4">17 Points / 4 Rebounds / 2 Assists / 1 Steal / 1 Block (29 Minutes)</h3><p id="7KCakd">Game-tying three with less than a minute remaining in the game? That’s why he’s here. Awesome defense to cause your matchup to fall out of bounds and commit a turnover to set up a game-winner? Yeah, why not? It wasn’t Thompson’s best game but he played better than the box score shows and did exactly what he is here to do – shoot like a sniper (5-for-9 on threes) – and then some. Interesting observation: in the closing moments AD had his back to the basket with Thompson behind the arc on the same side of the court. The Hawks could do nothing more that feign a double-team, knowing if they closed on Davis in the most logical way possible, it would leave Thompson wide open for a three. This could be a simple, obvious and ruthless combination going forward.</p><h2 id="PhrxIT">Naji Marshall: C+</h2><h3 id="KXB8yB">6 Points / 2 Rebounds / 8 Assists / 0 Steals / 0 Blocks (35 Minutes)</h3><p id="VKCVvg">Naji had a decently well-rounded game but did relatively little despite leading the team in minutes. He missed all three of his three-point attempts and shot only 33.3% on six shots overall. A nice assist total was the highlight, but this was otherwise largely forgettable.</p><h2 id="gzOO5T">Anthony Davis: A+</h2><h3 id="uxQkgp">34 Points / 15 Rebounds / 2 Assists / 1 Steal / 5 Blocks (30 Minutes)</h3><p id="cH5Lso">In a game where defense was apparently the most offensive four-letter word ever uttered for the first three quarters, Davis had an amazing sequence where he basically played one-on-three, blocking consecutive shots before hauling in a rebound and getting fouled. Aside from that, he went beast-mode. He did have a few too many turnovers, but there was nothing else you could be unhappy about here. He was right at his season average in points and rebounds by the time he took a breather in the third quarter with four minutes remaining. He nailed a very difficult shot that proved to be the game-winner and then played solid defense against Trae Young to force an air-ball and seal the deal. All this in a game where he missed nearly the entire second quarter after taking a friendly-fire shot above the right eye from Daniel Gafford.</p><h2 id="ESkZFY">Dereck Lively: B</h2><h3 id="uOke5p">4 Points / 5 Rebounds / 1 Assist / 0 Steals / 1 Block (16 Minutes)</h3><p id="gaLiag">Lively, like Gafford Monday night, did not look like he missed extended time. Also like Gafford last game, this was in no small part due to minutes-management, but all in all he made the most of his time and looked good doing it, even delivering a spot-on assist to AD for an alley-oop finish.</p><h2 id="LxYWDM">Daniel Gafford: B+</h2><h3 id="rLOxJ5">11 Points / 6 Rebounds / 0 Assists / 0 Steals / 1 Block (20 Minutes)</h3><p id="OOFHxZ">Gafford converted on five of his seven shots and jammed up the paint whenever he was on the floor. He committed far too many fouls (5) to muddy things up a bit, but really gave it his all in his second game back from injury. He had a few close-outs in a game where that was a rarity and contributed to more rebounds than he himself collected, simply by bodying out the Hawks underneath.</p><h2 id="Iy6qIU">Max Christie: C</h2><h3 id="B2wmdz">11 Points / 3 Rebounds / 0 Assists / 0 Steals / 0 Blocks (25 Minutes)</h3><p id="M8tBjZ">Christie is about one half-inch away from being what he was when he first arrived. Shooting only 3-for-10 from the floor, it felt like he easily could have shot 7-for-10 given the number of shots that were halfway down only to rim out. Hopefully he can identify a couple of small tweaks and start seeing his shot fall like it was in February.</p><h2 id="VXO2LN">Jaden Hardy: B+</h2><h3 id="MOMpdy">13 Points / 1 Rebound / 3 Assists / 1 Steal / 0 Blocks (22 Minutes)</h3><p id="yRRYvv">Hardy showed his not-so-pretty point guard form and his much prettier shooting guard form. I’ve commented on this before and here we are again. He either needs to develop into a better point guard soon, or Jason Kidd needs to stop letting him orchestrate as frequently. Drawing an offensive foul in each of the third and fourth quarters directly contributed to the Mavs building a lead after trailing much of the game. He went 5-for-9 overall and 3-for-4 on threes.</p><h2 id="ADaf4q">Caleb Martin: B+</h2><h3 id="D9DaVG">8 Points / 1 Rebound / 1 Assist / 2 Steals / 0 Blocks (28 Minutes)</h3><p id="5gYzOZ">Watching Martin tonight gave me vibes of former-Mav Eduardo Najera. They are certainly different players, particularly in that Martin can (and did tonight) effectively run the offense, but tonight Martin seemed to do much more than the box score shows. Like Najera used to play, Martin played good defense, got on the floor and had a few nice athletic drives. His grade may seem disproportionately high to some, but watching him play tonight showed a healthier version than we’ve yet seen and he was a positive influence on the game.</p> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/dallas-mavericks-game-coverage/2025/4/2/24399954/mavericks-vs-hawks-recap-mavs-win-120-118-ad-anthony-davis"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/dallas-mavericks-game-coverage/2025/4/2/24399954/mavericks-vs-hawks-recap-mavs-win-120-118-ad-anthony-davis</id> <author> <name>Michael.Harris_80MPH</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-02T22:04:25-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-02T22:04:25-05:00</updated> <title>Mavericks vs. Hawks Recap: 3 things from Dallas’ 120-118 win against Atlanta</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="NBA: Atlanta Hawks at Dallas Mavericks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dShycm2ZluCS-a47LQvUVV5-SuU=/0x0:4092x2728/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74000754/usa_today_25833179.