<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-dodgers-clayton-kershaw');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson dishes on immense respect for Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/0Klay-Thompson-dishes-on-immense-respect-for-Dodgers-legend-Clayton-Kershaw0.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson dishes on immense respect for Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-20T09:50:38-08:00">December 20th, 9:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-20T09:50:38-08:00">December 20th, 9:50am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — Los Angeles Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw, who is from Texas, attended Thursday’s Los Angeles Clippers-Dallas Mavericks game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Clayton Kershaw, who is from Texas, is at the Clippers-Mavericks game.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/0PpPZ4NL7j">pic.twitter.com/0PpPZ4NL7j</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869944931474677800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kershaw is currently a free agent, but he is regarded as one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/10-greatest-dodgers-players-of-all-time-ranked">greatest Dodgers of all-time</a>. The Dodgers star also used to be teammates with outfielder Trayce Thompson, who happens to be Klay Thompson’s brother. Klay, who is of course now with the Mavs, <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869968150407610628" rel="noopener">has plenty of respect</a> for Kershaw.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Klay Thompson’s brother, Trayce, used to be teammates with Clayton Kershaw on the Dodgers. I asked Klay about getting to see Kershaw, as Clayton was at tonight’s game.</p><p>Thompson called Kershaw a “great human” and an “amazing athlete.”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/E07Bp0es6e">https://t.co/E07Bp0es6e</a> <a href="https://t.co/tEcsowRAoW">pic.twitter.com/tEcsowRAoW</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869968150407610628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I did (talk to Kershaw),” Thompson told reporters after the game. “It was great seeing him. Such a great human, such an amazing athlete. Just a great guy, so it was really cool seeing him.”</p><p>The Mavs were defeated by the Clippers 118-95. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-injury-status-luka-doncic-out-clippers-dallas-game">Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving were both out due to injuries</a>. Thompson led the way, scoring 22 points in the defeat. He did everything he could to help the Mavs remain competitive in the game.</p><h2><b>Klay Thompson has good memories of Trayce Thompson’s Dodgers career</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Trayce-Thompson-and-Clayton-Kershaw-during-Dodgers-game-in-2022.jpg"><figcaption>© Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>Klay is never afraid to shine the light on others. He remembers watching Trayce with the Dodgers, memories he seems to enjoy looking back on.</p><p>“Yeah, it was cool for me watching those years… Trayce as a Dodger,” Thompson said. “The success he had there, he still is great friends with all those guys. So it was really cool seeing Clayton. I know he’s a local in Dallas. It was great to just see him again.”</p><p>Trayce played in LA with the Dodgers from 2016-2017 before later returning for parts of the 2022 and 2023 seasons. He quietly enjoyed a strong campaign across 74 games with the Dodgers in 2022, recording a stellar .901 OPS to go along with 13 home runs and 14 doubles.</p><p>In fact, Thompson was even considered to be a legitimate candidate to earn the Dodgers’ center field job in 2023. Although, he ended up struggling and the Dodgers ultimately went in a different direction. Thompson has not played at the big league level since 2023.</p><p>Nevertheless, he displayed that can contribute at a respectable level in 2022. Perhaps Trayce Thompson, who is currently a free agent, will get another chance with a ball club for the 2025 campaign.</p><p>As for Klay Thompson, the former Golden State Warriors star is focused on helping the Mavs make another championship run.</p><h2><b>Klay Thompson’s impact on Mavericks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mavericks-Klay-Thompson-reacting-vs-the-Spurs.jpg"><figcaption>© Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Although Klay took some time to share his thoughts on Clayton Kershaw and his brother Trayce, his primary focus was of course on the game. The Mavs were defeated, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-clippers-luka-doncic-kyrie-irving">Thompson felt they did not play as well as they could have</a>. He also noted that it was an adjustment with both Kyrie and Luka out.</p><p>“Well, looking at the numbers offensively we struggled. And defensively actually,” Thompson said after Thursday’s game. “So (we didn’t play) very well, but it was the first time playing without both our guys. I’m sure it won’t be the last. We will be ready the next time that it does happen because it’s a completely different style of play obviously.”</p><p>The Mavericks will look to bounce back in a rematch with the Clippers on Saturday. Perhaps Clayton Kershaw will come to another Mavs game at some point during the 2024-25 season, or maybe even Klay’s brother Trayce will make an appearance.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson dishes on immense respect for Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-clippers-luka-doncic-kyrie-irving');   ga('set', 'title', 'Klay Thompson gets brutally honest on Mavericks’ Clippers loss without Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Klay-Thompson-gets-brutally-honest-on-Mavericks-Clippers-loss-without-Luka-Doncic-Kyrie-Irving.jpg"></figure><h1>Klay Thompson gets brutally honest on Mavericks’ Clippers loss without Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T21:29:07-08:00">December 19th, 9:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T21:29:07-08:00">December 19th, 9:29pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks entered Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-injury-status-luka-doncic-out-clippers-dallas-game">without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving</a> among other players. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-injury-update-concern-clippers">Doncic was ruled out as he battles a left heel contusion</a>. Meanwhile, Irving was ruled out due to right shoulder soreness.  The Clippers ended up winning 118-95, however, Klay Thompson stepped up and led the way amid Doncic and Irving’s injury absences.</p><p>Thompson finished the game with 22 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals. Thompson also shot 9-17 on his field goal attempts. Was it Klay’s best game? No, but he kept the Mavs afloat until the Clippers began to pull away in the third quarter.</p><p>Still, Thompson felt that Dallas could have played better overall. <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869972021595295745" rel="noopener">He shared his brutally honest</a> thoughts while speaking to reporters after the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Klay Thompson on the Mavs’ play without Luka and Kyrie.