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Sunday Night Football: Washington Redskins v Dallas Cowboys Live Streaming

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ARLINGTON, TX (Sporting Alert) — The Washington Redskins are well rested, after a bye in Week 5 and will look to push on from their first win the last time out when they take on the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium live on NBC Sports at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Sunday Night Football: Washington Redskins vs. Dallas Cowboys Live Streaming NBC Online Player

The Redskins (1-3) beat the Oakland Raiders 24-14 for their first win of the season after a 0-3 start and star quarterback Robert Griffin III wants his teammates to push on.

“Everybody’s got a lot more energy coming off the bye week, just ready to do what we know we have to do,” Griffin III said this week.

“As a team, I think we’re all just moving on from those first four weeks.

“We got the win going into the bye, which is real beneficial to us, but aside from that we didn’t really play like we know we can play. So we just have got to get back to doing us.”

Lots of eyes will also be on Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo, who was very impressive when rattling up 506 yards in the defeat to the Denver Broncos and Washington’s head coach Mike Shanahan admits that the 11-year pro could cause serious damage if he gets going.

INACTIVES FOR THE GAME

Meanwhile, both the Redskins and the Cowboys have listed the following players as inactive for tonight’s contest.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS AT DALLAS COWBOYS

Washington – QB Rex Grossman, LB Brandon Jenkins, RB Chris Thompson, G Josh LeRibeus, S Jordan Pugh, S Bacarri Rambo, DT Chris Neild.

Dallas – RB Lance Dunbar, CB Chris Greenwood, LB Edgar Jones, G David Arkin, C Phil Costa, TE Andre Smith, T Darrion Weems

Texas top No. 12 Oklahoma; No. 25 Missouri 41 beat No. 7 Georgia 26

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DALLAS – Case McCoy threw two touchdown passes, and got one each from his defense and special teams, and the Texas Longhorns upset No. 12 Oklahoma 36-20 win over in the 2013 AT&T Red River Rivalry on Saturday.

The victory say Texas (4-2, 3-0 Big 12) stayed undefeated in conference play from the opening three games, while the previous unbeaten Sooners (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) fell to its first defeat overall on the season.

The defeat saw Bob Stoops’ team  surrendering the Golden Hat Trophy for the first time since 2009, but the head coach still believes in his troop.

“I still believe in our football team,” Stoops said on www.soonersports.com after the game. “We are going to continue to improve throughout the year.”

Also beaten on Saturday was No. 7 Georgia (4-2, 3-1 SEC) who were stunned 41-26 by No. 25 Missouri 41 (6-0, 2-0 SEC) at Sanford Stadium.

Georgia were playing without several key players.

Saturday, October 12
RESULT
No. 25 Missouri 41, No. 7 Georgia 26
Texas 36, No. 12 Oklahoma 20
No. 20 Texas Tech 42, Iowa State 35
No. 24 Virginia Tech 19, Pittsburgh 9
South Florida 13, Connecticut 10
Michigan State 42, Indiana 28
Houston 25, Memphis 15
Army 50, Eastern Michigan 25
Nebraska 44, Purdue 7
TCU 27, Kansas 17
No. 14 South Carolina 52, Arkansas 7
Duke 35, Navy 7

Half-Time: Oklahoma City Thunder 50 at Dallas Mavericks 49

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DALLAS (Sporting Alert) — Russell Westbrook has scored 16 points and dished out five rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder take a slim 50-49 advantage of the Dallas Mavericks at half-time.

Westbrook is shooting 60-percent from the field on 6-of-10, but has gone 0-for-2 from three-point range.

Kevin Durant has so far scored 12 points, while Serge Ibaka so far has nine rebounds eight points and two blocks in the opening two quarters.

Dirk Nowitzki, in the meantime has 11 points and four rebounds for the Dallas Mavericks, with Vince Carter, who has knocked down 2-of-4 from three-point also scoring 11 points.

Oklahoma City is 1-of-9 from behind the arc for 11-percent, while Dallas is 3-of-8 from the same area.