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Anthony Davis’ game-winner gives Dallas a big win</p> <p id="eZTVs1">The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Atlanta Hawks 120-118 Wednesday night in Dallas in a thrilling game that came down to the final possession for both teams.</p><p id="gqvaaP">Anthony Davis hit a floater on the move with 3.4 seconds remaining to give Dallas the final lead, before then defending Trae Young on the ensuing possession to secure the win. It was a big win for Dallas, since the Sacramento Kings lost to the Washington Wizards earlier today. The Mavericks win now gives them a game-and-a-half lead for the ninth seed.</p><p id="x7YMMn">It wasn’t a pretty game, with the Hawks being on the second night of a back-to-back, and Dallas’ defense looking suspect for most of the game, but a win is a win.</p><p id="CzSFZr">Here’s what we noticed.</p><h2 id="ruBjpG">Anthony Davis balls out</h2><p id="p74kT5">There hasn’t been a lot of fun moments in Dallas since Anthony Davis arrived after the Luka Doncic trade, but Wednesday night was definitely fun. Davis had by far his best game as a Maverick, with 34 points, 15 rebounds, and five blocks.</p><p id="x8BS1S">Obviously there was no bigger play for Davis then his game-winning floater with 3.4 seconds left. Dallas got the ball to Davis, cleared the floor and let him go to work quickly and Davis delivered. </p><p id="FE5Aou">Davis was everywhere, scoring buckets down low, in the midrange, and he even made two three pointers. Atlanta guarded him straight up, so Davis used his face-up game from the mid-post to either quickly get into the paint or make comfortable mid-range jumpers. Once Atlanta decided to double, Davis wasn’t as effective, but his teammates consistently made shots for most of the night even if Davis didn’t have a big assist game.</p><p id="UwvWsk">He was also really fun in transition, punctuated by an awesome lob finish from Davis after a beautiful setup from the freshly returned Dereck Lively. It wasn’t a perfect night (Davis still doesn’t seem completely healthy, and doesn’t want to play much defense outside the paint, which the Hawks took advantage of a few times), but Davis is finally starting to look like himself after the long injury layoff.</p><h2 id="LMWwsB">Dereck Lively is back</h2><p id="Sg1dcA">After suffering a stress fracture in his ankle in January, Mavericks center Dereck Lively finally made his return against Atlanta on Wednesday. Lively had a pretty strict minutes restriction, only playing 16 minutes, but it was good to see him on the court.</p><p id="NYLhdb">Lively started next to Davis, and it was a pretty fun pairing, especially when Lively found Davis for a lob in the third quarter. Lively didn’t do too much in his time, with just four points and five rebounds, but he moved well and didn’t get hurt again. Which honestly, that’s all Mavs fans can hope for right now.</p><h2 id="psdt4T">It’s easy to win games when you make all your shots</h2><p id="9sEqCM">The Atlanta Hawks stink, especially their defense. Dallas could not afford a rough offensive game against this team, and thankfully they delivered. Dallas’ offense threw in just about everything they put up tonight, shooting 53.5 percent from the floor and 45.5 from three.</p><p id="bFdCAE">Atlanta had no answers for Davis, clearly, but they also didn’t really have answers for anyone else. Trae Young’s size causes a lot of cascading issues for Atlanta defensively, and you can see that by scanning the box score and seeing how well Dallas’ perimeter players operated: Dallas starting guards, Spencer Dinwiddie and Klay Thompson, combined for 31 points on 7-of-14 shooting from three. Thompson’s three pointer with under a minute remaining tied the game and kept Dallas connected enough for Davis’ heroics in the final seconds.</p><p id="0hG2Rs">This wasn’t a clean game for the Mavericks, as their defense was Swiss cheese for most of the night, and their fourth quarter offense got goofy and allowed the Hawks back in it. With the Hawks on the second night of a back-to-back and Dallas at home, this really should have been a more comfortable win for the Mavericks. But with how things have been going lately, any win is a good win. Dallas moves on.</p> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24400074/mavericks-vs-hawks-recap-3-things-from-dallas-120-118-win-against-atlanta"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24400074/mavericks-vs-hawks-recap-3-things-from-dallas-120-118-win-against-atlanta</id> <author> <name>Josh Bowe</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-02T18:30:00-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-02T18:30:00-05:00</updated> <title>Mavericks vs Hawks Preview, Injury Report, and Game Preview: Bounce back or dead cat bounce? </title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="Dallas Mavericks v Atlanta Hawks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2KsZdnKBBEjpk4TSMTgDE7vPj8A=/0x0:4409x2939/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/74000495/2186113851.