Kyrie Irving placed his arm around the shoulders of Jason Kidd in the waning seconds of Tuesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets and they smiled once the final buzzer sounded, securing the latest win for the fifth-year Mavericks coach.

Mavericks forward Khris Middleton suffers an injury in Tuesday's road game vs. the Nets, two days after erupting against the Pacers

While the Mavs have struggled this season, the Brooklyn Nets have been even worse. Dallas entered Tuesday’s game 1-4 on its six-game road trip and 1-9 in its last

via The Stein Line: “League sources say that Dallas is hopeful Kyrie Irving will return to a full-speed practice or two at some point during the final six weeks of the regular season even though Irving has been ruled out from playing in an actual game again before next season.”

Khris Middleton's 25 points led six Dallas scorers in double figures, and the Mavericks snapped a 10-game skid with their 134-130 defeat of the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Indianapolis.

Fans aren’t the only ones that believe the 2025 NBA Draft lottery was rigged. Some owners share that sentiment, too. In an appearance on the “Chapo Trap House” podcast, investigative podcaster Pablo Torre said two owners told him at the event that they believe the lottery was fixed for the Mavericks to draft Duke standout Cooper Flagg with the No.

Box score for the Dallas Mavericks vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA game from February 24, 2026 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

In the month that passed between their last two wins, the Dallas Mavericks tweaked their roster by dealing Anthony Davis and lost Cooper Flagg to a foot injury, but still finished games with the same frustrating result until Sunday night.