Dirk Nowitzki had a big fourth quarter and scored 31 points, Jason Terry added 21 and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from another deficit for a 96-86 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. Erick Dampier contributed 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Mavericks, who've won six of...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) The final game of the quintupleheader featured two Western Conference teams with similar records but vastly different roster compositions; the veteran laden Mavericks are hoping/praying that they can put everything together to make one more Finals run, while the youthful Trail Blazers hope that this season they will make the first of many consecutive playoff appearances. The Mavs are led by 2007 MVP Dirk Nowitzki, who scored 24 of his game-high 30 points in the first half. Nowitzki's reputation has probably never completely recovered from Dallas' collapse in the 2006 NBA Finals and shocking first round upset loss to Golden State the folowing year but by any objective measure he is still one of the league's top players. The Mavs broug...   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) Dirk Nowitzki seemingly received the 2007 MVP in a broom closet at an undisclosed location after his Dallas Mavericks were bounced out of the first round of the playoffs. We just saw the 2005 and 2006 MVP, Steve Nash, make Tony Parker look like the greatest point guard in the history of the NB...

By Skin Here is the press release directly from the Mavs:. DALLAS-- The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have relieved Avery Johnson of his coaching duties. Johnson became the eighth coach in Mavericks history on March 19, 2005. ...

By Basketbawful The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away: Not only did the Wiz drop the game, DeShawn Stevenson rolled his ankle and Antawn Jamison hurt his shoulder diving into the crowd trying to save a loose ball. Ouch. Also, the Bucks may have won the game, but Atlanta's win over Toronto mathematically e...

By mjdeadspin After the jump, our conference final preview, the series between the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs. It's not a matchup that many people expected to see, nor is it one that many people wanted to see. But like it or not, these are the two teams that have earned their way here, and the Jazz are t...

DALLAS superstar Dirk Nowitzki, whose Mavericks made a shocking first-round playoff exit, was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player here today.

Dirk Nowitzki has been chosen as the NBAs MVP for leading the Dallas Mavericks to one of the best regular seasons in league history, a team official told the Associated Press on Friday.

By Leitch The Golden State Warriors or Utah Jazz are going to the Western Conference Finals. I give up trying to figure out anything anymore, and so I am not picking a team in this series. Neither of the Jazz or the Warriors had won a first round series for years, and both teams are supported by giddily hun...

By rickchand • Nicholson Suicide Watch Is Over. The Lakers are in the playoffs. It took 50 points from Kobe Bryant to do it, as Los Angeles beat Seattle 109-98. LA has still lost seven of its past 11.The Lakers have one regular-season game remaining, at Sacramento on Wednesday night, and will finish seventh...

By rickchand • Pistons Misfire. The postmortem of Detroit's loss to Dallas included this telling line: The Pistons were 2-for-8 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, hitting only eight of 20 shots from the floor. Richard Hamilton missed five of those free throws as the Mavericks won 92-88, end...

By rickchand • I Swear To God, I Thought She Was 18. If this game were a movie, Jack Nicholson would be lying there with a bullet in him, smiling, like in The Departed. The Dallas Mavericks won their 17th straight, dealing the Lakers their worst home loss in Los Angeles, 108-72, as Josh Howard scored 24 point...

In the DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Eddie Sefko writes that "the NBA is back from vacation as teams open training camps this week. And while the playoffs aren't even a speck on the horizon, it's never too early to use history as an indicator of what's ahead for the Mavericks." If there's "one thing the...