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Photo by Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Dallas should win this game, but they also should’ve won the last game </p> <p id="ChnC9R">The <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Dallas Mavericks</a> (37-39) host the <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com">Atlanta Hawks</a> (36-39) Wedesday night at home in the American Airlines Center. Dallas is coming off a rather inexplicable loss to the <a href="https://www.netsdaily.com">Brooklyn Nets</a> where the team collectively lost their minds just long enough to fall to an openly tanking team. The Hawks meanwhile have already punched their ticket to the NBA Play-In tournament and dont’t have much to play for at all. That resulted in the Hawks getting swatted by the Portland Trailblazers at home on Tuesday night. Yes, that means Atlanta is playing on the back end of a back-to-back. Here’s the things you need to know:</p><ul><li id="YA6Pso"><strong>WHO: </strong>Dallas Mavericks vs Atlanta Hawks</li><li id="EXJfdQ"><strong>WHAT: </strong>Another attempt to get closer to .500</li><li id="GRe3Jy"><strong>WHERE: </strong>American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas</li><li id="hYhifm"><strong>WHEN: </strong>7:30<strong> </strong>pm CST</li><li id="vsJ9Ir"><strong>HOW</strong>: KFAA, MavsTV, and <a href="https://www.playback.tv/mavsmoneyball">Playback with Kirk and David</a></li></ul><div class="c-float-right"><div id="TymtxJ"><div data-anthem-component="aside:12458888"></div></div></div><p id="jS4GP0">The injury report is much the same as against the Brooklyn Nets: Kyrie Irving, Dante Exum, and Olivier-Maxence Prosper are all out. Dereck Lively is listed as questionable! Anthony Davis and Caleb Martin are listed as probable. Daniel Gafford isn’t on the report at all! The Hawks are missing a lot of guys: Kobe Bufkin, Clint Capela, Jalen Johnson, and Larry Nance Jr. all won’t suit up for Atlanta. </p><p id="jIcr69">This is another game Dallas should win. Alas, I said that Monday and they lost. Atlanta is struggling because they aren’t good, it’s the second night of a back-to-back, and because they have little to play for other than pride. </p><p id="NX45uG">As you can tell below, you can join me and some other Mavs Moneyball guys in a room on Playback (embedded below) during the game (though I may not be able to start it until halftime). Also, consider joining Josh and I on Pod Maverick <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Pod_Maverick"><strong>live after the game on YouTube</strong></a>, we should start after the game. Thanks so much for spending time with us here at Mavs Moneyball. Let’s go Mavs! </p><div id="mcy8T0"> <title>mavsmoneyball</title> <div id="playback-embed" style="height: 900px; width: 100%"></div> <script src="https://www.playback.tv/embed/v1.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> new Playback.Embed("playback-embed", { room: "mavsmoneyball", style: { height: "100%", width: "100%" }, }); </script> </div> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399825/mavericks-vs-hawks-preview-start-time-tv-stream-injury-report-how-to-watch"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399825/mavericks-vs-hawks-preview-start-time-tv-stream-injury-report-how-to-watch</id> <author> <name>Kirk Henderson</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-02T13:51:08-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-02T13:51:08-05:00</updated> <title>MMBets: How to bet the Dallas Mavericks vs Atlanta Hawks</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="Brooklyn Nets v Dallas Mavericks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/y6Vw5myxEctFd8WhnVSQUeVVE2k=/0x0:3745x2497/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73999760/2207399405.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Dallas needs to right their wrong from Monday</p> <p id="ceqXRL">The Mavericks are looking to bounce back from an embarrassing loss to the Nets on Monday. Their opportunity will come against the Hawks on Wednesday night, without starters Jalen Johnson and Clint Capela. Dallas will have a major size advantage, as they did Monday, and could receive even more depth if Dereck Lively makes his return. It should be a Mavericks paint party, but Atlanta has the shooting to take advantage of the Mavericks’ insistence on scoring inside the line.</p><h2 id="RYyr9X"><strong>Game Details</strong></h2><p id="Szctuy">Fixture: <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Dallas Mavericks</a> vs <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com">Atlanta Hawks</a> | NBA 2024-2025</p><p id="PvDqp6">Date and Time: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025; 7:30 PM CST</p><p id="soVpYk">Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX.</p><h2 id="686tKX"><strong>Outcome Odds</strong></h2><ul><li id="lK1Zxs">Spread: Dallas -4 (-110)</li><li id="01oxgh">O/U 240.5 (-110/-110)</li><li id="IbmG1e">Mavs ML: -166</li></ul><p id="G1MVRG"><a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/event/atl-hawks-%40-dal-mavericks/32065177?category=odds&amp;subcategory=game-lines" rel="nofollow sponsored">Odds up to date as of 1:30 PM CST from DraftKings</a></p><p id="y4Q8jx">Dallas should win this game. They are historically very good at bouncing back under Jason Kidd and against a smaller and depleted Atlanta team, they have a great opportunity to do just that. Take Dallas to win (-166).</p><h2 id="CU6SgH"><strong>Player Props</strong></h2><ul><li id="43OtqH">Dyson Daniels over 14.5 points (-110)</li><li id="IMNLIn">Naji Marshall to get 20+ points + rebounds (+125)</li></ul><p id="Iin9xl">Daniels had 17 against the Mavericks earlier this year and is the embodiment of the player archetype that kills the Mavericks. Marshall has taken 14+ shots in three of the last four games and will be able to take advantage of a soft Hawks defense, especially in the non-restricted area paint. </p><h2 id="UitniG"><strong>Play of the Day</strong></h2><ul><li id="07Od8a">Under 240.5 points (-110)</li></ul><p id="y6Nx1d">This line is absurdly high for a team that just has not scored with ease since Anthony Davis came back. They have not gone over this line in any game Davis has played and won’t tonight.