Reigning NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki is battling a sore right knee and will need some time off to get back to last season's championship form.
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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January 22, 2012
With 10-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki sidelined for at least three more games, the Dallas Mavericks are counting on their supporting cast to continue to help fill his void.
If their latest effort is any indication, the Mavericks should be able to manage just fine.
Looking to extend its winning streak at American Airlines Center to seven, Dallas tries for a ninth consecutive home...
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January 24, 2012
Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki isn't playing right now and while he's not blaming playing in international competition, he is speaking up about his experience playing the Olympic qualifier this summer (Hat tip to ESPN Dallas' Jeff Caplan for the knowledge).
"Playing in the Euros, looking back now was obviously not the right decision, but it was a decision...
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January 21, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle says Dirk Nowitzki will sit out for at least the next four games, starting with Saturday night's contest in New Orleans, so the star forward can get in better game shape.
Carlisle says Nowitzki needs "an uninterrupted eight days of work to resolve some physical issues and conditioning issues."
The Mavs coach...
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January 24, 2012
The Mavericks initially planned to sit Dirk Nowitzki for four games.
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January 24, 2012
For at least half of Monday night's game in Dallas, it looked like the Suns could finish a daunting five-city road trip with more wins than losses. With Dirk Nowitzki in street clothes due to a knee injury, it seemed a perfect opportunity to topple the defending champion Mavericks.
After trailing by as many as 15 points in the second half, the Suns climbed back to within striking...
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January 22, 2012
For Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, I'm pretty sure that he didn't spend much time as a child playing wiffle ball in Germany.Recently as part of the "Ben and Skin show", Dirk faced off against Rangers pitcher Derek Holland in a wiffle ball battle to the death:(Courtesy of Chicken Fried Baseball)
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January 24, 2012
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January 22, 2012
With 10-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki sidelined for at least three more games, the Dallas Mavericks are counting on their supporting cast to continue to help fill his void.
If their latest effort is any indication, the Mavericks should be able to manage just fine.
Looking to extend its winning streak at American Airlines Center to seven, Dallas tries for a ninth consecutive home...
Via Give Me The Rock
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January 23, 2012
Erik and Patrick are back to talk about even more NBA injuries, specifically the lack of news surrounding Dwyane Wade’s foot, Dirk Nowitzki shutting it down for the week to “work on his conditioning” and the fact that Eric Gordon is going for additional testing on his sore right knee (cue ominous music). We also talk about what to do with increasingly invisible Boris Diaw and...
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January 24, 2012
DALLAS (AP) The Dallas Mavericks are looking for offense to make up for the absence of top scorer Dirk Nowitzki and key reserve
Vince Carter.
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January 24, 2012
The Dallas Mavericks hosted the Phoenix Suns Monday night without Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter, who are both nursing injuries. One would think scoring would be hard to come by for the 22nd ranked offense, but the Mavs proved that wasn’t the case at all. Marion stepped up big and had a fantastic night scoring from all over the floor. Marion was 11 of 21 from the floor...
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