The Latest Breaking News from Jason Kidd

DALLAS — Luka Doncic followed his historic 60-point, 21-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in the Mavericks’ Tuesday night thriller over the New York Knicks by hydrating with water, a protein shake and beer and sifting through his own highlights on social media and NBA TV while relaxing in the locker room.

DALLAS — Jalen Brunson watched his first game in Dallas as an opponent from the New York Knicks’ sideline, dressed in jeans and a light blue hoodie while sitting out with hip soreness.

The Dallas coach was tossed from Monday night’s game in the third quarter along with star Luka Dončić.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves came into Monday night worried about how they were going to guard Mavericks All-Star Luka Doncic for four quarters.

CLEVELAND — About an hour before the Mavericks’ overtime loss Saturday night to the Cavaliers, 13-year-old Noam Dorfman and his dad, Lev, sat in the second row of the courtside seats in Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, just behind the basket where Dallas players warmed up.

An underrated hotbed for NBA basketball that gave us the 11-time champ, Jason Kidd had a front row seat.

DALLAS — Doom and gloom? Season swirling toward certain failure?

The Mavericks began what might be a prolonged stretch without Maxi Kleber, and to those who don’t believe that’s a significant development, we offer a pair of rebuttals.

Dallas head coach Jason Kidd knew his team was in for it with a 9 p.m. tip on Friday, a 4 a.m. arrival into Chicago, and missing MVP-candidate Luka Doncic. The Bulls aided in that process, however, jumping on the visiting team right away, and never letting them breath in…

DALLAS — On the one hand, Luka Doncic won another big-time showdown late Friday night, outscoring Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo 33-28. That continued a trend that has the 23-year-old hunting an MVP trophy.

Doncic already has as many 40-point triple-doubles as the entire NBA last year.