June 7th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in No Excuses Left For Terry Time to put up or shut up. It looks like Mavs guard Jason Terry plans to neither. The best time to put up is in the fourth quarter, a time where Terry’s game has been shut up by the fiery Heat defense, namely LeBron. Terry, unafraid of taking big shots, [...]
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Bosh’s Game Winner Helps Heat Close Out Mavs 88-86
A Hard Fought Victory Well Deserving Of Celebration Defense. The calling card of the Miami Heat. From the regular season to the playoffs, they excelled because of it. However, in Game two, they stumbled because of it. Game three? They prevailed because of it. What let them down at home on Thursday, proved to [...]
Dirk Suffers Torn Tendon In Left Finger; Will Play Game Two Thursday
Remember Dirk Is Right Handed “I thought I stripped him clean, then I kind of looked down and I couldn’t straighten my finger out anymore,” “So I tore a tendon in there. I guess it will be all right. I have to wear a splint probably the rest of the playoffs.” – Dirk Nowitzki As [...]
Are The Mavericks Serious Title Contenders?
Two Future Hall Of Famers Exchanging High-Fives With their win in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, the Mavericks now have a commanding 2-0 lead over the two-time defending champion Lakers. The Mavs won two road games, and now they can win the series even if they only protect their home floor two out of three [...]
The Great NBA Debate: “Generation Next” Vs. “Generation Now”
Dream Matchup: The Rook Griffin Dunking On Duncan? We’ve had an ongoing debate on our staff between two of our NBA writers, myself and Benjy Narotsky, about whether the NBA has a greater supply of emerging young superstars–like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook–or established veterans still at the top of their games, like Dirk Nowitzki. [...]
Lethargic Lakers Collapse At Home; Shell Shocked By Mavs 93-81
Time To Put To Rest A Potential Lakers Three-Peat? Is the reign over? It might as well be. After the Lakers put up a stunning lowly 32 points in the second half, you can say the chances of bringing La La Land a possible three-peat are quickly dwindling away. With their supporters at Staples witnessing, [...]
Lakers-Mavs: A Rare Playoffs Treat
Even The Beverly Hills Cop Is Getting Excited An interesting stat came to mind as the Lakers/Mavs series is set to start. Kobe and Dirk have never played each other in the playoffs. The table below tries to find out if this quirky stat is because they just missed playing each other in some years [...]
Comparing The Legacy Of Dirk With Other Ringless NBA Stars
Does Dirk jump ahead of Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, and Charles Barkley on the all-time greats list if he wins a ring this year? In other words, does winning a single championship necessarily make one superstar better than another superstar who hasn’t won? The Bulls, Lakers, and Spurs have dominated the last 20 years; as [...]