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What Luka Doncic is doing this season isn’t normal

Doncic already has as many 40-point triple-doubles as the entire NBA last year.

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Tim Cowlishaw: Beating world champion Warriors is big, but Mavericks still seek identity

DALLAS — In a season that already has been long on individual achievements but short on team victories, Luka Doncic had a 35-10-10 night on his scorecard with eight minutes to play. And this time, lo and behold, the team came right along with him to hold its breath on…

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Luka Doncic jokes that he’s too slow for the Mavs to play any faster. That’s a feature, not a bug.

The Mavericks are the slowest team in the league, but there may be a solution.

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Mavericks drop third straight as struggles with short-handed teams continue vs. Raptors

TORONTO — Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Mavericks faced a severely undermanned opponent. They even took an early 15-point lead, then quickly squandered it.

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Numbers suggest Mavs’ Luka Doncic is now good defender

TORONTO – His early season case for Most Valuable Player consideration is underscored by his NBA-best 34.0-point scoring average. And his league-leading four 40-point games.

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Luka Doncic is on pace for technical-foul suspension by mid-January — and more after that

DALLAS — Seated toward the end of the Mavericks’ bench in jeans, a navy blue hoodie and his white Luka 1s, Luka Doncic ended a couple of his streaks while watching his team flounder against the Houston Rockets.

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Luka Doncic triple-double leads way, but Mavs surrounding cast brings home win vs. Blazers

DALLAS — At the risk of sounding repetitive, Jason Kidd lamented the heavy offensive load that Luka Doncic is carrying, the lack of help from teammates and an overdue need to get Doncic a game off.

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Luka Doncic struggles, Spencer Dinwiddie shines as Mavs fall to depleted Wizards

WASHINGTON — About two hours before the Mavericks’ 113-105 loss Thursday night to the Wizards, Washington head coach Wes Unseld Jr. revealed Dallas’ former star center, Kristaps Porzingis, would not play because of a left groin strain.

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NBA Challenge Guys: ‘All You’re Thinking Is, I Better Get This Right.’

Sure, NBA players receive scrutiny, but if you want to know where the real heat is, look down the bench to the coaches tasked with deciding to contest questionable calls.

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Luka Doncic, Mavs survive frantic finish from Kevin Durant, Nets to win 4th straight

Luka Doncic, Josh Green and the Mavericks rewarded all fans who stayed up long past typical home-game time Monday night.

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Mavericks’ Spencer Dinwiddie says official Tony Brothers called him three-expletive insult

DALLAS — Moments after the Mavericks’ 111-110 win over the Toronto Raptors Friday night, Spencer Dinwiddie pulled on a blue Mavericks shirt and walked into the team’s interview room.

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Though Raptors tried, Luka Doncic’s early-season heroics for Mavericks can’t be corralled

DALLAS — Luka Doncic dribbled behind his back and through his legs once.

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Christian Wood, Spencer Dinwiddie shine in Mavericks win as Luka Doncic makes history

DALLAS — Luka Doncic shimmied.

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Like Mike? Luka Doncic, Mavs don’t want to keep emulating 1986-1987 Jordan, Bulls.

DALLAS — Perhaps no one has more closely followed Luka Doncic’s NBA trajectory than Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley, who as a Mavericks assistant was Doncic’s primary developmental coach during his first three seasons.

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Luka Doncic carries offense, but poor defensive start sinks Mavs vs. Zion-less Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS — With a few minutes remaining in the Mavericks’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans Tuesday night, the half-full Smoothie King Center crowd reached peak volume.

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Dirk, LeBron, Jordan, Kidd, Giannis: How Luka Doncic’s career compares at Year 5 mark

Jason Kidd isn’t sure if the start of Luka Doncic’s fifth NBA season represents a significant point in his young superstar’s career.

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Can Jaden Hardy one day fill void left by Jalen Brunson? He’s giving Mavs glimmers of hope.

DALLAS — Amid their efforts to quell expectations of dynamic 20-year-old Jaden Hardy, the Mavericks keep dropping hints that pique wonder and anticipation.

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Luka Doncic Q&A: MVP outlook, ‘tougher’ West playoff picture and Year 2 with Jason Kidd

DALLAS — At the Mavericks’ practice Tuesday, Luka Doncic sported a pair of royal blue Luka 1s from his custom Jordan Brand line, hardly missed from deep during the Mavericks’ half-hour of 3-point shooting contests, and then sat down for his first interview with reporters since the team’s preseason media…

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Why the Dallas Mavericks are playing the fewest preseason games in the NBA — on purpose

The Mavericks are trying something new this preseason.

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Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd among those who’d have preferred the NBA honored Bill Russell more in his lifetime

Kidd met Russell early in life through his godfather Jim Hadnot, a lifelong friend of the Celtics legend.

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Christian Wood’s move to Mavs sixth man will either test or reinforce Jason Kidd’s culture

DALLAS — Two days into training camp, the Mavericks are free from the dour vibes or controversies that have plagued the Phoenix Suns, the Boston Celtics, the Brooklyn Nets or the Los Angeles Lakers, to name a few.

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Q&A with Dirk Nowitzki on celebrity tennis charity event and Luka Doncic’s scouting report

DALLAS — Wish you could go back and relive the one 2018-19 season that Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic shared the Mavericks’ court together?

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Courtside with Jason Kidd: Watching Luka Doncic through Mavs coach’s Hall of Fame eyes

COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic held his right index finger up in the air, twirled it once, and that was all Jason Kidd needed to see.

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With Mavs contingent courtside, Luka Doncic guides Slovenia to win in EuroBasket opener

COLOGNE, Germany — Lithuania is a bigger country than Slovenia — in population and geographic size and global recognition — and its men’s national basketball team has more NBA experience and depth.

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JaVale McGee Q&A: How Mavericks made the pitch to play with Luka Doncic most enticing

LAS VEGAS — JaVale McGee didn’t have to make many new introductions on Monday night.

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