Apr 30, 2002 12:45 PM EST
The Mavericks have proven all season that an up-tempo, fast-breaking, high-scoring game is both successful and entertaining.
So have the Sacramento Kings.
The battle between two of the league's most similar styles will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday when Sacramento hosts the Mavericks in Game 1 at Arco Arena.
The Mavericks learned their second-round opponent late Monday night when the Kings topped Utah, 91-86, to complete their 3-1 first-round series triumph. The Kings didn't exactly streak to the second round; they won three games against Utah by an average of 3.6 points.
The Mavericks, meanwhile, swept Minnesota 3-0, winning by an average of 10.7 points.
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Apr 30, 2002 12:40 PM EST
DALLAS - The boos have been replaced by thunderous cheers. But Mavericks coach Don Nelson always knew the time would come when fans would truly appreciate Steve Nash.
"He's got the mental and the physical package put together," Nelson said, in describing his mercurial point guard. "He's not real big, but he's a great athlete.
"When you think about the things he's able to do with his feet and his hands and how fast he is - and those are all athletic things - and then to be able to see the floor. He's just a solid player."
Early on in his Mavs career, fans weren't so sure what to make of Nash. Shortly after the 6-foot-3, 195-pounder signed a six-year, $36 million extension, his game suffered in part because he was playing with lingering injuries.
Mavs fans, who had seen management make numerous questionable personnel decisions for nearly a decade, booed Nash unmercifully. Nash viewed the boos as an opportunity to mature.
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How confident were the Dallas Mavs that they would end their playoff series against the Timberwolves with a victory Sunday at Target Center?
Before the game, the Mavs, who had they lost would have had to play Game 4 today at Target Center, checked out of their Minneapolis hotel.
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Mavericks Apr 2002 Archive
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| Apr 29, 2002
He walked quickly off the Target Center floor, a white towel clutched tightly in his right hand.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 29, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS – Flip Saunders knew the question was coming.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 29, 2002
The Wolves, in Nash's estimation, "were on the verge of blowing the roof off this place.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 29, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS – When it wasn't Dirk Nowitzki, it was Michael Finley.
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Star Telegram | Apr 29, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS - Just in case they had the wherewithal to put the Minnesota Timberwolves out of their misery, the Mavericks checked out of their Minneapolis hotel before Sunday's playoff game at the Target Center.
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Star Tribune | Apr 29, 2002
Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 of his 39 points before halftime and lent his hot hand to Michael Finley in the second half Sunday, helping the Mavericks hold off the Minnesota Timberwolves and finish a three-game sweep with a 115-102 victory.
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| Apr 29, 2002
Wolves coach Flip Saunders had to be physically restrained by a pair of his assistants when his argument with referee Bill Spooner in the second quarter erupted into a full-blown confrontation.
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StarTribune | Apr 29, 2002
It happened so quickly, Wally Szczerbiak didn't think he was in trouble.
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Star Tribune | Apr 29, 2002
There was an elephant in the room, but no one was asking or talking about it for several long minutes after the Timberwolves' postseason-ending 115-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon at Target Center.
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| Apr 28, 2002
As Charlie Walters of the Pioneer Press reports Dallas All-Star guard Steve Nash’s career could have at least started out with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and if it had who knows what things would be like today.
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Pioneer Press | Apr 28, 2002
They've watched the videotape.
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| Apr 27, 2002
Remember all the pre-series discussion about how the Timberwolves' matchup zone might throw a wrench in the Dallas Mavericks' run-and-gun offense?
The Wolves used their zone all of three times in the Game 2 loss in Dallas.
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| Apr 27, 2002
Wolves center Rasho Nesterovic reacted to the question like he just won the lottery.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 26, 2002
You would think a 2-0 series lead, some praise from one of the best to play the game and three days of rest and relaxation would give the Mavericks reason to pause and appreciate what they have accomplished.
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Star Telegram | Apr 26, 2002
Finley became part of the Mavericks on Dec.
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| Apr 26, 2002
Most NBA teams might, at least privately, feel comfortable with a 2-0 cushion in a best-of-five playoff series.