</p><p>“Well, looking at the numbers offensively we struggled. And defensively actually. So (we didn’t play) very well, but it was the first time playing without both guys… We will be ready the next time that it does happen.” <a href="https://t.co/5D3x9g1Klg">pic.twitter.com/5D3x9g1Klg</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869972021595295745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Well, looking at the numbers offensively we struggled. And defensively actually,” Thompson said. “So (we didn’t play) very well, but it was the first time playing without both our guys. I’m sure it won’t be the last. We will be ready the next time that it does happen because it’s a completely different style of play obviously.”</p><p>Mavs head coach Jason Kidd said Thompson and the Mavs played well, but admitted the team “ran out of gas” in the second half.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jason Kidd on Klay Thompson’s performance in the loss tonight.</p><p>“Klay was great, the group was great… just ran out of gas.”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/uOGR6g7wUW">pic.twitter.com/uOGR6g7wUW</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869957217983836530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Klay was great, the group was great… Just ran out of gas,” Mavs head coach Jason Kidd <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869957217983836530" rel="noopener">said after the game</a>. “Give the Clippers credit, they were the better team tonight.”</p><h2><b>Mavericks suffer defeat against Clippers amid Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving absences</b></h2><p>Playing without two of the best players in the NBA is obviously never a simple task. Irving was initially listed as questionable on the injury report, leaving room for hope in reference to his potential availability. He was ultimately ruled out, though.</p><p>Still, the Mavs battled and utilized a team effort. They knew it was going to be a difficult challenge, but Dallas played a competitive brand of basketball nonetheless. The final score looks fairly lopsided, but the Mavericks trailed by just one point at the half.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Spencer Dinwiddie on the Mavs’ play without Luka and Kyrie, and he commented on Klay Thompson’s leadership. </p><p>“He did what a Hall of Famer does.”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jt8Bl6EEi7">pic.twitter.com/Jt8Bl6EEi7</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869963751740358986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I think we played hard,” Spencer Dinwiddie <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869963751740358986" rel="noopener">told reporters</a>. “Still too many lapses, though, of course. Credit the Clippers, they made shots… I thought (Klay Thompson’s performance) was great. His shots definitely kept us in it… He did what a Hall of Famer does.”</p><p>The Mavericks will host the Clippers on Saturday night once again at 8:30 PM EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Klay Thompson gets brutally honest on Mavericks’ Clippers loss without Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-luka-doncic-experience');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets 100% real on his Luka Doncic experience');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Klay-Thompson-gets-100-real-on-his-Luka-Doncic-experience.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets 100% real on his Luka Doncic experience</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-18T18:46:50-08:00">December 18th, 6:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-18T18:46:50-08:00">December 18th, 6:46pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — Klay Thompson is a fan of Luka Doncic. Thompson, one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, appreciates playing alongside an elite passer such as Doncic. The former Golden State Warriors star <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869465852657217613" rel="noopener">made his feelings</a> on Doncic’s passing ability clear while speaking to reporters after practice on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Klay Thompson on Luka Doncic: “His passes are incredible… It’s awesome to be a beneficiary of his greatness.”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/o2b8yPQ5t0">pic.twitter.com/o2b8yPQ5t0</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1869465852657217613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Learning playing with Luka that if you go to the corner, get out in transition he’s going to find you,” Thompson said. “His passes are incredible, I mean, he puts it in the shooting-pocket… mostly every time. It’s awesome to be a beneficiary of his greatness.”</p><p>Of course, this is not the first time <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-incredible-talent-klay-thompson-perplexed">Thompson has given Doncic his flowers</a>. Thompson is receiving the opportunity to play with Doncic on a more consistent basis now, though. The excitement of Klay adjusting to the Mavs is beginning to fade as he gets used to his new team. The 2024-25 season is beginning to heat up now, and Thompson is finding his footing with the Mavericks.</p><h2><b>Klay Thompson making adjustment to playing with Mavericks</b></h2><p>The 34-year-old is averaging 14 points per game on 40.8 percent field goal and 39.1 percent three-point shooting. He has shot the ball well in recent action. Klay is enjoying playing alongside a player such as Luka, who happens to be an extraordinary playmaker.</p><p>It is worth mentioning that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-injury-update-concern-clippers">Doncic did not practice on Wednesday as he battles a heel injury</a>. It remains to be seen if he will be available for the Mavericks’ game on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.</p><p>Either way, Thompson will do everything he can to help the Mavs earn a victory at home. Thursday’s game represents the first of a four-game home stand. Dallas will play the Clippers on Thursday and Saturday before hosting the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Christmas Day.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets 100% real on his Luka Doncic experience

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-soaking-all-chase-center-floor-beating-warriors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson soaking it in on Chase Center floor after beating Warriors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Klay-Thompson-seen-soaking-it-all-in-on-Chase-Center-floor-after-beating-Warriors.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson soaking it in on Chase Center floor after beating Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T11:38:07-08:00">December 16th, 11:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T11:38:07-08:00">December 16th, 11:38am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After beating his former team, the Golden State Warriors, 143-133, Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson took a short victory lap around center court at the Chase Center. After draining a team-high seven threes in Sunday’s win, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-hints-4-point-line-warriors-historic-3-point-night" rel="noopener">Thompson hinted at the NBA implementing a four-point line</a>. In a game where both teams combined for 49 threes, he led a historic three-point <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-hints-4-point-line-warriors-historic-3-point-night" rel="noopener">shooting night between the Warriors and the Mavericks</a>. </p><p>While Luka Doncic scored a season-high 45 points en route to a triple-double performance (13 assists, 11 rebounds), Thompson remained efficient, connecting on 9-of-14 attempts, including 7-for-11 from deep. He also finished with five rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block on defense.