Overall the Thunder are shooting 46.2-percent from the field and the Mavericks are currently shooting 48.9 percent from 22-for-45.

Oklahoma City Thunder at Dallas Mavericks
When: 7:30 PM ET, Sunday, March 17, 2013
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #8 Marc Davis, #29 Mark Lindsay, #33 Zach Zarba

NBA Score: LA Lakers 103, Dallas 99 (w) Video

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Final Score: LA Lakers 103, Dallas 99

DALLAS (Sporting Alert) – Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his game-high 38 points in the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Lakers picked up an exciting 103-99 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday at American Airlines Center.

Bryant, who was coming off a 40 point performance in the win over the Portland Trail Blazers, added 12 rebounds and seven assists in the win for the Lakers, which scored  its third straight victory.

In the midst of that all, Bryant, who shot 13-for-21 from the field and made all five of his attempts from the field, also became the youngest player in NBA history to score 31,000- point, doing so at age 34. The All-Star guard surpassed Wilt Chamberlain’s mark of 36.

Bryant is the second oldest player in NBA history to score at least 38 points, while shooting at least 60 percent in successive games. He also went 4-for-5 from three point range on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Dirk Nowitzki, playing his best game of the season thus far, paced the Dallas Mavericks with 30 points and 13 rebounds.

Vince Carter added 15 and Elton Brand scored 14, for the Mavericks, which had its three-game win streak snapped.

Veteran point guard Steve Nash was also active for the Lakers, scoring 20 points and four assists, while center Dwight Howard finished with 13 boards and nine points in the win.

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LA Lakers at Dallas Mavericks: Game Info, Channel ABC

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DALLAS (Sporting Alert) — Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers will travel to the American Airlines Center in Dallas to take on the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA game on Sunday.

Line: Dallas -3.0
Over/Under: 211.0
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 24, 2013
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Live TV Channel: ABC at 1:00 pm ET

The Lakers are on a two game winning streak and are coming off a narrow 111-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, a game Bryant scored 40 points in, two days ago.

Los Angeles (27-29) still believes they can make the playoffs and beating fellow strugglers Mavericks would keep them in line to do so. Lakers have also won seven of its last 10 and with two more wins will pull to .500, should they not drop any during that span.

Meanwhile, Dallas (25-29) has won four of its last five games, including three straight, and seems to be building momentum at the right time.

During that run, the Mavericks have beaten teams such as New Orleans, Orlando Magic and Golden State, but it should be slightly different on Sunday afternoon, going up against the Lakers.

Lakers beat the Mavericks 115-89 when they last met on Nov. 24.

PREDICTION: Lakers 105, Mavericks 98

Probably Starters
LA Lakers: Nash PG, Bryant SG, World-Peace SF, Clark PF, Howard C
Dallas: Collison PG, Mayo SG, Marion SF, Nowitzki PF, James C

Texas Rivals meet again: San Antonio-Dallas – WatchESPN.com

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DALLAS (Sporting Alert) — The following are the starting lineups for the NBA clash between Texas rivals San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks here at the American Airlines Center.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN, KENS (San Antonio), Fox Sports Southwest (Dallas)
Online Streaming San Antonio-Dallas: WatchESPN.com/ESPN3.com
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, January 25, 2013
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #61 Courtney Kirkland, #44 Eli Roe, #15 Bennett Salvatore

The last two times these teams met, the Spurs (34-11) hammered their Mavericks (18-24) rivals by 38 and 25 points, respectively this season.

TEAM NEWS

San Antonio will again be without All-Star forward Tim Duncan (knee) and head coach Gregg Popovich (illness) for the second straight game after they missed the 106-102 win over New Orleans

The Spurs, who hold the best record in the NBA so far this season, head into tonight’s contest having won six consecutive games.

Dirk Nowiztzki and Shawn Marion will hoping to help the Dallas Mavericks end a poor run against the Spurs, having dropped seven of the last nine meetings between the two sides.

