Dirk Nowitzki News

The Mavericks have a great opportunity staring them in the face. They can become the Spurs.

Thaddeus Young and Lou Williams sizzled instead of sulking after getting bumped from the starting lineup, combining for 33 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a surprising 92-81 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.

Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images. a oe The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you’re playing by somebody else’s rules, while quietly playing by your own.

Allen Iverson has been voted to start in the All-Star game, while Steve Nash and Tim Duncan made late moves to claim starting spots for the Western Conference.

The NBA fined Boston Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace $35,000 for publicly criticizing game officials following Mondays 99-90 loss to the Dallas Mavericks .

Shawn Marion blocked Caron Butler’s jump shot with 1.9 seconds to play, and the Dallas Mavericks opened the second half of their season Wednesday night by avenging a loss from opening night, beating the Washington Wizards 94-93. Dallas extended its streak of victories in one-point games to nine, tied for second longest in NBA history.

No one can reasonably compare Larry Bird and the Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki as overall players because of Bird’s passing and maybe even his passion for the game.

Dirk Nowitzki finished with 37 points, including 22 in the second half, as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Boston Celtics 99-90 in their match-up on Monday.

The following is a debate article I wrote with my pal and Dallas native Glenn Yoder of boston.com in advance of Monday night’s game between the Celtics and Mavs in Beantown.

Well, that’s not the way you want to start a five-game road trip. It was simply a poor effort on the defensive end.

The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks lead their respective divisions, but are both eager to put their most recent performances behind them.

The Mavericks were without forward Tim Thomas and guard Matt Carroll , so the team activated forwards James Singleton and the newly acquired Eduardo Najera.

The Southwest Division-leading Dallas Mavericks will head east for a five-game road trip starting with Sunday afternoon’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre.

TORONTO There are only three ways to describe the Mavericks’ longest road trip of the season: Cold, colder, coldest.

Game Ball courtesy of MavsBall.com goes to Dirk Nowitzki . Our favorite German dropped 32 points and grabbed six boards.