</p><p>After avenging the Mavericks’ 120-117 first road loss to the Warriors on Nov. 11, Thompson <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868704432193765502" rel="noopener">took a moment</a> to soak in the win minutes after the final buzzer, per 95.7 The Game’s X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Klay Thompson was HYPED walking around the Warriors court after the Mavs beat his former team last night 😤</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/957thegame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@957thegame</a>)<a href="https://t.co/LRHCwCCvxm">pic.twitter.com/LRHCwCCvxm</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868704432193765502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After an underwhelming 2023-24 campaign with the Warriors, his 13th and final season with Golden State, Thompson has bounced back in his newfound role with the Mavericks. For the first time since 2013-14, Klay failed to average 20+ points last season while shooting a career-low 38.7% from behind the three-point arc. However, as Dallas’ third option this season, Thompson fits in seamlessly, averaging 14.0 points at a 40.8% clip, 39.1% from three, 3.6 rebounds, and 0.7 steals per game.</p><p>When Thompson was informed about the Mavericks and Warriors making NBA history from behind the three-point arc, he <a href="https://x.com/MikeACurtis2/status/1868529039692161064" rel="noopener">talked</a> about it being a good thing for the league amid the NBA’s three-point shooting era, per Dallas Morning News’ Mike Curtis.</p><p>“That’s good because I saw what Charlotte &amp; Chicago did [75 combined missed 3s], so it’s nice to counter that because a lot of fans think too many 3s are being attempted, so it was nice to show that shooting is still incredible in this league,” Thompson said. “I really believe as this game gets longer as far as years played, maybe there’ll be a four-point line one day.”</p><h2><b>Klay Thompson’s truth bomb on guarding Stephen Curry</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mavericks-guard-Klay-Thompson-next-to-Warriors-star-Stephen-Curry.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Defending Warriors superstar Stephen Curry still gives Mavericks shooter Klay Thompson flashbacks of years in practice. Still, doing it in-game on opposite teams remains different for the 14-year shooting guard.</p><p>Thompson <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/42998391/klay-thompson-dallas-mavericks-top-golden-state-warriors" rel="noopener">talked</a> about it after Sunday’s win.</p><p>“It’s different, but I am getting more accustomed to it each time we face each other,” Thompson said. “We guarded each other plenty of times in practices and scrimmages. You always cherish the moments you get to face the best players. It’s cool. I get to say I guarded Steph like I guarded Kobe [Bryant] and KD [Kevin Durant].”</p><p>Thompson’s next opportunity to defend Curry will be in Dallas on Feb. 12.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson soaking it in on Chase Center floor after beating Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-drops-different-truth-bomb-guarding-stephen-curry');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson drops ‘different’ truth bomb on guarding Stephen Curry');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mavericks-news-Klay-Thompson-drops-different-truth-bomb-on-guarding-Stephen-Curry.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson drops ‘different’ truth bomb on guarding Stephen Curry</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T08:39:13-08:00">December 16th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T08:39:13-08:00">December 16th, 8:39am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After 13 seasons playing alongside Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, Klay Thompson joined the Dallas Mavericks during the offseason and is still adapting to being in the visitor’s locker room at the Chase Center. The <a href="https://3.basecamp.com/5767866/buckets/36793780/card_tables/cards/8130374060">Mavericks and the Warriors made NBA history</a> in the Mavs’ 143-133 win Sunday night. Both teams combined on a record-breaking 48 threes. After the win, Thompson talked about what it was like defending Curry for only the second time in his career.</p><p>Before 2024-25, Thompson spent his entire career sharing the Warriors backcourt with Curry. After his first two games against his former team, Klay <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/42998391/klay-thompson-dallas-mavericks-top-golden-state-warriors" rel="noopener">admits</a> it’s still something he’s getting used to, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk.</p><p>“It’s different, but I am getting more accustomed to it each time we face each other,” Thompson said. “We guarded each other plenty of times in practices and scrimmages. You always cherish the moments you get to face the best players. It’s cool I get to say I guarded Steph like I guarded Kobe [Bryant] and KD [Kevin Durant]. It’s another story I get to tell.”</p><p>Thompson has been assigned to defend NBA greats such as Stephen Curry, Bryant, and Durant. Throughout their dynastic run, Thompson, Curry, and the Warriors captured four championships (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022). The Splash Brothers are one of the greatest championship duos the association has ever seen. Curry and Thompson, revered for their elite three-point shooting, caught fire in the Mavericks’ 10-point win against the Warriors.</p><p>Klay made 7-of-11 attempts from behind the arc, finishing with 29 points, while Curry connected on 7-of-13 from deep and scored 26. Luka Doncic’s triple-double (45 points, 13 assists, 11 rebounds) led the Mavs, and Kyrie Irving added 21 points and eight assists. Andrew Wiggins’ 29 points led the Warriors.</p><h2><b>Klay Thompson gets 100% real about lesser Warriors fanfare</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mavericks-guard-Klay-Thompson-1.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Back in The Bay for the second time since joining the Mavericks, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-gets-100-real-about-lesser-fanfare-in-bay-area-return">Thompson didn’t receive the same Warriors fanfare</a> as his initial return. However, that would have been not easy to pull off, given the hundreds of fans who wore captain hats in honor of the longtime Warriors champion.</p><p>Still, he <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1868513657749221844" rel="noopener">felt</a> the love at the Chase Center and was extraordinary in the Mavericks’ ten-point win, per NBA’s X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“It still warms my heart to see all the number 11 jerseys. Still makes me feel incredibly grateful for the time I did have here. Legendary stuff. But now it’s time to do some legendary stuff in Dallas,” Thompson said. “I truly believe in this team. We have all the ingredients to be really special.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Makes me incredibly grateful."</p><p>Klay still feels the love from Warriors fans after his 2nd return to The Bay ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/iLcSEFnb15">pic.twitter.com/iLcSEFnb15</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1868513657749221844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After a 120-117 loss on Nov. 12, Thompson and Mavericks are now 1-1 against the Warriors this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson drops ‘different’ truth bomb on guarding Stephen Curry

