The 2020–21 Dallas Mavericks season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks clinched the Southwest division for the first time since the 2009-10 season following a 110–90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 7, 2021.[1] However, the Mavericks lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Clippers for the second consecutive season in seven games.[2]
2020–21 Dallas Mavericks season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Rick Carlisle |
General manager | Donnie Nelson |
President | Donnie Nelson |
Owner(s) | Mark Cuban |
Arena | American Airlines Center |
Results | |
Record | 42–30 (.583) |
Place | Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 5th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Clippers 3–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | KESN |
Following the season on June 17, 2021, long time head coach Rick Carlisle resigned from his position as head coach after 13 seasons and leading the team to a championship in 2011.[3][4]
Draft
editRound | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
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1 | 18 | Josh Green | SG | Australia | Arizona |
2 | 311 | Tyrell Terry | PG | United States | Stanford |
1 The Mavericks acquired the second-round pick from the Golden State Warriors.[5]
Roster
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Standings
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Divisionedit
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Conferenceedit
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Notes
- z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
- c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
- y – Clinched division title
- x – Clinched playoff spot
- pb – Clinched play-in spot
- o – Eliminated from playoff contention
- * – Division leader
Game log
editPreseason
editThe preseason schedule was announced on November 27, 2020.[6]
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Preseason: 2–1 (home: 0–1; road: 2–0)
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2020–21 season schedule |
Regular season
editThe schedule for the first half was announced on December 4, 2020.[7] The second half was revealed on February 24, 2021.[8]
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December: 1–3 (home: 0–1; road: 1–2)
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January: 7–9 (home: 2–4; road: 5–5)
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February: 8–4 (home: 6–3; road: 2–1)
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March: 9–5 (home: 3–2; road: 6–3)
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April: 10–6 (home: 5–4; road: 5–2)
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May: 7–3 (home: 5–1; road: 2–2)
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2020–21 season schedule |
Postseason
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First round: 3–4 (home: 0–3; road: 3–1)
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2021 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
editRagular season
editPlayer | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Tim Hardaway Jr. | SG | 70 | 31 | 1,985 | 229 | 126 | 31 | 11 | 1,163 | 28.4 | 3.3 | 1.8 | .4 | .2 | 16.6 |
Jalen Brunson | PG | 68 | 12 | 1,697 | 231 | 239 | 35 | 1 | 857 | 25.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | .5 | .0 | 12.6 |
Luka Dončić | PG | 66 | 66 | 2,262 | 527 | 567 | 64 | 36 | 1,830 | 34.3 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 1.0 | .5 | 27.7 |
Trey Burke | PG | 62 | 1 | 911 | 54 | 81 | 36 | 7 | 411 | 14.7 | .9 | 1.3 | .6 | .1 | 6.6 |
Dorian Finney-Smith | PF | 60 | 60 | 1,921 | 326 | 102 | 52 | 25 | 590 | 32.0 | 5.4 | 1.7 | .9 | .4 | 9.8 |
Josh Richardson | SG | 59 | 56 | 1,790 | 195 | 153 | 61 | 24 | 715 | 30.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .4 | 12.1 |
Dwight Powell | C | 58 | 19 | 966 | 234 | 63 | 36 | 30 | 342 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 1.1 | .6 | .5 | 5.9 |
Willie Cauley-Stein | C | 53 | 16 | 906 | 236 | 35 | 21 | 43 | 280 | 17.1 | 4.5 | .7 | .4 | .8 | 5.3 |
Maxi Kleber | PF | 50 | 40 | 1,341 | 260 | 68 | 24 | 35 | 353 | 26.8 | 5.2 | 1.4 | .5 | .7 | 7.1 |
Kristaps Porziņģis | C | 43 | 43 | 1,327 | 381 | 68 | 20 | 58 | 865 | 30.9 | 8.9 | 1.6 | .5 | 1.3 | 20.1 |
Josh Green | SG | 39 | 5 | 445 | 78 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 101 | 11.4 | 2.0 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 2.6 |
Boban Marjanović | C | 33 | 3 | 271 | 128 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 156 | 8.2 | 3.9 | .3 | .1 | .2 | 4.7 |
James Johnson† | PF | 29 | 1 | 504 | 86 | 50 | 24 | 23 | 166 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 1.7 | .8 | .8 | 5.7 |
Nicolò Melli† | PF | 23 | 4 | 325 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 91 | 14.1 | 2.8 | .8 | .2 | .1 | 4.0 |
Wes Iwundu† | SF | 23 | 3 | 288 | 44 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 12.5 | 1.9 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 2.1 |
Nate Hinton | SG | 21 | 0 | 93 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 4.4 | .4 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 2.0 |
Tyler Bey | SF | 18 | 0 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3.9 | 1.1 | .2 | .0 | .1 | 1.0 |
JJ Redick† | SG | 13 | 0 | 147 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 11.3 | .9 | .8 | .2 | .1 | 4.4 |
Tyrell Terry | PG | 11 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5.1 | .5 | .5 | .5 | .0 | 1.0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Mavericks only.
