How it happened: The Mavericks fought back from 15 points down. They just failed miserably at finishing the job against a Minnesota team missing star power forward Kevin Love. The Timberwolves scored the first 10 points of overtime, which opened with a breakaway dunk by Minnesota’s Alexey Shved.
After what seemed an eternity, the Dwightmare is over. Team USA giddily won gold in London. And the Los Angeles Lakers are again the envy of the NBA. When U.S. star of stars and Lakers icon Kobe Bryant squeezed Spain foe and L.
When Elton Brand sets up shop at his new Dallas Mavericks locker, he and Shawn Marion will certainly reminisce about the 1999 NBA draft, surely the way Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter have about the '98 draft.
For the 12th consecutive season -- and 12th time in his 14-year career -- Dirk Nowitzki has been selected to the All-NBA team. Nowitzki, who statistically did not have a season up to his standards, was still impressive enough to garner a spot on the third team.
J.J. Barea played a massive role as a young point guard in bringing the Dallas Mavericks their first championship in 31 years. As one of the senior-most veterans on a spiraling Minnesota Timberwolves team, Barea on Sunday night had all he could handle of losing.
Is Dirk Nowitzki excited for the All-Star Game or what?! “Uh,” Nowitzki said before a pregnant pause, “yeah.” Can’t beat that kind of enthusiasm, huh? Nowitzki appreciates the West coaches respecting him enough to vote for him to be invited to his 11th consecutive All-Star Game, although he continues to acknowledge that there were more deserving candidates at the time the reserves were selected.
Jason Terry won't need to get another tattoo. The Mavericks shooting guard said he'd get one that would say he'd win the 3-point contest during All-Star weekend if selected, just as he forecasted Dallas' championship last year when he got a Larry O'Brien trophy inked on his biceps in the preseason.
How it happened: Dirk Nowitzki's efficient dominance and Jason Kidd’s steady hand -- two ingredients so key to the Mavs' championship run that had been missing much of this season -- were too much for the talented young Timberwolves to overcome.
After stringing together a few wins after the Dallas Mavericks stumbled to a 1-4 start following an embarrassing 15-love skunking to end their New Year's Day loss at Minnesota, Jason Terry had this to say: "The loss to Minnesota was our wake-up call.
Dirk Nowitzki said his sluggish start wasn’t deserving of an 11th consecutive All-Star selection. Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle and the majority of his Western Conference counterparts disagreed with the reigning Finals MVP.
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