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-hints-4-point-line-warriors-historic-3-point-night');   ga('set', 'title', 'Klay Thompson hints at 4-point line after Mavericks, Warriors’ historic 3-point night');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mavericks-news-Klay-Thompson-hints-at-4-point-line-after-Dallas-Warriors-historic-3-point-night.jpg"></figure><h1>Klay Thompson hints at 4-point line after Mavericks, Warriors’ historic 3-point night</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T07:23:12-08:00">December 16th, 7:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T07:23:12-08:00">December 16th, 7:23am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the Golden State Warriors 143-133 win against Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks, both teams made NBA history. From the three-point arc, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-warriors-mavericks-combine-3-point-total-new-league-record">Warriors and Mavericks set an NBA record</a> for the most threes combined (48) in a single game. Dallas connected on 21-or-41 attempts from deep, while Golden State made 27-of-54, which led to an interesting take from Thompson.</p><p>The former Warrior <a href="https://x.com/MikeACurtis2/status/1868529039692161064" rel="noopener">talked</a> about this display of shooting being meaningful for the association, especially after a game between the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls recently combined for a whopping 75 missed threes, per Dallas Morning News’ Mike Curtis.</p><p>“That’s good because I saw what Charlotte &amp; Chicago did [75 combined missed 3s], so it’s nice to counter that because a lot of fans think too many 3s are being attempted, so it was nice to show that shooting is still incredible in this league,” Thompson said. “I really believe as this game gets longer as far as years played, maybe there’ll be a four-point line one day.”</p><p>It’s hard to envision the NBA creating a 4-pointer, drastically changing the game, and maximizing a team’s offense. However, it isn’t the first time the idea has been mentioned while teams across the league have prioritized three-point shooting as the association has evolved.</p><p>While Thompson led with a team-high seven threes (7-of-11) en route to 29 points, his former Warriors backcourt mate Stephen Curry (7-of-13) did the same on his way to 26 points. Luka Doncic scored a game-high 45 points as part of an impressive triple-double (13 assists, 11 rebounds), and Kyrie Irving finished with 21 points and eight assists.</p><p>Thompson returned to The Bay for the second time this season. In their first meeting, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks 120-177 on Nov. 11.</p><h2><b>Klay Thompson gets 100% real about lesser Warriors fanfare</b></h2><p>Mavericks shooting guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-gets-100-real-about-lesser-fanfare-in-bay-area-return">Klay Thompson returned to lesser Warriors fanfare</a> than his initial return on Sunday. However, Thompson still felt the love in his second time back.</p><p>After the Mavericks’ 143-133 victory, he <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1868513657749221844" rel="noopener">discussed</a> it in his postgame interview, per NBA’s X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“It still warms my heart to see all the number 11 jerseys. Still makes me feel incredibly grateful for the time I did have here. Legendary stuff. But now it’s time to do some legendary stuff in Dallas. I truly believe in this team. We have all the ingredients to be really special,” Thompson said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Makes me incredibly grateful."</p><p>Klay still feels the love from Warriors fans after his 2nd return to The Bay ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/iLcSEFnb15">pic.twitter.com/iLcSEFnb15</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1868513657749221844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Mavs will take the next few days off before hosting the Clippers on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Klay Thompson hints at 4-point line after Mavericks, Warriors’ historic 3-point night

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-gets-100-real-about-lesser-fanfare-in-bay-area-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets 100% real about lesser Warriors fanfare in Bay Area return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Klay-Thompson-gets-100-real-about-lesser-fanfare-in-Bay-Area-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets 100% real about lesser Warriors fanfare in Bay Area return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T21:38:07-08:00">December 15th, 9:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T21:38:07-08:00">December 15th, 9:38pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>November 11, 2024 was quite the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-true-feelings-klay-thompson-bay-area-return">emotional day for Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson</a>. It was the first time that he visited the Golden State Warriors’ home grounds of Chase Center as a member of the opposing team, and in his return, the Warriors faithful showered him with so much cheer that’s befitting of a true franchise legend. But there’s a reason why people say that you never forget your first, as Thompson’s second trip back to the Bay as a Maverick didn’t come with as much fanfare especially after Dallas took a 143-133 win on Sunday night.</p><p>Nevertheless, Thompson <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1868513657749221844" rel="noopener">can still feel the love</a> from the Warriors fanbase and that he is still appreciative of all the memories he created that will live long in the minds of every Golden State fan — while reiterating his full commitment to the Mavericks and how he’s dead-set on achieving great things with his new team.</p><p>“It still warms my heart to see all the number 11 jerseys. Still makes me feel incredibly grateful for the time I did have here. Legendary stuff. But now it’s time to do some legendary stuff in Dallas. I truly believe in this team. We have all the ingredients to be really special,” Thompson said in his postgame interview, via the official NBA account on X (formerly Twitter).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Makes me incredibly grateful."</p><p>Klay still feels the love from Warriors fans after his 2nd return to The Bay ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/iLcSEFnb15">pic.twitter.com/iLcSEFnb15</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1868513657749221844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It will definitely warm Thompson’s heart as well that this time around, it’s the Mavericks that got the upper hand over his former team. The Warriors, as one would recall, took a come-from-behind win during their first meeting over a month ago thanks to a Stephen Curry onslaught, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-fans-speculate-steph-curry-camera-after-dagger-mavs">Curry even firing off </a>what seemed to be a passive-aggressive remark after nailing a dagger triple.