San Antonio Spurs: Danny Green – G; Tony Parker – G; Kawhi Leonard – F; Boris Diaw – F; Tiago Splitter – C

Dallas Mavericks: O.J. Mayo – G; Darren Collison – G; Shawn Marion – F; Dirk Nowitzki – F; Elton Brand – C

Dallas Mavericks vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Live on ESPN3

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DALLAS (Sporting Alert) — Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder will look to end the minor wining streak of the Dallas Mavericks when the two NBA teams clash at the American Airlines Center here in Dallas tonight.


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Dallas Mavericks vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Live on ESPN3

The Mavericks (17-23) are on its best run so far this season – winning four straight heading into this game with Dirk Nowitzki beginning to look like his old self, following his return from injury.

Oklahoma City (31-8), which has won seven straight meetings, is the top team in the league and will start favourite to win another game tonight.

Here are the starting line-ups for the both teams.

Dallas Mavericks: Darren Collison – G; O.J. Mayo – G; Shawn Marion – F; Dirk Nowitzki – F; Chris Kaman – C

Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook – G; Thabo Sefolosha – G; Kevin Durant – F; Serge Ibaka – F; Kendrick Perkins – C

Dallas Mavericks (17-23) beat Houston Rockets (21-19); 105-100

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DALLAS (Sporting Alert) – Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 105-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

The win saw the Mavericks extended its win streak to four games, their best run of the season so far.

Shawn Marion and O.J. Mayo both finished with 18 points in the win for Dallas (17-23).

Mayo also had eight assists, six rebounds and two steals to his stats and Marion also added nine rebounds to his name.

James Harden struggled from the field tonight, shooting just 5-of-23 from the field, but still managed to end with 20 points to lead the Houston Rockets (21-19).

Harden, who went 1-of-8 from 3-point range, also collected eight boards and seven assists, while Jeremy Lin finished with 19 points in the defeat.

The Rockets struggled with turnovers throughout the second half action, which led to the Mavericks building a solid lead.

Lin and Harden managed to pull the Rockets even with 1:52 left.

In fact, Lin scored 10 points during that period on a 12-2 run to cut the deficit, but poor finishing down the stretch cost the visitors, who have now dropped their last five games.

When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #19 James Capers, #63 Derek Richardson, #40 Leon Wood
Attendance: 20147

Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks Starting Teams

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DALLAS (Sporting Alert) – The following are the starting line-ups for the Texas match between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center.

Former Oklahoma City Thunder Six-man of the Year James Harden is amongst the starters for the traveling Rockets, with fellow guard Jeremy Lin also starting as well.

Chandler Parsons, Patrick Patterson and Omer Asik also start tonight.

For the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki leads the home side, with Shawn Marion and O.J. Mayo also members of the opening setup.

The Rockets are 7-11 on the road, and are coming off a defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.

Dallas Mavericks: Darren Collison – G; O.J. Mayo – G; Shawn Marion – F; Dirk Nowitzki – F; Chris Kaman – C

Houston Rockets: James Harden – G; Jeremy Lin – G; Chandler Parsons – F; Patrick Patterson – F; Omer Asik – C

LeBron James leads Miami past Dallas in overtime; Miami 119, Dallas 109

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MIAMI (Sporting Alert) – LeBron James poured in a double-double of 32 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists and the Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks 119-109 in overtime on Wednesday night.

James has now scored at least 20 points in all his 30 games this season.

O.J. Mayo led the Mavericks with 30 points and six assists in the very close battle here at the American Airlines Arena.

Dwyane Wade finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat (22-8), which collected 17 points from Chris Bosh and 15 points and seven boards from Ray Allen off the bench.

Dirk Nowitzki continues to show improvement after returning recently from injury and he ended the night with a season-high 19 points, including the tying Dallas basket which forced overtime with 3.9 seconds left.

He finished with 7-15 shooting from the field and pulled down to six boards in the defeat for Dallas.

Vince Carter had 15 points Chris Kaman had a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Darren Collison chipped in with 11 points for the Mavericks (13-20).

Final Score: Miami 119, Dallas 109
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials: #56 Mark Ayotte, #19 James Capers, #42 Eric Lewis
Attendance: 20102

Durant scores 40pts, Thunder rallied to beat Mavericks in overtime

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OKLAHOMA CITY (Sporting Alert) Kevin Durant poured in 40 points and Serge Ibaka finished with a fine double-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-105 in overtime here at Chesapeake Energy Arena Thursday night.