</p> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399759/mmbets-how-to-bet-the-dallas-mavericks-vs-atlanta-hawks-naji-marshall-anthony-davis"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399759/mmbets-how-to-bet-the-dallas-mavericks-vs-atlanta-hawks-naji-marshall-anthony-davis</id> <author> <name>David Trink</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-02T11:30:00-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-02T11:30:00-05:00</updated> <title>NBA Play-in schedule announced for final playoff spots</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="Sacramento Kings v Dallas Mavericks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JPZgd7tPsJNc4QCbL-bp1eDpvNY=/0x0:3922x2615/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73999378/2203162883.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>The Dallas Mavericks are still fighting for a play-in spot, with a collection of Western Conference teams still shuffling in the standings.</p> <p id="n5vFAh"><a href="https://www.nba.com/news/nba-play-in-tournament">The NBA has released the schedule for the league’s play-in games</a>, where final spots in both the Western and Eastern conference playoffs will be determined. At the end of the regular season teams that finish between seventh and tenth in their respective conferences will face-off to secure the seventh and eighth seeds in the <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba-playoffs">NBA Playoffs</a>. </p><div id="kbZosC"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The schedule for the 2025 <a href="https://twitter.com/SoFi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SoFi</a> NBA Play-In Tournament ⬇️<br><br>More information will be provided as it is finalized. <a href="https://t.co/AzHg5r9eeE">pic.twitter.com/AzHg5r9eeE</a></p>— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1907455755910869284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><p id="LPfU0A">The regular season teams in seventh and eighth will play each other (homecourt to seventh), the winner going on to secure the seventh spot. The loser of that game gets one more crack at the playoffs by facing the winner of the game between the ninth and tenth place team. Winner of that game grabs the eighth and final spot, losers are eliminated.</p><p id="ZT4Rl4">The structure of these games gives advantage to the teams in seventh and eighth place from the regular season, allowing them two chances at making the playoffs. While the ninth and tenth place teams will need to win two straight to make the postseason.</p><p id="v8TKQp"><a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24398747/in-gaffords-return-the-mavericks-are-left-with-questions-for-the-offseason-anthony-davis-free-agency">This schedule obviously greatly matters to the </a><a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Dallas Mavericks</a>, who as of this writing find themselves just a half game ahead of the Sacramento Kings for the ninth spot.</p><figure class="e-image"> <img alt=" " data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/57r4X1B8dlr-RXwY454eLWuItvw=/400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25936772/Untitled.jpg"> </figure><p id="LFTCUH">Should the season end today the Mavericks would host the Kings in their first play-in game, slated for the evening of April 16 on ESPN (time to be determined). If the Mavericks were to win that game, they would go on to face on April 18 the loser of a game against the <a href="https://www.canishoopus.com">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> and Los Angeles Clippers, their game scheduled for April 15 on TNT. </p><p id="9299ot">There is still some shuffling among these teams that is worth monitoring. It is nearly impossible for the Mavericks to move up in these standings, but they are just a half game ahead of the Kings and only two games ahead of the <a href="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com">Phoenix Suns</a>. On the other end, the Timberwolves are currently tied in record with the sixth place Memphis Grizzlies, who are currently in a tail spin. Still plenty to be resolved before these games take place in two weeks time.</p> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399629/nba-play-in-schedule-announced-playoff-spots-mavericks-suns-kings-clippers-timberwolves-grizzlies"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24399629/nba-play-in-schedule-announced-playoff-spots-mavericks-suns-kings-clippers-timberwolves-grizzlies</id> <author> <name>Jordan Brodess</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-02T07:00:00-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-02T07:00:00-05:00</updated> <title>In Gafford’s return the Mavericks are left with questions for the offseason</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="Brooklyn Nets v Dallas Mavericks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ErAkl9gMbJTkcP7npIRu-8Y_emI=/0x0:3970x2647/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73998696/2207874726.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Dallas has little time left to judge its new roster</p> <p id="07FKiZ"><a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Dallas Mavericks</a> center Daniel Gafford returned to the lineup after missing the previous 21 games due to injury, starting alongside Anthony Davis <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/3/31/24398379/mavericks-vs-nets-final-score-dallas-loss-brooklyn-113-109-davis-gafford-recap">in a 113-109 loss to the Brooklyn Nets at home on Monday night</a>. For his part Gafford brought the same effort, athleticism, and intensity that he offers every time he steps on the floor, <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/dallas-mavericks-game-coverage/2025/3/31/24398370/stats-rundown-4-numbers-to-know-from-the-mavericks-113-109-loss-to-the-brooklyn-nets">posting 17 points and seven rebounds in just 19 minutes</a>.