</p><p>The Mavericks appear to be rounding into form, with Luka Doncic taking center stage with a stellar 45-point, 13-assist outing, and things continue to get better for Thompson in this new chapter of his career.</p><h2><b>The Splash Bros scorch the nets on Sunday… but Klay does it for the Mavericks now</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Warriors-guard-Stephen-Curry-30-and-Dallas-Mavericks-guard-Klay-Thompson-31-greet-each-other.jpg"><figcaption>© Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It is still a bit of an odd sight to see Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson play against each other. They have climbed the NBA mountain multiple times alongside one another, pushing each other to be the best version of themselves. And on Sunday, Warriors fans were treated to a familiar sight — with the Splash Brothers combining for 14 triples on the night.</p><p>The heartbreaking thing for Warriors fans, however, is that Thompson is doing his damage for the Mavericks now. Thompson had his best game for his new team yet, finishing with 29 points and most importantly, his first win against his former team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets 100% real about lesser Warriors fanfare in Bay Area return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-jason-kidd-klay-thompson-warriors-game-nba');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Jason Kidd drops 8-word Klay Thompson truth bomb before Warriors game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mavericks-news-Jason-Kidd-drops-8-word-Klay-Thompson-truth-bomb-before-Warriors-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Jason Kidd drops 8-word Klay Thompson truth bomb before Warriors game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T11:30:13-08:00">December 13th, 11:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T11:30:13-08:00">December 13th, 11:30am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-intriguing-bold-prediction">Klay Thompson has endured a fairly inconsistent first season</a> with the Dallas Mavericks. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1867637924051005743" rel="noopener">still believes</a> that Thompson is the “perfect fit” for what Dallas needs, though.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jason Kidd on Klay Thompson: “His fit is perfect for what we need.”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/G92nIsYo2t">pic.twitter.com/G92nIsYo2t</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1867637924051005743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“His fit is perfect for what we need,” Kidd told reporters after practice on Friday.</p><p>Kidd had more to say about the Mavs veteran as well.</p><p>“Yeah, (his fit with the Mavericks) has been great,” Kidd said. “Klay is a true pro, comes to work ready to play.”</p><p>Thompson, 34, is averaging 13.3 points per game on 39.5 percent field goal and 37.4 percent three-point shooting so far in the 2024-25 NBA season. He is also recording 3.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per outing.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-joins-exclusive-all-time-nba-list">Thompson has enjoyed some quality moments with the Mavs</a>, but he has yet to play up to his expectations. Still, his veteran prowess has caught the attention of his teammates.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I asked Olivier-Maxence Prosper about playing with Klay Thompson. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/d5vEYmoZlS">pic.twitter.com/d5vEYmoZlS</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1867630654998908944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Awesome,” Olivier-Maxence Prosper said of playing alongside Klay Thompson. “He’s a great addition to our team. Just being around him as a player but also as a person… He’s a great dude. He brings this team together. I’m just so excited for what’s in store for him and for us as a group with him on the team.</p><p>“It’s great to have him around. Just seeing his approach, how he practices, his training. I just watch that… There’s a reason why he’s Klay Thompson and he’s as great as he is.”</p><p>Thompson and the Mavs are set to play the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night on the road. Of course, Thompson had previously spent his entire career with the Warriors before joining the Mavericks this past offseason. Thompson played well in his first game back against Golden State, scoring 22 points. However, the Warriors defeated the Mavericks by a final score of 120-117.</p><p>Dallas will attempt to bounce back on Sunday against Klay Thompson’s former team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Jason Kidd drops 8-word Klay Thompson truth bomb before Warriors game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-injury-update-jason-kidd');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets crucial 6-word injury update from Jason Kidd');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Klay-Thompson-gets-crucial-6-word-injury-update-from-Jason-Kidd.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets crucial 6-word injury update from Jason Kidd</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T17:40:50-08:00">December 3rd, 5:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T17:41:23-08:00">December 3rd, 5:41pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-dereck-lively-ii-injury-updates-grizzlies-game">Klay Thompson is available</a> for Tuesday night’s Memphis Grizzlies-Dallas Mavericks game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-ruled-out-mavericks-jazz-game">Thompson has been dealing with right foot plantar fasciitis</a> but he is expected to play around 20 minutes against the Grizzlies upon his return. Jason Kidd provided an update on Thompson after it was announced that the Mavs star was available for the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jason Kidd on Klay Thompson, who is available tonight.</p><p>“He feels better, he feels great.”<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/PS4l5JcFIo">pic.twitter.com/PS4l5JcFIo</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1864096769056845898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“He feels better, he feels great,” Kidd <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1864096769056845898" rel="noopener">told reporters</a>.</p><p>Kidd’s message is important. Thompson had missed four games with the injury, and although the Mavs played well amid his absence, Dallas is still going to benefit from the veteran’s return.</p><p>Klay Thompson is averaging 13.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per outing so far this season. He is also shooting 38.3 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from beyond the arc. Thompson has not played up to his standards, but he has still made a big impact when healthy.</p><p>The Mavs will enter Tuesday’s NBA Cup game with a 13-8 record. Memphis holds a 14-7 record, so the game projects to be competitive. It is an important affair as well as Dallas looks to advance in the NBA Cup.</p><p>Dereck Lively II is also available for the game after previously dealing with a knee concern. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving were not listed on the injury report, so they are ready to go as well.</p><p>The Mavs are beginning to get healthy once again. Dante Exum remains out as he recovers from wrist surgery, and Naji Marshall is out on Tuesday night due to an illness. Nevertheless, the Mavs are starting to get healthy and that is obviously of the utmost importance.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how Klay Thompson plays in his return. He will be limited, as Kidd expects him to play around 20 minutes. Still, Thompson could end up playing a crucial role during Tuesday night’s game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson gets crucial 6-word injury update from Jason Kidd

