The team announced that forward Maxi Kleber underwent surgery to repair a right foot fracture that the German big man suffered in a game against the Boston Celtics on Jan. 25.

It was good to see Dallas beat a bad team, something they hadn't done a great job of since Luka Doncic went down on Christmas Day with his calf strain, as they've suffered losses to teams like the New Orleans Pelicans (who Dallas plays Wednesday) and the Charlotte Hornets recently. Here are three takeaways from this blowout win.

The Dallas Mavericks hosted the Washington Wizards on Monday night and got out to a dominating start, thanks to future Hall of Famer Klay Thompson. He scored 21 points in the first quarter, outscoring the Wizards by himself, as Washington had just 16 points in the first 12 minutes.

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Klay Thompson outscored the Washington Wizards by himself in the first quarter, scoring 21 points on 7/10 shooting from three-point range to Washington's 16 points, who shot just

During this time, Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum took advantage of a missed floater by Irving and led a transition opportunity to find Trey Murphy III for a windmill alley-oop. Less than 10 seconds later, McCollum remixed the play and threw another lob to Murphy to give the Pelicans a six-point lead going into the half.

Kylor Kelley spoke to reporters before the Dallas Mavericks' game on Monday night against the Washington Wizards.

Jonas Valanciunas and the Washington Wizards (6-38) will visit the Dallas Mavericks (24-22) at American Airlines Center on Monday,. The opening tip is at 8:30 PM ET.The Mavericks are

Kyrie Irving dropped an eye-opening Klay Thompson admission following the Mavericks' victory against the Pelicans.

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The reigning rookie of the year is an NBA All-Star for the first time, with the 21-year-old from France one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the midseason exhibition that will take place Feb. 16 at the home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.