Mavs' first home playoff game since 2016, FBI findings in police shooting of UNT student, Gov. Abbott on special session: Your Friday morning roundup

Plus: Dallas Animal Services needing adoption, foster help  [Morning roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [STATE OF THE CITY]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( | [GAMES AND PUZZLES]( 05/28/2021 By Mallorie Sullivan Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. ☁️🌩️ Weather: Mostly cloudy and humid with an 80% chance of thunderstorms. High of 83. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( ADVERTISEMENT [Dallas Animal Services at highest capacity since pandemic began, needing adoption help]( [Dallas police officer arrested on domestic-violence charge]( [Dozens demand justice, call for law and order at Collin County commissioners meeting in wake of Marvin Scott’s death]( [This video captures the punches that knocked out a Southwest Airlines flight attendant’s teeth]( [Slow streets forever? Dallas is missing a chance to learn from the pandemic]( [Suspect in kidnapping of slain Dallas boy Cash Gernon is accused of grabbing another child this year]( [1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting during fight at Mountain Creek Preserve in Irving]( [Oddsmaker lists Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy as early favorite to be NFL’s first coach fired in 2021]( [FBI review finds no civil-rights violations in Denton police shooting of UNT student Darius Tarver]( [Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s the boss, warns lawmakers any special session will be on his terms]( Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic grabbed a rebound against the Milwaukee Bucks last month at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Friday's game will be the first NBA playoff game in AAC since April 23, 2016. The Mavs haven’t won a home playoff game since 2015, or a playoff series since the 2011 NBA finals. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) SPORTS [Mavs ready to unleash pent up emotions in first home playoff game since 2016]( It’s ominous enough for the Clippers that they’ve tumbled into an 0-2 pit from which only 17 of 271 teams in NBA playoff history have extricated themselves. Now consider the setting and magnified circumstances and it’s evident that American Airlines Center will be a veritable lion’s den when the Mavericks "host" the Clippers in Game 3 Friday night. [Welcome, Los Angeles, to Luka’s Lair. Godspeed.]( TEXT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS Want to continue the conversation? Text us and get headlines like this sent directly to your phone. 📱 Get connected. [Sign up here.]( ❓ Got questions? [We've got answers.]( *The Roundup is free to receive. Standard text messaging and data rates may apply. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [the newsroom.](  STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2021 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](