Suspensions from last night's Mavs-Suns altercation:

Naji Marshall: 4 games
Jusuf Nurkic: 3 games
PJ Washington: 1 game

Marshall begins his suspension tonight. Washington will serve his suspension tonight in Portland.

Love the depth of the Mavs this season. In Saturday's win vs LA Clippers they had their second game this season w/ 8 players in dbl-figures.

This season the Mavs have 14 games w/ at least 6 players scoring 10+ pts...tied for 4th in the NBA.

They're 13-1 in those 14 games.

Along w/ late last season this is one of the best Mavs stretches since 2011. 12+ game spans w/ only 1 loss are:

12-1 (3/17 to 4/10/2024)
11-1 (3/7 to 3/31/2024)
11-1 (currently starting 11/16)

Current 7 game win streak = longest post 2011.

3/17 - 3/31/24
2/5 - 2/22/24
12/21/22 - 1/2/23

Road teams went 1-3 in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals last year. New Orleans won at Sacramento. Home winners were Milwaukee (vs NY), Indiana (vs BOS), and LA Lakers (vs PHX).

Dallas at OKC in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals tonight at 830p CST...KFAA Ch. 29 Broadcast & MavsTV streaming.

Luka Dončić was named Western Conference Player of the Week. In 3 Mavs wins last week, Luka had the ppg, rpg and apg averages noted below. Also 10 steals in 3 games, hit 14/32 on 3s (43.8%) and posted two triple-doubles. He's won West PotW 14 times since 2019-20, most of any player in that span.

Kyrie, Klay Thompson and Dereck Lively II are back and starting for the Mavs tonight. Klay has missed the last 4 (L foot plantar fascia). Luka and PJ Washington Jr. complete the starting group. We're underway now on WFAA/KFAA and MavsTV with tonight's game vs Memphis. Final NBA Cup group stage game.

IT'S OFFICIAL

Democrat Adam Gray has FLIPPED CA-13 from red to blue, winning by just 187 votes. The House of Representatives will be 217 R - 215 D due to Trump plucking congresspeople for his cabinet. That composition will ultimately land at 220 R - 215 D (could be even lower).

PJ Washington Jr got a bit overshadowed in all of the other stories from last night.

He put em ahead for good on a corner 3 w/ 54.5 left.

Good D late on Jerami Grant.

5 game dbl-dbl streak ended but 14 pts, 3 rebs & 6 assts still vital.

Hit 6 of last 8 corner 3s & 11/19 on 3s overall in last 5.

Mavs win for the 8th time in the last 9 games! Luka's return very well-timed as they need his 36 pts, 13 assts and 7 rebs to win in Portland 137-131. They survive an incredible heater by Anfernee Simons in the 3Q (24 pts) and Portland making 12 of their first 14 FGs in the 4th!

Top 3 scoring games for Quentin Grimes in his career:

36 - 4/5/23 at IND
33 - 12/27/22 at DAL
28 - Sunday at Portland

Also has his first career run of 3 straight games of 20+ with 21 vs NY, 24 at Utah & 28 at POR.

A career high 5 steals in Sunday's Mavs win at Portland too!

Mavs injury news for tonight's game at Portland (8p, KFAA/MavsTV stream):

Luka Dončić, questionable (R wrist sprain)
Kyrie Irving, questionable (R shoulder soreness)
Naji Marshall, out (illness)
Dereck Lively II, out (R knee hyperextension)
Klay Thompson, out (L plantar fascia)

For Mavs at Jazz tomorrow night, Luka Dončić, who practiced today, is listed as doubtful (right wrist sprain). Klay Thompson is out for a 3rd straight game (left plantar fascia)

In these last two wins, the Mavs have their first ever instance of back to back games of 4 players with 20+ points.

at Atlanta - (Kyrie 32, Hardy 23, Naji 22, Dinwiddie 22)

vs New York - (Naji 24, Kyrie 23, Dinwiddie 21, Grimes 21)

It did happen twice in a three game span in January 1996.

Indeed. Must have been commissioned by Obergruppenführer Musk.

Assessing the Mavs competition for the Emirates NBA Cup Wild Card spot in the West. Houston won Group A & at least for now a Wild Card team from Group A seems unlikely. Eyes on Group B after 27 point Phoenix win Tuesday vs the Lakers. Big game on Fri., OKC at LAL. Best for Mavs is a Lakers dub.

Update for Mavs at Hawks - Kyrie Irving is available (was listed as questionable, illness) Klay Thompson is out (L plantar fascia) and Quentin Grimes also out (illness).

Father Time is unbeaten. Iron Mike Tyson looked his age

Susan Collins, 28 years ago: “If I’m elected I will only serve 2 terms, regardless of whether a term limits constitutional amendment passes or not.”