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-dereck-lively-ii-injury-updates-grizzlies-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II officially available for Grizzlies game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Mavericks-news-Klay-Thompson-Dereck-Lively-II-get-big-injury-updates-for-Grizzlies-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II officially available for Grizzlies game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T03:17:11-08:00">December 3rd, 3:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T15:51:26-08:00">December 3rd, 3:51pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks will host the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup clash. The Mavs received a number of injury updates before the game.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-kyrie-irving-injury-report-blazers">Luka Doncic, who returned from injury</a> for the Mavs’ 137-131 win on Sunday, is not on the injury report. Kyrie Irving, who did not play on Sunday, is also not on the injury report. However, Naji Marshall has been ruled out for Tuesday’s game due to an illness. Additionally, Klay Thompson and Dereck Lively II are on the injury report.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-ruled-out-mavericks-jazz-game">Thompson has been dealing with left foot plantar fasciitis</a>. Lively, meanwhile, recently suffered a right knee hyperextension injury. With the Mavs looking to win an important NBA Cup game on Tuesday, they are certainly hopeful that Thompson and Lively will be available.</p><p>Here is everything we know about Klay Thompson and Dereck Lively II’s injuries and playing statuses vs. the Grizzlies.</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV </i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored"><b><i>(click for a free trial)*</i></b></a></p><h2><b>Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II’s injury statuses for Grizzlies-Mavericks game </b></h2><p>Thompson and Lively were both <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-12-03_05AM.pdf" rel="noopener">listed as questionable</a>, per the NBA injury report.</p><p>However, on Tuesday evening, they were <a href="https://x.com/joeymistretta_/status/1864093751297085771?s=46&amp;t=t0whIKQHb8OeDuFs8twM-g">both ruled as</a> available for the Mavs.</p><p>The Mavs have played well over the past couple of weeks despite a plethora of injuries. Dallas will enter Tuesday’s contest in the middle of a four-game winning streak. The Mavs are 13-8 overall, while the Grizzlies are 14-7.</p><p>Thompson has played in 17 games so far during the 2024-25 season. He is averaging 13.2 points per game on 38.3 percent field goal and 36.8 percent three-point shooting. Thompson is recording 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per outing as well.</p><p>Lively is averaging 8.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 blocks per outing across 16 games played. He has started nine of the 16 games he has played in. Lively is also shooting 70.7 percent on his field goal attempts.</p><p>However, the good news for the Mavs is they will both be playing on Tuesday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II officially available for Grizzlies game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-ruled-out-mavericks-jazz-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Klay Thompson ruled out for Mavericks-Jazz game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mavericks-news-Klay-Thompson-ruled-out-for-Dallas-Jazz-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Klay Thompson ruled out for Mavericks-Jazz game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-29T16:06:34-08:00">November 29th, 4:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-29T16:07:53-08:00">November 29th, 4:07pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Dallas Mavericks star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-dereck-lively-ii-knicks-injury-updates">Klay Thompson has not played</a> in the team’s last two contests, and that streak will continue for at least one more game. Still battling a left foot plantar fascia injury, Thompson will <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1862628053651767780" rel="noopener">not play</a> Saturday against the Utah Jazz, per Mavs insider Joey Mistretta.</p><p>After a four-game losing streak in early November, during which Dallas lost to Phoenix, Denver, Golden State and Utah, the Mavericks have won six of their last seven.</p><h2><b>Mavericks rebounding despite injuries to Thompson, Luka Doncic</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mavericks-Klay-Thompson-reacting-vs-the-Spurs.jpg"><figcaption>© Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Dallas rebounded in Brett Siegel’s most recent <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-power-rankings-24-25-week-5-spurs-news-heights-76ers-rock-bottom">NBA Power Rankings</a> update, moving from No. 13 to No. 10. Although his review of the Mavericks was far from glowing.</p><p>“Dominance over the Pelicans and Nuggets is the only reason why the Dallas Mavericks are moving back into the top 10 of the NBA power rankings. Other than that, this team is the biggest mystery in the Western Conference because of how inconsistent they are on offense. Klay Thompson has gone cold from deep, shooting just 34.5 percent from the perimeter, and Kyrie Irving has struggled a bit with his shot in recent games. Now with Luka Doncic out due to a wrist injury, even more pressure is on this team when it comes to scoring.</p><p>The good news for Dallas is that PJ Washington, Naji Marshall, and the big-man tandem of Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford have helped set the tone for this group. Lively is really beginning to come into his own as one of the best finishing and rim-protecting big men in the league, as he is shooting 72.9 percent from the floor over his last seven games. He has also blocked 15 shots in this span.”</p><p>Spencer Dinwiddie, who helped carry Dallas with big minutes off the bench in his last two games, spoke about the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-spencer-dinwiddie-eye-opening-dallas">behind-the-scenes of the franchise</a>.</p><p>“One of the biggest credits to this organization is they do a phenomenal job of communicating,” Dinwiddie said. “Approaching it with the standpoint of like, ‘hey, this is a championship-caliber team. What can I do night in and night out to help us win’… that doesn’t always mean big scoring nights.”</p><p>“I think personnel, also the team were playing, what’s asked of me,” Dinwiddie explained. “There’s some nights where they’re like, let’s say for example we’re playing the Jazz, they’re like, ‘hey, you’re going to have to guard (Lauri) Markkanen.’ Okay, well I know that it’s one of those types of nights. Like be really locked into that, try not to give him any airspace. It also might mean I end up in foul trouble, so I might have less minutes but I gotta play those minutes in a certain style.