http://www.mavsnews.com/blog Dallas Mavericks NBA Blog with Mavericks news, commentary and general opinion on the Dallas Mavericks Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:01:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports: The Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys have joined forces in an effort to bring the NBA All-Star Game to the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington as early as 2010, multiple sources said Tuesday. No bid has been submitted and executives stress all that ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/dallas-courts-2010-nba-all-star-game/ By: Dustin Chapman Newest Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle has pledged to amend his coaching style by running more of an up-tempo setting with his new club. DALLAS -- Rick Carlisle is ready to let Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks run. And run. And run some more. "When you play with Jason ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/carlisle-plans-to-push-the-tempo-in-dallas/ Alrite, Dallas had no reason to be down by 16 points in the third quarter against a .500 team in the Eastern Conference, but the best teams have to win ugly sometimes, too.  I think Dallas is doing a great job by winning a lot of games, but one game I'm ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/even-good-teams-win-ugly/ This is pretty peculiar... we always talk about how great it is when J-Ho scores 20 or more, and Dallas is 10-1 this season in those situations, but ever notice that Dirk averages 23.7 PPG and 11 RPG in those games? Not including tonight's win over Seattle, Dirk was averaging ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/josh-howard-scoring-20/ Avery Johnson put it best. "Dirk is a warrior." Can anybody deny that? He plays a day after a sinus injury, after having a horrible shootaround, and for all we know, maybe he's still nursing that ankle he hurt in that Seattle game. Nowitzki is just a beast. No denying ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/dirk-is-a-warrior/ Mavs win their 10th strait game...without a sick Dirk.  Josh Howard was "the man" last night...scoring 28 and adding 17, yeah I said 17, rebounds and just about out dueling AI, who scored 28 himself.  The Mavs have extended their second longest win streak of the season...and have gone 24-3 since starting ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/8/ I had some computer problems recently, and was even forced to delete my files and all, but hey, you can easily watch and hear about the Mavs on TV, right? If you have UPN, check your schedule for a show called Time Out with Coach Johnson. It has interesting stuff, ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/sorry-was-gone-but-mavs-arent/ The Hornets haven't beaten the Mavs since the last century...and they'll continue to wait for that elusive win.  In fact the Hornets proved no match to the streaking Mavs, trailing by double digits for most of the night in the 94-80 Mavs win.  To be fair though, the Hornets were without ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/mavs-improve-their-win-streak-to-9beat-hornets-for-the-20th-strait-time/ Dallas leads 59-29 at halftime. Three biggest storylines: 1. Dirk Nowitzki went to the locker room after about 10 minutes in the 1st quarter. Not sure what his status is right now. 2. Josh Howard has done his best impersonification of Dirk by scoring 12 at the half. 3. At a point in ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/dallas-leads-at-the-half/ Unfortunately, Dirk Nowitzki went to the locker room just about 20 minutes ago (after 10 minutes). He was started off hot with 6 points and 6 rebounds, and it doesn't seem to be a "physical" injury. It has to do with something else...  Mavs are up by 10 right now, after ... http://www.mavsnews.com/blog/Dallas-Mavericks/dallas-gets-10-straight-but-dirk-is-hurt/