Mavericks lose to Spurs and lose Nowitzki

He might not win the regular season Most Valuable Player award, but winning the MVP of last night's All Star Game in the Big Easy is still a victory for the King, as his 27 points, 9 assists, and 8 rebounds and dunk over Dirk Nowitzki in the final seconds gave the East the victory. I text my vote in ...

Another day, another seven billion articles and blog posts about the Hornets-Mavs series. Here's me helping you get caught up.First off, Henry Abbott has his own Hornets-Mavs bullets over at ESPN's TrueHoop this morning. Among Henry's own observations...I feel I have noticed a trend of Dirk Nowitzki ...

IGN.com, a popular video game resource site, has chosen Dirk Nowitski for its 2007 NBA Player of the Year award. According to the site:"Although the Spurs were the consummate team and came together in the playoffs, no one stood out more in 2007 than Dirk Nowitzki, who took huge steps forward as a de...

The German news channel n-tv just released a statement of Dirk Nowitzki regarding the ongoing problems about the Olympics in Beijng this summer. Why should athletes do, what politicans aren't able to do for years? It is wrong, to make the athletes protest now! When they elected China for the Olympic ...

Dirk Nowitzki went down today against the Spurs with a leg injury and word out of Dallas is that he will be out at least 2 weeks. It is a big blow to the Maverick. They are in 7th place in the Western conference and could easily end up out outside of the playoffs. They [...]

It's time to make my picks for NBA awards, so let's get right to it. There has been a lot of buzz about Dirk Nowitzki for MVP this season, but I would have to go with Kobe Bryant. He's had...

Dirk Nowitzki and the unstoppable Dallas Mavericks are headed for Washington tonight and our boys are getting ready for an intense battle that they have a good chance of winning. The Washington Wizards beat the Detroit Pistons just a few days ago. With weapons like Antawn Jamison and Antonio Davis, w...

It looks like I am going to cheer for the Dallas Mavericks because they are going up against the hated Phoenix Suns. Dirk Nowitzki is my favorite player in that match up and I think he deserved the MVP award more than Steve Nash did this year. Besides he got it last year. Anyway, Dirk dominated the S...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Dallas is hanging by a thread. 19 games after trading twice for Jason Kidd, the Mavericks are 10 - 9 in those games, but have zero victories against winning teams. Zero. Now they are missing Dirk Nowitzki with leg and ankle injuri...

Well, it only took a day and a half, but we made it through the first round of the CBS Sportsline league. Here is what the first round looks like: 1 Pabst Blue Ribbons Kevin Garnett (F MIN) 2 themarksmen LeBron James (F CLE) 3 SPURS DYNASTY Dirk Nowitzki (F DAL) ...

Filed under: Mavericks, Western, NBA Injuries, Jazz, Dallas, Breaking News, The WordSo apparently clotheslining players isn't considered kosher: the NBA suspended Dirk Nowitzki one game for Monday's take down of Andrei Kirilenko after reviewing the tape and upgrading the call from a flagrant one to a...

While we await the results of Henry Abbott bumrushing the Mavericks’ locker room tonight, Dallas Basketball.com’s Mike Fisher overheard the following bit of levity last Wednesday. "Germany has produced lots of champions!'' laughs Dirk Nowitzki as he enters the locker room after yet anothe...

Who was the best player in 2006-07? The MVP was Dirk Nowitzki.  The scoring leader was Kobe Bryant.  And the leader in Player Efficiency Rating (PER) was Dwyane Wade. Of course, voting by the sportswriters is problematic.  Sports writers tend to pick the leading scorer - or in the case of Steve Na...

In a highly entertaining prelude to a possible playoff showdown, the Phoenix Suns took a 16 point first half lead over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night and survived a huge Dallas comeback to prevail 129-127 in double overtime. Both teams made impressive runs just when the other team seemed to have put the game out of reach. Steve Nash had 32 points, 16 assists and eight rebounds...

- Andray Blatche had 12 points and 10 points, and the Washington Wizards beat the Dallas Mavericks 90-86 in a foul-filled preseason game on Saturday night. Dallas, which played without three of its four top scorers from last season - reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki, point guard Jason Terry and swingman Je...