DALLAS — Eventually, Jordan Hamilton or another guy taken late in the first round of this year’s NBA draft will blossom into a quality player, perhaps even an All-Star. The Dallas Mavericks don’t want to wait

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Mavericks’ president Donnie Nelson announces the Mavs’ 20121 draft picks. (Will Martin) The 2011 NBA Draft was comprised of two rounds and a total of 60 picks, 30 first-round picks and 30 second-round picks

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DALLAS — It wasn’t exactly one of those “Hangover” moments when Jason Terry, at a preseason party at the home of Dallas Mavericks teammate DeShawn Stevenson, sat down next to a visiting tattoo artist and, in a moment where he had taken leave of his senses due to overindulgence, had the Larry O’Brien Trophy etched in ink on the inside of his right biceps. The decision to have the trophy, named after the one-time NBA commissioner, stenciled in perpetuity on his arm was made to send a message to his teammates. As one of two holdovers from the Mavericks’ 2006 failed NBA Finals appearance against the Miami Heat — Dirk Nowitzki is the other — Terry aimed, he said before this NBA Finals series began, to “symbolize the fact that we had a realistic shot of getting here.” If the Mavericks, who lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 thanks in large part to Terry’s eight-point fourth quarter in Dallas’ 112-103 victory in Game 5 on Thursday night, lose the next two games in Miami, Terry has said he’ll have the tattoo removed

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Associated Press Posted on June 10, 2011 at 1:53 PM Updated today at 1:57 PM Poll: Who do you want to win the NBA Finals? DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are on the brink of their first championship in the most fitting of ways: They cranked up their offense. As much as coach Rick Carlisle preaches defense, this franchise that rose to prominence a decade ago by outscoring ‘em did exactly that in Game 5 of the NBA finals, riding 29 points from Dirk Nowitzki and 13 3-pointers to a 112-103 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday night for a 3-2 series lead.

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The Dallas Mavericks, behind Dirk Nowitzki’s 29 points, went on a 17-4 scoring run with just over four and a half minutes remaining to defeat the Miami Heat Thursday night, 112-103 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Boston Doubters of the Dallas Mavericks have always looked to their NBA Finals matchup against the Miami Heat with two numbers in mind: 3 versus 1.

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