Dirk Nowitzki News

By Dwain Price DALLAS — Every player in the NBA probably wants to be in the starting lineup.

The Dallas Mavericks have gone from playing like a championship contender to looking rather ordinary since Dirk Nowitzki ’s injury.

Even though the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks only by six points with Dirk Nowitzki sitting out with a sprained knee on Thursday night, all the Spurs would have needed was a one-point win to move back into the top spot of The Times-Picayune’s weekly power rankings.

Tim Duncan bounced back from one of the least productive games of his career to score 17 points and reserve Gary Neal had 21, sending the San Antonio Spurs to a 99-93 victory over the Mavericks last night at Dallas in a showdown between the top two teams in the Western Conference.

Usually, it’s the coaching staff’s job to pick on the players and point out what they can do better in a constructive way.

We’ve been looking for Dirk Nowitzki’s sidekick forever. Maybe, Caron Butler is the guy.

Dirk Nowitzki has been ruled out of tonight’s grudge match against the San Antonio Spurs, the Mavericks said after shootaround this morning.

A referee blunder and a last-gasp three-pointer from Carmelo Antony gave the Denver Nuggets a controversial one-point victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday and a 3-0 lead in their Western Conference semi-final. In the East, LeBron James scored 47 points to power the Cleveland Cavaliers to an easy 97-82 win over the Atlanta Hawks, who face a …

31. The fundamental difference between the two sides — owners complaining the league is hemorrhaging cash, players thinking it is raking it in — has made a lockout inevitable.

Statistically, Tim Duncan is having one of the worst seasons of his career. That hasn’t stopped the San Antonio Spurs from getting off to their best start in franchise history.

After playing in just 10 games during an injury-plagued freshman season, junior Christian Hatch has started his last 35 games for the UC San Diego Men’s Basketball team and is one of the key players for a program that appears to be on the rise.

Dirk Nowitzki is not the only one suffering his injury. The Mavericksa TM offense hurts more.

SportsDayDFW.com writer Eddie Sefko chatted with fans on Tuesday and answered questions about the Dallas Mavericks.

Well, at least one major agency’s awake during the holidays. Oklahoma City Thunder small forward/shooting guard Kevin Durant is a blossoming NBA superstar, and as the very young face of a fairly new team located in the middle of nowhere, Durant is looking more and more like the anti- Lebron James .

Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has a sprained right knee and will miss Tuesday night’s game against Toronto.