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Playoff Talking Points: Dead Reckoning

By Bethlehem ShoalsApr 29th 2010 – 12:41PM

No one with a wife and kids, or the need to eat leafy greens, has time to watch all this basketball. But we do. So, as a service to the public, here are the Playoff Talking Points you need to fake it at the water cooler: • Pistols at Night: Like the forest, the playoffs have no shortage of stories. There are...

Playoff Talking Points: Game On, Baby!

By Bethlehem ShoalsApr 26th 2010 – 2:00AM

No one with a wife and kids, or the need to eat leafy greens, has time to watch all this basketball. But we do. So, as a service to the public, here are the Playoff Talking Points you need to fake it at the water cooler: • Perfect Strangers: Dirk Nowitzki is not an unrestricted free agent this summer. He has a player...

Mavs Seek Vengeance for 2006 Collapse

By Sam AmickApr 11th 2010 – 10:40AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Four years later, they're finally laughing about it. Not really, of course. There's nothing funny about choking on the biggest of stages, and Dallas' collapse to Miami in the 2006 NBA Finals certainly left Dirk Nowitzki and Co. clutching their respective necks. But in those unpleasant times when...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2010 All-Star Reserves

By Bethlehem ShoalsJan 28th 2010 – 7:15PM

The 2010 NBA All-Star reserves were officially announced Thursday, and seven of the 14 players honored will be going for the first time. Before reading these, remember that covering every position is a priority. More on that in a second. From the East: Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Gerald Wallace,...

Considering Dallas for 2010 Free Agents

By Bethlehem ShoalsJan 25th 2010 – 12:59PM

It's gotten hard to keep track of every team in position to hand out a max deal next summer. Maybe we're too busy trying to figure out what franchise has a shot at securing the services of two All-Stars. However, here's a dark horse we'd better start considering: the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs have an $11.8 million dollar...

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Mavericks Beat Celtics 89-73: Dirk Nowitzki Passes Robert Parish On NBA Scoring List (VIDEO)

Feb 21st 2012 - 07:30AM

Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points and moved into the top 20 on the NBA career scoring list and the Dallas Mavericks beat the short-handed and struggling Boston Celtics 89-73 Monday night.

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Mavericks Top Blazers: Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry Lead Dallas In Double Overtime (VIDEO)

By The Huffington Post News Editors Feb 12th 2012 - 01:30PM

Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Jason Terry added 19, and the Dallas Mavericks held on for a 97-94 double-overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

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Dirk Nowitzki Announcing: Mavericks Star Calls Game Against Timberwolves (VIDEO)

By Dan Treadway Jan 26th 2012 - 12:40PM

Move over Gus Johnson , there's a new over-exuberant basketball commentator in town, and he's much bigger than you.

DirkNowitzki News From the Web

  • 02/23/12 Lakers hit midway mark with 96-91 win over Dallas Source: Daily Sparks Tribune - Sparks NV Andrew Bynum had 19 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers hit the halfway point of their season with a 96-91 victory over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
  • 02/23/12 Lakers hit midway mark with 96-91 win over Dallas Source: Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA Andrew Bynum had 19 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers hit the halfway point of their season with a 96-91 victory over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
  • 02/22/12 Five things to watch in Lakers-Mavericks matchup Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA If it sounds redundant, that's because it is.
  • 02/22/12 Lakers carry recent baggage into Big D Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL The Mavs dethroned the Lakers last season, sweeping them out of the playoffs and sending Phil Jackson into retirement with an emphatic 122-86 Game 4 win in the Western Conference semifinals.
  • 02/22/12 Old, soft and lazy: Finals MVP Dirk still battling... Source: FOX Sports Dirk Nowitzki and I were talking criticism recently — specifically judgments based on ethnic stereotypes — when we had a tense misunderstanding.

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