</p><p id="7dSEaU">In what’s felt like a never ending feedback loop that only results in injury, Gafford looked banged up in the final moments of the game, though he told reporters after he is fine and was able to walk it off. Still, Monday’s showing was a microcosm of where Dallas is now and what they face heading into the offseason.</p><p id="8BAxZn">Since the Feb. 1 trade that sent Luka Doncic to Los Angeles and sent this franchise into tailspin the Mavericks have lacked direction. Some of this is obviously self-imposed and the rest feels nothing short of karmic retribution. Davis suffered prolonged injury sustained in his Feb. 8 debut, only for Gafford to go down days later. They’ve collectively missed 40 games in that time. This doesn’t account for the 36 straight games Dereck Lively II has missed since January, the 15 games PJ Washington has missed since the trade, and Kyrie Irving’s catastrophic injury in early March that will see him out deep into next season.</p><p id="FO78vd">Looking past a trade that is devoid of logic, how do the Mavericks even know what they have? Full credit is given to the players and its staff for not punting the season at several forks in the road the last month, even if one could argue it was already too late. But with so few games remaining, plus one or two play-in games, the front office has little time to make assessments or form a direction.</p><p id="LObt2h">Monday’s game presented two very distinct storylines of this team’s future. There were moments where the size, length and athleticism of Dallas’ front court was overwhelming Brooklyn — a clear path for a healthy version of this team, if that is ever possible. Of the 109 Mavericks points, 56 were in the paint. And the inverse of that was the Nets spread the Mavericks’ defense out, neutralized their size and length, and buried them under a barrage of threes. Brooklyn, who is 27th this season in three-point percentage, shot 40-percent from three and hit 20 on their way to outscoring the Mavericks 60-30 from the perimeter. </p><p id="w8YtM7">“This was just a low energy and effort game,” Kidd stated after the game when asked if three-point defense will be a challenge when playing two bigs like they did Monday. “That’s the two things we talked about before, is our effort and energy. Our energy, we got to pick that up.”</p><p id="1iHxQr">Kidd is right in the sense that defensive impact, especially in rotation on the perimeter, is largely effort and energy. But few things should be investigated closer going forward than whether or not the Mavericks can slow down opponent three-point shooting with this new look. The sample sizes are ultra-small, but so far the two-man defensive rating of Davis and Gafford together is a stale 139.5 (just 21 minutes in two games). If you add in Washington, that three-man lineup in 14 minutes over two games has a 124.1 defensive rating.</p><p id="lqcNfn">The Mavericks have six regular season games left, and currently cling to one of the final two play-in spots. Lively is likely on his way back, soon filling out this version of the Mavericks before the offseason. Without Irving we’ll not see them fully whole before entering what is the most important offseason in Nico Harrison’s general manager career. But he gets a handful of games to see what the team is right now, and what they need this summer to fill in the gaps through the draft of free agency.</p> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24398747/in-gaffords-return-the-mavericks-are-left-with-questions-for-the-offseason-anthony-davis-free-agency"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/2/24398747/in-gaffords-return-the-mavericks-are-left-with-questions-for-the-offseason-anthony-davis-free-agency</id> <author> <name>Jordan Brodess</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-01T19:58:03-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-01T19:58:03-05:00</updated> <title>3 nuggets to chew on as the Mavericks look to bounce back against the Atlanta Hawks</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="Dallas Mavericks v Atlanta Hawks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ehoA8gfWCvk8p_xDpZdi1n9i6SQ=/0x0:5159x3439/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73998192/2187020836.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Bogdan Bogdanovic #13 of the Atlanta Hawks drives against Daniel Gafford #21 of the Dallas Mavericks during the fourth quarter at State Farm Arena on November 25, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Who’s hungry for some Dallas Mavericks basketball?