</p><p>“It’s just reading the feedback from the coaches and then also the game itself… Lineups, and opponents and all that other stuff will, you know, change kind of who I am nightly.”</p><p>Dinwiddie accounted for 22 points, three rebounds and nine assists in the Mavs’ 129-114 win against the New York Knicks on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Klay Thompson ruled out for Mavericks-Jazz game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-jason-kidd-luka-doncic-klay-thompson-injury-updates-jazz');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Jason Kidd provides big Luka Doncic, Klay Thompson injury updates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-Jason-Kidd-provides-big-Luka-Doncic-Klay-Thompson-injury-0.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Jason Kidd provides big Luka Doncic, Klay Thompson injury updates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-29T12:14:43-08:00">November 29th, 12:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-29T12:14:43-08:00">November 29th, 12:14pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks will play the Utah Jazz on Saturday night in a road clash. However, will Luka Doncic and Klay Thompson be available? <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-luka-doncic-out-knicks-dallas">Doncic is battling a right wrist sprain</a> while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-dereck-lively-ii-knicks-injury-updates">Thompson is dealing with a left foot plantar fascia concern</a>. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd provided updates on both players while speaking to reporters after practice on Friday.</p><p>“He (Doncic) did practice today, so we will see how he feels tomorrow,” Kidd said.</p><p>Kidd revealed that Thompson did not practice, however. When asked if Thompson is feeling better, Kidd said, “yeah, he looks good for what he can do.”</p><p>Although Thompson did not practice, <a href="https://x.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1862569618038051083" rel="noopener">he was seen taking shots after practice</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Klay Thompson, who did not practice today but is getting shots up after practice, looks good as he makes five shots in a row.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MFFL</a> <a href="https://t.co/YAdkqxWEA6">pic.twitter.com/YAdkqxWEA6</a></p><p>— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeyMistretta_/status/1862569618038051083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Mavericks finding ways to win without Luka Doncic, Klay Thompson</b></h2><p>The Mavs have found success despite Doncic and Thompson’s absences. In fact, they are 4-1 without Doncic this season. Spencer Dinwiddie, who also spoke to reporters on Friday after practice, shared his thoughts on the Mavs’ success despite Luka’s absence.</p><p>“Obviously as a group in general, whether it’s Luka or not, we have a next man up mentality… And then it’s just kind of by committee,” Dinwiddie said. “Just trying to pick up the intensity in all facets, you know, cut harder, run harder… box out more. You just have to whenever you’re missing an MVP-caliber player.”</p><p>The Mavs may be playing well without Doncic but they are still looking forward to his return. Doncic and Thompson’s statuses are uncertain for Saturday’s game.</p><p>Dallas has won two games in a row as of this story’s writing. Saturday’s contest will represent the first of a two-game road trip, as the Mavericks will play a back-to-back. Following Saturday’s game, the Mavs will play the Trail Blazers in Portland before heading home for an NBA Cup clash against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Jason Kidd provides big Luka Doncic, Klay Thompson injury updates

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-dereck-lively-ii-knicks-injury-updates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavericks’ Klay Thompson out, Dereck Lively II playing vs. Knicks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Are-Klay-Thompson-Dereck-Lively-II-playing-vs.-Knicks-Latest-injury-updates.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavericks’ Klay Thompson out, Dereck Lively II playing vs. Knicks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T19:10:58-08:00">November 26th, 7:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-27T14:50:27-08:00">November 27th, 2:50pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Atlanta Hawks 129-119 on Monday night. It was an impressive victory considering the fact that Luka Doncic and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-injury-report-dallas-hawks-game">Klay Thompson missed the game</a> due to injuries. Dereck Lively II also exited early due to an illness. Doncic has already been ruled out for Wednesday’s game against the New York Knicks due to his right wrist injury, but what does the rest of the Mavericks’ injury report look like?</p><p>Dante Exum, who is recovering from right wrist surgery, is out. Klay Thompson (left foot plantar fascia), Dereck Lively II (illness) and Quentin Grimes (illness) are all on the injury report as well.</p><p>So are Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II and Quentin Grimes playing on Wednesday vs. the Knicks?</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV </i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored"><b><i>(click for a free trial)*</i></b></a></p><h2><b>Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II injury statuses for Knicks-Mavericks game</b></h2><p>Klay Thompson is out, while Dereck Lively II is <a href="https://x.com/joeymistretta_/status/1861903243300724925?s=46&amp;t=t0whIKQHb8OeDuFs8twM-g" rel="noopener">playing for the</a> Mavericks, according to ClutchPoints. In addition, Quentin Grimes is playing, while Daniel Gafford is out.</p><p>Thompson and Grimes missed Monday’s game. Lively, as mentioned, exited early against the Hawks on Monday night.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-late-addition-injury-report-vs-hawks">Kyrie Irving was also listed as questionable</a> before Monday’s game due to an illness, but he was ultimately made available to play. Irving led the way, scoring 32 points in the win. However, they are hopeful to have more players available against the Knicks on Wednesday night.</p><p>Dallas holds a 10-8 record while New York is 10-7 so far in the 2024-25 NBA season. It projects to be a competitive affair as the Mavs look to win a second consecutive game. The Knicks, meanwhile, are fresh off a convincing 145-118 victory over the Denver Nuggets, so they will have momentum.</p><p>As for the question of whether or not Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively II and Quentin Grimes are playing on Wednesday night vs. the Knicks, Lively and Grimes will, while Thompson will not.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavericks’ Klay Thompson out, Dereck Lively II playing vs. Knicks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mavericks-news-klay-thompson-injury-report-dallas-hawks-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Klay Thompson out for Mavericks-Hawks game with foot injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Klay-Thompson-lands-on-injury-report-for-Mavericks-Hawks-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Klay Thompson out for Mavericks-Hawks game with foot injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-25T03:11:04-08:00">November 25th, 3:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-25T15:12:11-08:00">November 25th, 3:12pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks are set to play the second of a back-to-back on Monday against the Atlanta Hawks after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-heat-takeaways-from-thrilling-overtime-win-vs-mavs">getting defeated by the Miami Heat</a> 123-118 in overtime on Sunday. Dallas is looking to bounce back on Monday night against Atlanta, but injuries will be a concern. