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Oklahoma City answered two season-altering injuries by moving Ajay Mitchell into a larger role and beating Phoenix behind his career-high 30 points. Dallas’s task is to attack the new rotation without treating it like a weakened opponent.
Reporting: Oklahoma City Thunder · Oklahoma City Thunder / Field Level Media · Reuters / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball / Tim Reynolds · Associated Press via NBA.com
The NBA’s early game-day report puts Kyrie Irving, Naji Marshall and Caleb Martin in the questionable group for Dallas, while the unbeaten Thunder will be without Alex Caruso, Chet Holmgren, Cason Wallace and Jalen Williams.
Reporting: NBA Communications · NBA Official / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball / Ronce Rajan · ESPN Press Room
Cooper Flagg scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 assists as Dallas beat Miami 113-109.
Reporting: Tim Reynolds · NBA.com / The Associated Press / Field Level Media · Reuters / Joe Friedman · Mavs Moneyball
Sergio de Larrea left Monday’s game in the second quarter with a right knee strain and did not return; no severity or timetable has been announced.
Reporting: Field Level Media · Reuters / José Ignacio Pinilla · AS
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting and added four rebounds and four assists in Dallas’s win at Miami.
Reporting: Josh Bowe · Mavs Moneyball / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Dallas Mavericks · NBA G League
The Heat erased a 23-point fourth-quarter deficit with pressure defense before losing in Charlotte, giving Dallas a sharper test than Miami’s record suggests.
Reporting: Couper Moorhead · Miami Heat / Sam Perley · Charlotte Hornets / Field Level Media · Reuters
Dallas’s 5 a.m. injury report leaves Cooper Flagg’s return unresolved, removes Kyrie Irving from the list and adds Naji Marshall as out with an illness.
Reporting: NBA Official · NBA / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball
The short-handed Mavericks erased most of a 14-point deficit, then scored only 17 in the fourth as San Antonio pulled away 122-106.
Reporting: Eddie Sefko · Dallas Mavericks / The Associated Press · NBA.com / Field Level Media · Reuters / Jeff McDonald · San Antonio Express-News / Doyle Rader · Mavs Moneyball
Sergio de Larrea led Dallas with 21 points on 9-of-15 shooting while handling primary creation work against San Antonio.
Reporting: Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball / Mike Maestre · AS / The Associated Press · NBA.com / Dallas Mavericks · NBA.com
Cooper Flagg returned after a one-game absence and played 40 minutes in Dallas’s 113-109 win, finishing with 29 points, 11 assists and six rebounds.
Reporting: Field Level Media · Reuters / Field Level Media · Reuters / Eddie Sefko · Dallas Mavericks / Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks · Updated October 27, 2026
The Mavericks turned Wednesday’s exposed weaknesses into Friday’s strengths, racing past Indiana 121-105 for Dusty May’s first NBA victory.
Reporting: Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Joe Friedman · Mavs Moneyball / Michael Marot · The Associated Press
The NBA’s early Friday report lists Santi Aldama, Tarik Biberovic, Dereck Lively II and Caleb Martin out, with Jett Howard doubtful.
Reporting: NBA · NBA Official Injury Report / Madie Chandler-Donahue · Indiana Pacers
After Houston punished Dallas in transition, Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers bring an immediate stress test in Friday’s road game.
Reporting: Madie Chandler-Donahue · Indiana Pacers / Field Level Media · Reuters / Ben Zajdel · Mavs Moneyball
Marcus Sasser scored 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting in his Mavericks regular-season debut after an injury-limited preseason.
Reporting: Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Josh Bowe · Mavs Moneyball
Houston’s 38-12 second quarter turned a competitive start into a 128-110 Mavericks loss despite Cooper Flagg’s 32 points.
Reporting: Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Field Level Media · Reuters / Varun Shankar and Matt Young · Houston Chronicle
Walter Clayton Jr. cleared waivers and signed a two-way contract with Dallas, filling the Mavericks’ final two-way slot.
Reporting: Mavs PR · Dallas Mavericks / Shams Charania · ESPN / Isaac Appelt · Mavs Moneyball
Dusty May’s first NBA regular-season game starts a compact opening stretch featuring Houston twice, Indiana, San Antonio, Miami and Oklahoma City.
Reporting: Dallas Mavericks · Dallas Mavericks / NBA.com Staff · NBA.com
Caleb Martin is out with a right thumb sprain and Tarik Biberović with right heel bursitis, adding two perimeter absences for the opener in Houston.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / X / Christian Clark · The Athletic / X
Kyrie Irving said he still loves playing and competing, but does not picture himself extending his NBA career into his early 40s.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal
The Mavericks waived Dwight Powell after 12 seasons, choosing their 15 guaranteed standard contracts and ending the longest current tenure on the roster.
Reporting: Dallas Mavericks · Dallas Mavericks / The Associated Press · NBA.com
Ime Udoka said the Rockets want to begin the season with a 10-man rotation and identified Reed Sheppard as a major part of it.