</p> <p id="vzn0x5">Through injury and apathy, the <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Dallas Mavericks</a> (37-39) continue to play basketball. </p><p id="yRAWUc">The <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com">Atlanta Hawks</a> (36-38) will visit American Airlines Center on Wednesday, allowing the Mavericks to right one or two wrongs from <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/3/31/24398379/mavericks-vs-nets-final-score-dallas-loss-brooklyn-113-109-davis-gafford-recap">Monday’s 113-109 loss</a> to the <a href="https://www.netsdaily.com">Brooklyn Nets</a>. </p><p id="nLGqUk">If you’re finding it hard to get all the way up for a matchup between two teams with losing records, both of whom are on their way to the playoffs, you’re not alone. Baseball season is here, the NCAA Tournament is about to crescendo and there’s touchable grass all around you, after all. </p><p id="Eb11Be">We’re not trying to convince you this game between the Mavericks and Hawks means much. The end of this no-good, very bad regular season is <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/mavericks-features-profiles/2025/4/1/24398511/the-dallas-mavericks-fanbase-is-fractured-into-three-pieces">a bona fide choose-your-own experience</a>. </p><h2 id="FNbnQJ">Hawks on a back-to-back</h2><p id="Bt6dGQ">The Hawks will travel to Dallas on the heels of Tuesday’s matchup against the <a href="https://www.blazersedge.com">Portland Trail Blazers</a>. Rookie and 2024 number-one overall draft pick Zaccharie Risacher scored a season and career-high 36 points in Sunday’s 145-124 win at the <a href="https://www.brewhoop.com">Milwaukee Bucks</a>. The Hawks were locked in a tight contest with Portland at the time of this writing. </p><p id="l2x4Ns">The Mavs, meanwhile, have been waiting at home since Monday’s loss to the Nets and will have a distinct rest advantage when the Hawks come to town for a third game in four days. They had won eight of their last 12 games before Tuesday’s game against the Blazers. </p><h2 id="pZ36Qi">Lively back at practice</h2><div id="JVVrq3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jason Kidd said Dereck Lively II practiced fully today.</p>— Mike Curtis (@MikeACurtis2) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeACurtis2/status/1907132008184057908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><p id="au6FNf">The Dallas Morning News <a href="https://x.com/MikeACurtis2/status/1907132008184057908">reported on Tuesday afternoon</a> that Dereck Lively II was a full participant in that day’s practice. Later in the evening, he was upgraded to questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Hawks. He also had a questionable designation for Monday’s loss to Brooklyn before sitting out. Monday was fellow center Daniel Gafford’s first game back from injury, and he led the Mavs with 17 points in the loss to the Nets. </p><p id="vGn8Ks">Lively’s return, whenever that may come, will put the Mavs at the healthiest the team will get for the remainder of the year, missing just Kyrie Irving (knee), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (wrist) and Dante Exum (hand), all of whom are likely out for the rest of the season with their respective ailments. Dallas has been plucky while in poor health, though their margin for error is thin. The loss to Brooklyn saw the Mavs fall victim to shooting variance, as the Nets sunk 20 from beyond the arc in the win. </p><h2 id="IHsh2B">The backbone of the backcourt</h2><p id="FlAAqj">Without the services of Brandon Williams off the bench in the backcourt, the combination of Spencer Dinwiddie, Cormac Karl “Max” Christie and Jaden Hardy will have to bring Dallas home down the stretch. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd obviously trusts Dinwiddie as the primary playmaker, and he’s responded admirably at times. </p><p id="yKegC8">With the return of the Dallas bigs, the Mavs are thinnest now at guard. Ball handling and ball security comes at a premium, and the Mavs are making do with what they have, staying alive in the play-in chase as much because of the ineptitude of their competitors as their own skillset. Dallas will be favored to win against the Hawks and the team can likely survive one more disappointing loss on their way to the play-in. The key to winning may lie in the frontcourt, but can the backcourt hold it together?</p><h2 id="1xNQqp">How to watch</h2><p id="EhGsA9">The Hawks and Mavericks tip off at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at American Airlines Center. The game will be televised locally on KFAA Channel 29 and will stream on MavsTV. </p> </content> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/1/24399021/3-nuggets-to-chew-on-as-the-mavericks-look-to-bounce-back-against-the-atlanta-hawks"/> <id>https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/4/1/24399021/3-nuggets-to-chew-on-as-the-mavericks-look-to-bounce-back-against-the-atlanta-hawks</id> <author> <name>Matt Martinez</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <published>2025-04-01T13:03:17-05:00</published> <updated>2025-04-01T13:03:17-05:00</updated> <title>The Dallas Mavericks fanbase is fractured into three pieces</title> <content type="html"> <figure> <img alt="NBA: Sacramento Kings at Dallas Mavericks" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/r9AVjuWmHchWEFkgKnPWNVv8Gk8=/0x0:8256x5504/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73997434/usa_today_25384480.0.jpg" /> <figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption> </figure> <p>Until the end of the Harrison/Kidd/Dumont era, the fault lines of fandom are set.</p> <p id="Mf2omS">At the start of this season, I wrote about <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2024/10/12/24258116/leaning-on-the-dallas-mavericks-to-lift-my-spirits">my mental health struggles</a>. My hope that another season covering the Dallas Mavericks at <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/">MavsMoneyBall</a> would lift my spirits turned out to be a mixed bag. While I respect and adore my colleagues (our Slack chats are legendary), there was more to my optimism than writing posts for the site.