Latest Luka Doncic News
Kyrie Irving is healthy and drama-free in Dallas as a playoff pairing with Luka Doncic dawns
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving is healthy and publicly free of drama, self-inflicted or otherwise, heading into his first playoff game with co-star Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. The eight-time All-Star and 2016 NBA champion alongside LeBron James in Cleveland brought up on his...
Kawhi Leonard fighting 'stubborn inflammation' and is questionable for Game 1 of playoffs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard has been fighting “very, very stubborn inflammation” in his surgically repaired right knee for nearly three weeks and he'll be listed as questionable for the Los Angeles Clippers' playoff opener against the Dallas Mavericks. The fourth-seeded...
Thunder rout Mavericks 135-86 to take the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With about 90 seconds remaining, Oklahoma City's fans stood in unison and began chanting. O-K-C! O-K-C! As the final moments wound down in a 135-86 win over the Dallas Mavericks, the still-standing Thunder fans celebrated a team that went from...
Marcus Sasser leads Pistons past Mavericks 107-89, with Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving sitting out
DALLAS (AP) — Rookie Marcus Sasser scored 24 points in his hometown return, including 13 straight Detroit points during a stretch of the third quarter, and the Pistons beat the Dallas Mavericks — playing without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving — 107-89 on Friday night. The Pistons...
Kyrie Irving is out for the Mavs against the Pistons after playing 31 consecutive games
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving is being listed as out for the Dallas Mavericks' regular-season home finale against Detroit on Friday night, which would end the star guard's streak of 31 consecutive games played. The designation for Irving, who has been on his longest stretch of games...
Doncic scores 29, Irving adds 25 and Mavericks roll past Heat 111-92 to claim Southwest Division
MIAMI (AP) — Kyrie Irving clinched a $1 million bonus. Luka Doncic nearly got another triple-double. Daniel Gafford's latest can't-miss streak continued. Oh, and the red-hot Dallas Mavericks won again. Doncic scored 29 points and added nine rebounds and nine assists,...
'Pravi MVP': In any language, Mavs think Doncic is the NBA's best player
MIAMI (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks had a message on Wednesday night: “Pravi MVP.” Translated, that means Real MVP. And because it was coming from the Mavs, it was also pretty easy to figure out what the message on the T-shirts that players, coaches and staff wore before the game...
Luka Doncic scores 39 in triple-double as Mavs beat Hornets 130-104, clinch playoff spot
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Luka Doncic had 39 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, and the playoff-bound Dallas Mavericks continued their late-season surge, beating the Charlotte Hornets 130-104 on Tuesday night for their 15th win in 17 games. Dallas secured a guaranteed playoff spot...
Analysis: All-NBA will be more like an All-World team this season, once again
The voting hasn't taken place yet, though it's fairly obvious that Denver's Nikola Jokic will be the NBA's MVP this season and therefore extend the record streak to six consecutive years in which a foreign-born player wins that trophy. That's not the only international trend that...
Mavs co-stars Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic are working on a better plot after last year's flop
DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic draped their arms over each other in a pseudo-embrace, smiles of exhaustion on the faces of the co-stars of the Dallas Mavericks. The final seconds of a 147-136 overtime victory against Houston on Sunday were still ticking off, with Irving...