Durant impressive night also saw him grabbing eight boards, five assists and three blocks.

Ibaka also had an impressive night where he scored 19 points and matched his season high of 17 rebounds as the Thunder rallied from 10 points down with 7:17 left in the fourth quarter to put the visitors on the back foot.

Russell Westbrook, who after scoring just eight points in the regulation period, knocked down eight in overtime as Oklahoma City ended a two game skid with the win and improved to 22-6 on the season.

“Sometimes there’s nights like that,” Westbrook said after the game. “You’ve just got to continue to play, fight through it and play your game.

“I just try to make an impact on the game. Maybe it’s not scoring. Maybe it’s rebounding, maybe it’s passing, maybe it’s defending.

“But I just try to make an impact on the game every night.”

Thunder coach Scott Brooks was delighted with the overall contribution of Westbrook even though he didn’t have a tear-away night in the scoring column.

“He kept fighting and kept fighting for the team,” Brooks said.

“I love Russell. I love what he does. I love what he’s about. He competes every time.

“He’s a big part of why we’re a good team.”

Darren Collison finished with 32 points, including the stunning desperation buzzer beating 3-pointer that send the game into overtime.

“Collison was terrific; really tremendous on both ends,” said Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.

“The way he played tonight is what we need from him.”

Chris Kaman had 17 points and eight rebounds and Shawn Marion collected 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Dallas Mavericks, which have lost four games in a row and seven in its last eight.

“They made some plays and we made some mistakes, but we were still right there,” said Carlisle.

“When we needed one stop, we couldn’t get it. When we needed one rebound, we couldn’t get it.

“When we just needed one score we couldn’t get it and that’s the way this league is, it’s tough.”

Star forward Dirk Nowitzki added nine points and six rebounds in his second game coming back from knee surgery.

Nowitzki played 26 minutes and was pulled in overtime for Marion.

“I didn’t really want the ball that much,” Nowitzki said.

“I don’t really feel like I’ve got the stamina, the lift to do something out there with the ball, make a one-on-one move.

“I think that I’m a week or two away of really dominating the ball down the stretch and making some stuff happen.”

Elsewhere, Kevin Martin contributed 17 points and seven boards in the victory for the Thunder. It was the first time Oklahoma City was playing after back-to-back defeats this season.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks: Starters, Live on TNT

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OKLAHOMA CITY (Sporting Alert)  The following are the starters for tonight’s NBA game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks here at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

Watch: Live on TNT
Date: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 27, 2012
Place: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Kevin Durant and OKC Thunder (21-6) enter the game with the league’s second best record, but fell in its last game to the Miami Heat on Christmas Day in a repeat of last year’s championship game.

Dallas (12-16), meanwhile welcomed back star forward Dirk Nowitzki, who returned for the first time this campaign in a defeat to the San Antonio Spurs.

Nowitzki had missed his team’s opening 27 games of the season after a knee surgery done in October.

Starters

Thunder: Thabo Sefolosha – G, Russell Westbrook – G, Kevin Durant – F, Serge Ibaka – F, Kendrick Perkins – C

Dallas: O.J. Mayo – G, Dominique Jones – G, Shawn Marion – F, Dahntay Jones – F, Chris Kaman – C

Stats Leaders

Point Leaders
Kevin Durant – (OKC) – 28.1, Russell Westbrook – (OKC) – 21.4, O.J. Mayo – (DAL) – 19.3, Kevin Martin – (OKC) – 15.7

Rebound Leaders
Kevin Durant – (OKC) – 8.4Serge Ibaka – (OKC) – 8.1Shawn Marion – (DAL) – 8.0Chris Kaman – (DAL) – 6.2

Assist Leaders
Russell Westbrook – (OKC) – 8.6Darren Collison – (DAL) – 5.0Kevin Durant – (OKC) – 4.2Oj Mayo – (DAL) – 3.8