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Stats rundown: 3 stats from after the Dallas Mavericks fall to the Indiana Pacers, 134-127
Dallas just can’t seem to stop putting themselves into holes early in games so far this season. They crawled out of an early 13-point deficit, then again from a nine-point hole in both the second and third quarters.
The offense looked alright after a get-right game against Orlando, but after winning their first back-to-back earlier this season, it looked like Dallas just couldn’t get across the finish line. Indiana scored at will in a 134-127 win against Dallas, and here are the stats we noticed.
22: Minutes from the Dallas centers
With Dereck Lively being a late scratch due to a shoulder sprain during warmups, the Mavericks went into this game with Daniel Gafford and Dwight Powell as their bigs. Between them, they played 20 minutes; 15 from Gafford and seven from Powell.
Without Lively’s range-y mobility and ability to guard all the way to the arc, the Pacer’s Myles Turner caught fire from deep. He scored 30 for the game and went 5-of-8 from three. Dallas countered by going small, counting on PJ Washington to stem the damage from Turner while maximizing their own three-point potency. To that extent, it worked, as Dallas climbed back into the game shooting 42% on 36 three-point shots, but the defense suffered as a result.
11-of-11: Pacers’ 4th quarter shots at the rim
Despite having a hot shooting night of their own, Dallas’ small ball lineup had brought Dallas back into the game. In the fourth, Indiana responded by punishing Dallas down low.
Despite shooting 42% on 20 threes through three quarters, the Pacers shifted their focus to attacking the rim and Dallas’ smaller lineup. Indiana made one of the three triples they took in the final frame, but a perfect 11-of-11 at the rim powered a relentless 38-point fourth. Dallas just couldn’t get enough stops to get over the hump.
20: Points from Naji Marshall
If there was a bright spot to take away from this game, it was Naji Marshall’s offense showing up to the party. Early on when Dallas was still getting its bearings, it was Marshall’s 11-point first quarter that prevented what became a 13-point Pacer lead from getting any bigger.
He hit both his three-pointers and was 8-of-9 on the night. Along with Spencer Dinwiddie’s 14 bench points, the duo proved that Dallas has scoring depth that can buoy them in shootouts like tonight.
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With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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Dallas weather: May 10 morning forecast
Today is by far our most active day of the extended forecast. After our Red River Counties got some severe storms overnight, we expect a mostly quiet morning. Isolated storms are expected to start forming just after noon. The severe threat begins mid-afternoon in a more scattered fashion, before a cold front ushers in widespread rain and strong storms this evening.
DALLAS – A powerful cold front sweeping across North and Central Texas on Monday is expected to trigger a wave of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, dangerous winds, and isolated flash flooding.
Severe weather in North Texas
Timeline:
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned that while showers and storms will begin developing Monday morning, the risk of severe weather will peak during the afternoon and evening hours as the front advances southward.
We are tracking two distinct phases of the storm system. Initial storms are expected to be “discrete,” or individual cells, which carry a high risk of large hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter. As the evening progresses, these individual storms are forecast to merge into a large cluster or broken line.
Once the storms consolidate, the primary threat will shift toward damaging straight-line winds. Forecasters warned that wind gusts could exceed 70 to 75 mph, speeds capable of downing trees, damaging roofs, and causing power outages.
In addition to the wind and hail threats, the system is expected to dump significant amounts of water. While most areas will see standard rainfall, there is a 10% to 15% chance that some locations could receive up to 4 inches of rain. Isolated flash flooding can happen over these locations.
Live Radar
We are watching how morning activity near the Red River might influence the speed of the cold front. The exact position of that front will be the primary factor in determining where the most intense storms initiate.
Residents are encouraged to monitor local forecasts and have multiple ways to receive weather warnings throughout the evening.
The front is expected to push through the region by Tuesday morning.
7-Day Forecast
The Source: Information in this article is from the National Weather Service and the FOX 4 Weather team.
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