</p><p id="92JHCD">The Mavs were coming off a run to the NBA Finals (or <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/mavericks-features-profiles/2025/3/11/24382697/the-only-question-that-matters-for-patrick-dumont">“the championship games”</a> if you prefer). It was not farfetched to think this team had a legitimate shot to make a return to the biggest stage in the basketball world. They had crafted a legitimate title contender around Luka Doncic, who was entering his seventh season and would not turn 26 until the playoffs were again in sight. The front office had made upgrades to the roster to address the team’s weaknesses in perimeter shooting and secondary playmaking with Klay Thompson, Naji Marshall, and Quentin Grimes.</p><p id="jzQqty">Fast-forward to the present moment, and the season feels like a cruel April Fool’s Day joke stretched out over an entire regular season. Doncic is gone to forever wear purple and gold all the way to the Naismith. Grimes is the best player on the Sixers. Kyrie Irving is on a long road to recovery and somehow has more leverage than ever over Dallas despite his return to star-level play being a glaring uncertainty.</p><p id="Gz4zvy">Anthony Davis is a great player, a Hall-of-Fame player. Yet <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2025/3/31/24398379/mavericks-vs-nets-final-score-dallas-loss-brooklyn-113-109-davis-gafford-recap">Monday night’s 113-109 home loss to the woeful Brooklyn Nets</a> showed how vulnerable this roster now is to shooting variance - no longer having a pair of the best offensive engines the game has ever seen. The last possession with the game still on the line spoke volumes, a pump fake three in the corner from Klay Thompson and a long ranger from Spencer Dinwiddie that nearly went in. No mismatch was created because the two gravitational forces - Doncic and Irving - that dictated terms during key possessions are now playing elsewhere and sidelined, respectively.</p><p id="V5E4Cd">This team never gave up this season amid the hardship of injuries, illness, and unprecedented levels of drama, which is commendable. It is also true that the franchise faces uncertainty, and the fanbase is fractured in a way that not even a title dropping out of the sky could fully heal. If you are a Dallas Mavericks fan, you probably sit in one of three categories. Your personality, your relationship with fandom generally, and a host of other factors have caused one of these three reactions. It will take at least a generation to fully galvanize what was a united throng of global fans, until just a few weeks ago.</p><h2 id="2rXtkG">Done with this team</h2><p id="ShZ9yO">When news of the Doncic trade broke, you could quickly see the fault lines emerging. A portion of the fanbase died on the vine - season ticket holders cancelled, fans switched allegiances from Maverick blue to Laker gold, while others have given up on the NBA altogether.</p><p id="6f9eYL">Will they ever return? While a small portion may find their way back when the franchise sees brighter days, it is reasonable to postulate that fans who began to root for Dallas when Luka Doncic arrived have little reason to ever consider giving this organization a second chance, even after it has a new front office and even a new owner.</p><p id="WrDZlI">The era of <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2022/12/26/23526389/every-dallas-mavericks-fan-should-be-proud-of-the-dirk-nowitzki-statue">“loyalty never fades away”</a> ended on February 1st in the early morning hours. The unbridled empowerment of Nico Harrison tore that culture asunder in the eyes of those who are never coming back. Comments made by Harrison, Dumont, and Welts parrot a similar framing. To paraphrase, we are going to win back your trust by winning championships. Hogwash.</p><p id="VAmvXe">2011 taught us how rare and special winning a title truly is. What if <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDYY4Y4FzC4">the comeback in Game 2 </a>falls short? What if <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMY6cqd8al0">Jet’s dagger three over LeBron</a> clanks off the rim? A thousand what-ifs going the Mavericks' way during that run keeps the organization from still searching for their first Larry O’Brien trophy to this day. Franchises aim for contention, for relevance, and then simply hope. Winning a championship is not something you can order at the drive-thru window like getting your fries animal style. More importantly, dangling the idea of a championship to curry favor with your fanbase is beyond tone deaf given the roster, salary cap, and draft capital realities.</p><p id="AUdxLs">Even if Dumont and Harrison could snap their fingers and plop a title banner onto midcourt at the AAC, the former fans in this category would not return and couldn't care less.</p><h2 id="4UpVF4">Move on already</h2><p id="tacRHl">This second faction staked out their ideological territory in the opening hours after the <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1885919297832169918">Shams bomb was heard around the world</a>. Luka was gone and good riddance, some were saying. Davis is going to make the Mavericks' defense elite. If you listened carefully to these voices, the Mavericks low-key won the trade. Nico is a sneaky genius, they murmured.</p><p id="5vMGks">There is little doubt that if Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving had both stayed healthy and Dallas was in contention for a top-six seed, these voices would be far louder at this point. Even still, a quick trip to social media is replete with exasperation from the “move on already” brigade. Unable to define the trade as a positive as easily as expected, this lot now settles for chastising others for lamenting a trade that cannot be undone. They see the constant languishing as a maudlin and fruitless exercise.</p><p id="LYYMi8">“You have to move on eventually,” they proclaim - a mere two months after a franchise-defining decision widely regarded as the worst trade in league history. If you are in this camp, it may not be that you like the move but you detest what you perceive as “wallowing in it” and you are just ready to move on - even if that means moving into an uncertain number of years in basketball wilderness once the Nico Harrison era ends - likely before the end of the decade. The team projects to be in an asset-barren rebuild as they prepare to move into a new arena. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNsrK6P9QvI">Insert Picard facepalm meme here.</a> Yikes.</p><h2 id="1KbruY">Driving with the Brakes On</h2><p id="pfZqU7">There was a time when I thought CDs would be forever on my shelf and not in boxes down in my garage. I spent an embarrassing amount of money as a teenager and into my twenties experiencing new music by buying CDs every week in an array of genres. The best part of popping that silver disc into the dash was discovering the deeper tracks that radio never played.</p><div id="DuEImk"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B4n4zawtJWg?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;"></iframe></div></div><p id="m07Ce5">Around thirty years ago, Del Amitri had their biggest hit with <a href="https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BSEnw-WZ_jA&amp;si=byGtC1KiKGHHwmRn">Roll to Me</a> - a syrupy sweet, upbeat love note that was perfect for radio play ad nauseam at a nifty 2:13 runtime. Deeper on that album was a song that has stuck with me for thirty years. “<a href="https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=B4n4zawtJWg&amp;si=x0gvQKEHD6N5xZJ0">Driving with the Brakes On</a>” is an ode to the conflicted nature of a love embroiled in such wrenching chaos that you want to stay and leave at once with near equal desire. “When you’re driving with the brakes on, when you’re swimming with your boots on, It’s hard to say you love someone and it’s hard to say you don’t.”</p><p id="y9tjQC">For this third group of Mavericks fandom - myself among them - we have not left the building, but we understand the Fire Nico chants even if we aren’t the ones yelling it as a meme at venues around DFW. </p><div class="c-float-right"><aside id="aF4gVo"><q>“When you’re driving with the brakes on, when you’re swimming with your boots on, It’s hard to say you love someone and it’s hard to say you don’t”- Driving with the Brakes on | Del Amitri | album: Twisted, 1995</q></aside></div><p id="i3Fq6d">The phrase MFFL - Mavs Fan for Life - first came into the consciousness shortly after Mark Cuban bought the team. It was a clunky but ultimately endearing bit of marketing that propped up the idea that loyalty to a then floundering franchise was something worth cultivating and clutching tightly even during the rough times.</p><p id="GKUC1N">For those of us driving with the brakes on, our status as MFFLs has never been quite so strained. There are players on this team we still have fondness for, and there may be a playoff series or two to enjoy before it all flies apart in a twister of inevitable karmic blowback. Yet there is a reason we are not done with this team and an equally powerful reason we are unable to simply move on from this trade.</p><p id="mYSQ1d">I have been a Dallas Mavericks <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/features/2022/10/19/23404030/remember-to-savor-the-season-no-matter-how-it-unfolds-dallas-mavericks">fan since 1980</a> when I was five years old and I will be damned if a shoe salesman who <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle">Peter Principle’d</a> his way into the front office and <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/mavericks-features-profiles/2025/3/24/24391280/patrick-dumont-luka-doncic-trade-rationale">basketball neophyte owner</a> are going to rob me of my Mavericks fandom.</p><p id="bRIqYU">Equally powerful is the reality before us. The Game of Thrones concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Night_(Game_of_Thrones)">“The Long Night” </a>is just a season or two away. Kidd and Harrison will not be around for the near barren cupboard desolation that will follow their almost certainly doomed experiment. Cooper Flagg is not coming to save Dallas in this year’s draft, nor does the team control its first-round picks from 2027 to 2030. The price for Harrison’s blunder and Dumont’s gullibility will be paid in years of losing long after they are gone. That is why those of us driving with the brakes on cannot simply move on from our fixation with the trade and its fallout.</p><p id="CvQQPS">No matter which of these three groups you most closely identify with, I have nothing but love for you because you are coping with all of this the best you can and responding to it all authentically. I would simply ask you to keep in mind that there are fans in <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/mavericks-features-profiles/2025/2/8/24361102/there-is-no-right-way-to-process-the-luka-doncic-trade-mavericks-fans">the other two groups experiencing something just as valid</a>.</p><p id="riOiUo">The song from Del Amitri ultimately makes a declaration once it hits the thumper of a bridge. <em>“But unless the moon falls tonight | Unless continents collide | Nothing’s gonna make me break from her side.”</em></p><p id="qwtSgj">I remain a fan of the Dallas Mavericks and a proud member of the MavsMoneyBall staff. I also yearn for the day when Nico Harrison, Jason Kidd, and Patrick Dumont’s era is shuffled into the dustbin of franchise history. 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