Playoffs
editPlayer | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Luka Dončić | PG | 7 | 7 | 281 | 55 | 72 | 9 | 3 | 250 | 40.1 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 1.3 | .4 | 35.7 |
Dorian Finney-Smith | PF | 7 | 7 | 271 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 72 | 38.7 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .3 | 10.3 |
Tim Hardaway Jr. | SG | 7 | 7 | 262 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 37.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | .4 | .0 | 17.0 |
Kristaps Porziņģis | C | 7 | 7 | 233 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 92 | 33.3 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .7 | 13.1 |
Maxi Kleber | PF | 7 | 4 | 187 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 26.7 | 3.6 | 1.4 | .4 | .0 | 5.3 |
Jalen Brunson | PG | 7 | 0 | 114 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 16.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | .0 | .0 | 8.0 |
Josh Richardson | SG | 7 | 0 | 94 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 13.4 | 1.6 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 4.9 |
Dwight Powell | C | 7 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7.4 | 1.9 | .9 | .3 | .0 | 2.7 |
Willie Cauley-Stein | C | 6 | 0 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10.5 | 2.7 | .5 | .3 | .7 | 2.5 |
Boban Marjanović | C | 4 | 3 | 83 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 20.8 | 8.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .3 | 11.8 |
Nicolò Melli | PF | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 2.0 | .0 | .3 | .0 | .0 |
Trey Burke | PG | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 | .5 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .5 |
Josh Green | SG | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Transactions
editTrades
editNovember 18, 2020[12] | To Dallas Mavericks Josh Richardson Draft rights to Tyler Bey |
To Philadelphia 76ers Seth Curry |
November 27, 2020[13][14] | To Dallas Mavericks James Johnson |
To Detroit Pistons Delon Wright |
To Oklahoma City Thunder Justin Jackson | ||
March 26, 2021[15] | To Dallas Mavericks JJ Redick Nicolò Melli |
To New Orleans Pelicans James Johnson Wes Iwundu Second-round pick |
Free agents
editSubtractions
editPlayer | Reason left | New team |
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J. J. Barea[16] | Waived | Estudiantes |
Willie Cauley-Stein[17] | Restructured contract | Dallas Mavericks |
Antonius Cleveland[18] | Free agent | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Freddie Gillespie[19] | Waived | Memphis Hustle |
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[20] | Free agent | New York Knicks |
Courtney Lee[21][19] | Restructured contract/ Waived after training camp |
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Devonte Patterson[19] | Waived | |
Josh Reaves | Free agent | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
Awards
editPlayer | Award | Date awarded |
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Luka Dončić | Player of the week | January 4–10[22] |
March 29 – April 4[23] | ||
April 19–25[24] | ||
All-Star | February 19, 2021[25] | |
All-NBA First Team | June 15, 2021[26] |
Notes
edit- ^ a b The game originally scheduled for January 11, was postponed due to the COVID-19 protocol.[9]
- ^ a b The game originally scheduled for February 17, was postponed due to the February 2021 North American ice storm.[10]
- ^ a b The game originally scheduled for February 19, was postponed due to the February 2021 North American ice storm.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Mavs beat the Cavs". The Official Home of the Dallas Mavericks. May 8, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Clippers win Game 7, eliminate Mavericks despite Luka Doncic's 46 points". Los Angeles Times. June 6, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Rick Carlisle steps down as Mavericks coach". NBA.com. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Rick Carlisle says he won't return as Dallas Mavericks coach after 13 seasons". ESPN.com. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Mavericks acquire center Andrew Bogut from Warriors". mavs.com. July 7, 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "NBA releases 2020–21 preseason schedule". nba.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ "First-half NBA schedule: List of games for all 30 teams". nba.com. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ^ "NBA unveils game and national television schedules for second half of 2020-21 season". nba.com. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "New Orleans at Dallas game postponed". nba.com. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Pistons-Mavs game postponed due to severe weather conditions". nba.com. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Mavericks-Rockets game postponed due to government shutdown". nba.com. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ "Team Acquires Seth Curry". Philadelphia 76ers. November 18, 2020.
- ^ "Detroit Pistons Acquire Delon Wright From Dallas In Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Thunder Acquires Trevor Ariza, Justin Jackson and Two Second-Round Draft Picks". National Basketball Association. November 27, 2020.
- ^ "Mavs acquire sharpshooting guard Redick in trade with Pelicans". mavs.com. March 26, 2021.
- ^ "It's official: J.J. Barea waived by Mavericks". mavs.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Hardaway opts in for coming season". mavs.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ Adams, Luke (December 3, 2020). "Thunder Sign Antonius Cleveland". HoopsRumors.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mavericks briefs: These players are 'dumb and dumber,' plus roster is set". mavs.com. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "Knicks Sign Michael Kidd-Gilchrist". NBA.com. November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Mavericks sign Courtney Lee, set for preseason opener". mavs.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum named NBA Players of the Week". NBA.com. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Luka Doncic, Jrue Holiday named NBA Players of the Week". NBA.com. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Luka Doncic, Bradley Beal named NBA Players of the Week". April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "2021 NBA All-Star Game starters revealed". NBA.com. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry lead 2020–21 All-NBA First Team". June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.