Reporting: Lachard Binkley · The Dream Shake
Dallas did not extend Dereck Lively II or Marcus Sasser before Monday’s deadline, leaving both eligible for restricted free agency next summer.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal · Updated October 20, 2026
The Rockets closed preseason by forcing 17 turnovers and collecting 13 steals against Oklahoma City while testing a more aggressive help-and-switching defense.
Reporting: Varun Shankar · Houston Chronicle / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball
Dallas ruled Santi Aldama out of Wednesday’s opener as he continues working back from right-knee surgery.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / X · Updated October 21, 2026
The Mavericks exercised Cooper Flagg’s rookie-scale option for 2027-28, keeping the reigning Rookie of the Year under contract for his third NBA season.
Reporting: Vernon Hadnot · D210SPORTS / RealGM Staff Report · RealGM / RotoWire Staff · CBS Sports
Dirk Nowitzki says Kyrie Irving’s return can move Cooper Flagg between on-ball creation, cutting, transition play and the post instead of asking him to organize everything.
Reporting: Sunni Upal · The Sun
Dallas waived John Poulakidas and Seth Lundy, opening a two-way spot and trimming its camp group while one standard-contract decision still remains.
Reporting: Vernon Hadnot · D210SPORTS / RealGM Staff Report · RealGM / Michael Harris · Mavs Moneyball / NBA Organization · NBA.com
Cooper Flagg posted 26 points and 12 rebounds and Kyrie Irving hit five threes, but Atlanta’s pressure, rebounding and shot creation overwhelmed Dallas in a 135-111 preseason finale.
Reporting: NBA Organization · NBA.com / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Kirk Henderson · Mavs Moneyball / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball / Vernon Hadnot · D210SPORTS
Sasser completed his Mavericks debut with five points in 12 minutes, making two of four shots and one three in the preseason finale.
Reporting: NBA Organization · NBA.com / Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / CBS Sports Staff · CBS Sports · Updated October 17, 2026
Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg will start together Friday as Dusty May gives Dallas its closest preseason approximation of a regular-season game.
Reporting: Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / NBA Organization · NBA.com
The Mavericks erased most of a 12-point fourth-quarter hole before falling 101-97 to New Orleans, but 27 turnovers and a 10-of-49 night from three left too much to repair.
Reporting: NBA Organization · NBA.com / Joe Friedman · Mavs Moneyball / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Mike Curtis · The Dallas Morning News
Lawal scored 16 points on six field-goal attempts, went 8-for-8 at the line and showed how his cutting and rim pressure can translate without plays being called for him.
Reporting: NBA Organization · NBA.com / Joe Friedman · Mavs Moneyball / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Rotoworld Staff · NBC Sports
The Mavericks beat Houston 132-115 behind balanced scoring, better shooting and a stronger defensive response in the second Macao game.
Reporting: NBA · NBA.com / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball / Houston Chronicle Sports Staff · Houston Chronicle
The Mavericks lost their preseason opener 135-117 after Houston built a 25-point first-half lead, while Cooper Flagg scored 19 points in 19 minutes.
Reporting: NBA · NBA.com / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Matt Martinez · Mavs Moneyball / Varun Shankar · Houston Chronicle
Morez Johnson Jr. started at center in his NBA preseason debut, completing his progression back from the lower-leg soreness that limited him early in camp.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / NBA · NBA.com · Updated October 10, 2026
Kyrie Irving scored 15 points in 24 minutes in his first regular-season appearance since tearing his left ACL in March 2025.
Reporting: Eddie Sefko · Dallas Mavericks / Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks / Field Level Media · Reuters · Updated October 22, 2026
Dusty May wants the Mavericks’ two games against Houston to reveal what travels under pressure—and where the new group still has holes.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Dallas Mavericks · Dallas Mavericks
Tarik Biberović says physicality, defense, rebounding and decision-making must complement the shooting that brought him to Dallas.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal
Moussa Cissé’s $2.185 million salary is fully guaranteed, leaving Dallas with 15 guaranteed standard contracts as Dwight Powell competes in camp.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal / Marc Stein · The Stein Line via HoopsHype/Yahoo Sports
After missing 51 games across the past two seasons, P.J. Washington is putting consistent body work at the center of his preparation.
Reporting: Dwain Price · Dallas Mavericks
The league’s preseason guidance gives us a useful lens for watching Dallas defend: movement, screens and the contact that disrupts them.
Reporting: NBA Officiating · NBA Official
Dallas is testing combinations as its new coach works through the lineup.
Reporting: Ron Harrod Jr. / Nitish Singh · DLLS / ClutchPoints
Dallas is exploring more ways to use Max Christie beyond his shooting.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal
The coach described a flexible approach to handling screens, shaped by personnel and opponents.
Reporting: Grant Afseth · Dallas Sports Journal