Archive for April, 2010

Mavs have plenty to lose

With their post-season suddenly and unexpectedly on the brink of elimination, big questions are being asked in Big D. To say the Dallas Mavericks are in big trouble would be to state the obvious, a team that is skilled enough to compete against any opponent but whose will has again come under question.

2010 NBA playoffs: Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier fined…

Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier was fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing officials, the NBA announced Monday.

Diagnosing The Dallas Mavericks

In case you were living under a rock, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-89 on Sunday.

Kidd, Terry going through fourth-quarter blues

The Dallas Mavericks went to a three-guard lineup for much of their Game 3 loss to the Spurs, and it says plenty that J.J. Barea was the least of their worries.

Daily Dime

Dirk Nowitzki couldn’t have looked much more relaxed. He leaned back in his folding chair, propped his right arm on an adjacent seat and even tapped the microphone between questions.

Dirk is the one, but can’t be the only for Mavs to win

Dirk Nowitzki needs some help. Today. And if he doesn’t get it tonight in Game 4 against San Antonio, this series is going to be a wrap much sooner than any of us anticipated.

Ginobili cleared to play despite broken nose

Manu Ginobili #20 of the San Antonio Spurs during the game against the New Orleans Hornets at New Orleans Arena on January 18, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

NBA Playoffs Spurs Mavericks Game 2: Mavs Were Screwed From The Get-Go

Written by Matt Moore on Friday, April 23, 2010 The above is the first play from Game 2 in Dallas.

Nowitzki, Mavs shooting percentage needs improving to regain control of series

Dallasa TM offense goes cold against Spurs in Game 2. DALLAS - On Wednesday night, a 2010 Ford Focus was not the only thing given away at the American Airlines Center .

Eva Longoria Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Lou Diamond Phillips and others

D esperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker wasn’t going to let her man, Spurs point guard Tony Parker , go alone to his annual playoff date with the Dallas Mavericks.

Mavs Star Dirk Nowitzki Will Never Change Some Minds Until He Changes The Color Of His Skin

What if I told you there was a great basketball player? He was an All-Star. A Most Valuable Player.

Mavericks’ Carlisle would rather be called winner than genius

It must be tough matching wits with a genius, but you’d never know it talking to Rick Carlisle.

Eva Longoria Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Lou Diamond Phillips and others

D esperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker wasn’t going to let her man, Spurs point guard Tony Parker , go alone to his annual playoff date with the Dallas Mavericks.

Mavericks’ Cuban holds court: ‘I hate the Spurs’

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday that his team’s rivalry with the San Antonio Spurs is as acrimonious as ever.

Dallas Morning News columnist: Dirk Nowitzki will be seeing double, as in double-teams, in Game 2

It could be that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich simply has no answer for guarding Dirk Nowitzki.