Mavericks’ main man bringing his ‘A’ game
"Everybody's trying to keep a body on me and trying to make me put the ball on the floor."
DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki is admittedly a glass-half-empty kind of guy, so it's hardly stunning that he shrugged off the effectiveness of the latest entry into his repertoire: a driving, left-handed hook that's part old-school and almost impossible to defend.
The Mavs forward has gone to it at least twice in recent games. Against Detroit, the ungainly-looking 7-footer locked Rasheed Wallace's ankles with a deceptively quick burst through the lane and finished by flipping the little lefty hook off the glass. Read more