Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and co-owner of the Landmark Theaters cinema chain, has acquired a 9.4

By JEFF CAPLAN SALT LAKE CITY — The passion and energy the Dallas Mavericks displayed Thursday night to run over Portland suffered a big chill Friday night against a severely undermanned Utah team.

SALT LAKE CITY — Rookie Kosta Koufos scored a career-high 18 points and Deron Williams added 17 points and 13 assists as the short-handed Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night. The Jazz was without Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap and Mehmet Okur — their top three scorers and rebounders — but outran the weary Mavericks all game and ended Dallas’ three-game winning streak.

By JEFF CAPLAN In the NBA, days of the week are mostly irrelevant. It’s either a game day or a non-game day

DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points, Jason Terry added 17, and the Dallas Mavericks stretched their winning streak against the Memphis Grizzlies to 13 games with a 100-82 victory on Tuesday night. Josh Howard added 14 points, and Erick Dampier contributed 13 points and nine rebounds for the Mavericks, who have won 14 of 18. Hakim Warrick had 17 points, and Rudy Gay added 16 points and nine …

Dirk Nowitzki is keeping all his options open for his future, including the possibility of taking less money in 2010 to facilitate the Mavericks acquiring a marquee player or players in that summer’s bountiful free-agent market.

By JAN HUBBARD WASHINGTON — The last six minutes of the Mavericks’ 97-86 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday were for fans and critics who might have thought that the Mavericks would like a do-over on the Devin Harris trade.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – An hour or so before Friday’s game, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spent some time chatting with New Jersey president Rod Thorn and his sidekick, Kiki Vandeweghe.

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The Dallas Mavericks will open a three-game road trip tonight against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre.