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Monday may have been Presidents Day, legally, but in the City of Dallas, Tx, it was dubbed “Milestone Monday” for the Dallas Mavericks. After a heart-breaking loss to the New York Knicks on Sunday afternoon, the Dallas Mavericks flew back home for some much-needed rest to prepare for a back to back game against the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Even though the Celtics have been struggling as of late, it’s never a good thing to underestimate your opponent and you need to be ready for anything; after all this is a short week and then the All-Star break and then Katie bar the door, because it’s on like Donkey Kong, well that’s what they say anyway. As I stated it was a milestone of events on Monday night and it started with Dirk needing just 6 points to tie Robert Parrish for #20 on the All-Time scoring list and 7 to take sole possession of the #20 spot, but also Dirk needed just one block to make his #1000 for his career and be in other elite company as...
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