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-luka-doncic-to-miss-time-with-wrist-injury">Luka Doncic is still battling a right wrist sprain</a> and he will miss the game. Klay Thompson, meanwhile, has been added to the injury report due to “left foot; plantar fascia.”</p><p>Thompson played fairly well during Sunday’s game. He recorded 15 points on 5-12 shooting from the field and 3-5 shooting from beyond the arc. Thompson has endured his share of ups and downs since joining the Mavs, but he still plays an important role for the team without question.</p><p>The Mavericks are hoping to jump back into the win column. So is Klay Thompson playing tonight vs. the Hawks?</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV </i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored"><b><i>(click for a free trial)*</i></b></a></p><h2><b>Klay Thompson’s injury status vs. Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mavericks-Klay-Thompson-shooting-a-free-throw-vs-the-Nuggets.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Thompson <a href="https://x.com/joeymistretta_/status/1861184533317480624?s=46&amp;t=t0whIKQHb8OeDuFs8twM-g" rel="noopener">is out for</a> Monday’s Mavericks-Hawks game listed as questionable for Monday’s Mavericks-Hawks game. It is also worth mentioning that Daniel Gafford, who was listed on the injury report for Sunday’s Mavericks-Heat game due to left shoulder soreness, was not listed on Monday’s injury report.</p><p>Thompson, 34, is averaging 13.2 points per game on 38.3 percent field goal and 36.8 percent three-point shooting during the 2024-25 season. Klay has not played up to his standards. Still, he is a respected veteran presence with the potential to get hot at any given moment.</p><p>The Mavs will enter Monday’s game with a 9-8 record. The Hawks, meanwhile, are 7-10 so far this season. Dallas had won four consecutive games before losing on Sunday so they would love to immediately get back on track.</p><p>When it comes to the question of if Klay Thompson is playing tonight vs. the Hawks, however, the answer is no.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Klay Thompson out for Mavericks-Hawks game with foot injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-drops-hall-of-fame-klay-thompson-take-before-mavericks-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Erik Spoelstra drops ‘Hall of Fame’ Klay Thompson take before Mavericks game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Erik-Spoelstra-drops-Hall-of-Fame-Klay-Thompson-take-before-Mavericks-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra drops ‘Hall of Fame’ Klay Thompson take before Mavericks game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-23T15:13:02-08:00">November 23rd, 3:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-23T15:13:02-08:00">November 23rd, 3:13pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-highlights-miamis-crucial-injury-updates-for-mavericks-game">Miami Heat hope to be at full strength</a> when they face the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday evening, they also have to focus on their opponent, who made a huge addition this offseason with former Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson. After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-heat-takeaways-from-exciting-win-vs-76ers">Heat beat the Philadelphia 76ers</a> last Monday, they hope to win two straight on their home floor as head coach Erik Spoelstra speaks about the upcoming matchup.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra speaks on what Klay Thompson brings to Dallas</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Klay-Thompson-facing-the-Heat-on-March-26-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Navarro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Dallas made an impressive trip to the NBA Finals last season, led by stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but fell to the Boston Celtics in five games. Despite Doncic missing time currently due to a wrist injury, Thompson could be seen as the final missing piece of the puzzle for the team in the long run, as Spoelstra said to ClutchPoints that the four-time champion gives them <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860419160930480214" rel="noopener">“Hall of Fame shooting.”</a></p><p>“Well, he [Thompson] has that Hall of Fame shooting that you always have to be aware of where he is on the court because he can ignite at any moment,” Spoelstra said. “They played well, you know, in the few games that played without Doncic. So they’re extremely dangerous either way, they had an impressive win last night. You know, we have to make sure that we’re bringing it and, you know, playing with some enthusiasm here at home and build on what we did the last time we played in front of our fans.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about Dallas’ addition of Klay Thompson and what he adds to their team.</p><p>“Well he has that hall of fame shooting that you always have to beware…they’ve played well in the few games that they played without Doncic…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/YbN57NLRgh">pic.twitter.com/YbN57NLRgh</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860419160930480214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat prepare to face the Mavericks without star Luka Doncic</b></h2><p>As said before, Miami’s opponent will be missing their focal drive on offense in Doncic, but in the one game he has missed so far, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-dedicates-thrilling-win-vs-nuggets-to-injured-luka-doncic">Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets</a> in a team effort, 123-120. Still, there is no doubt that it could change the game plan for Spoelstra since Doncic will be unavailable, though he still has to focus on such stars as Thompson, Irving, and more.</p><p>“It’s the great players require special attention to the game plan, and it might not be a big departure from what we do,” Spoelstra said. “It’s just every single detail matters, even without Luka, Kyrie [Irving] is an offense unto Himself, the creativity and stress he can put on to a defense is real. And obviously, Klay [Thompson] is somebody that can get going in not much space or time. So, I think it was good to be able to drill some of our defense full speed, we haven’t been able to do that in a while.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on facing Dallas Sunday without Luka Doncic and how the game plan possibly changes.</p><p>“Great players require special attention to the game plan…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/ctTT0cvlPA">pic.twitter.com/ctTT0cvlPA</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860043782768795903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, Miami looks to take down Thompson and the rest of the Mavericks as they host them on Sunday after getting a week off. Still, the Heat await a final status on Jimmy Butler as they are currently 6-7, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
14.4	3.4	1.8	0.3	0.9

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
14.4	3.4	1.8	0.3	0.9

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