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Pioneer Press | Apr 26, 2002
As he walked off the floor during a timeout with 4:51 to play, Kevin Garnett's head was cocked toward the Dallas Mavericks' bench.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 25, 2002
Minnesota never led by more than two in Wednesday's 122-110 loss at American Airlines Center, and they could not keep the Mavericks from the runs that make them such a dangerous team.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 25, 2002
In this series, it's a fairly simple equation, and no amount of interior inferiority or Chauncey Billups is going to change it.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 25, 2002
As the longest-tenured Maverick, Michael Finley is well aware of his team's history.
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Star Telegram | Apr 25, 2002
With shots falling from all corners of the court, the Mavericks did everything but clean the American Airlines Center floor with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Houston Chronicle | Apr 25, 2002
Fair weather fan Fran Blinebury writes, In a perfect world, the Mavericks would win it all.
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| Apr 25, 2002
Only once before in their playoff history had the Timberwolves scored more than 100 points in a game.
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| Apr 25, 2002
One stabs with finesse, the other with fire.
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Star Tribune | Apr 25, 2002
When Dallas' Don Nelson abruptly took over as Milwaukee Bucks head coach 18 games into the 1976-77 season, he was promoted one spot from his post as Larry Costello's assistant.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 24, 2002
The Mavericks were outrebounded decidedly, outscored on the fast break and outscored in the paint in Game 1 against Minnesota.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 24, 2002
Two minutes into the second quarter, the Mavs had settled into their "it's early and who cares if we fall behind" mode.
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Star Tribune | Apr 24, 2002
Nowitzki and Garnett are two of the NBA's new generation of 7-footers - a small group of big players (throw San Antonio's Tim Duncan in there) with a center's size and a guard's skill.
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| Apr 24, 2002
Elimination? Nope, not yet.
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| Apr 24, 2002
In the history of driveways and playgrounds, no kid ever daydreamed about being the guy, with time running out in the big game, who stands and watches a teammate take the winning shot.
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| Apr 24, 2002
Your name is Glen Taylor.
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Pioneer Press | Apr 24, 2002
Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders called tonight's Game 2 against the Dallas Mavericks "crucial.
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Star Tribune | Apr 23, 2002
By DWAIN PRICE
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
DALLAS - Playing defense used to be a foreign part of the game for the Mavericks.
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| Apr 23, 2002
Flip Saunders isn't the first coach to fall madly in love with Anthony Peeler's game.
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| Apr 23, 2002
Mark Cuban, the Internet billionaire who owns the Dallas Mavericks but apparently cannot afford a comb, was hanging around the arena for both teams' practices Monday.
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Pioneer Press | Apr 23, 2002
Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders listened to Magic Johnson's analysis on television Sunday night, and he couldn't help but agree.
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| Apr 22, 2002
Ordinarily, it's tough to criticize a player who gives you 19 points, 21 rebounds, six assists and, while he's at it, blocks a couple of shots and gets a steal.
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| Apr 22, 2002
Kevin Garnett glanced up, hesitated, then shrugged.
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Racine Journal Times | Apr 22, 2002
Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times reports: You don't have to have a doctorate in professional basketball to realize the proverbial crap is going to hit the fan this summer with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 22, 2002
Grades from Sunday's Mavericks-Timberwolves game.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 22, 2002
Minnesota coach Flip Saunders faces a personnel decision for the remainder of the first-round playoff series against the Mavericks.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 22, 2002
Secret priority No.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 22, 2002
They had a simple case of first-game jitters.
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Star Telegram | Apr 22, 2002
By ART GARCIA
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
DALLAS - After the Mavericks polished off Minnesota 101-94 on Sunday afternoon, coach Don Nelson made sure to find his biggest playoff rookie and offer a few congratulatory words.
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Star Telegram | Apr 22, 2002
By DWAIN PRICE
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
DALLAS - The first game of the Mavericks' Quest To Win The West went off Sunday afternoon with a few hitches.
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| Apr 22, 2002
Their team is as deep as any going around, yet for some of their talent it was a matter of firsts.
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| Apr 21, 2002
Shhhhhh! These are the NBA playoffs, where every possession is sacred, defense gets the salaams, coaches long for PlayStation control of their athletes and the only venues serious enough for the games should be laboratories, cathedrals or the greens of Augusta National.
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Star Tribune | Apr 20, 2002
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Star Tribune | Apr 20, 2002
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Pioneer Press | Apr 20, 2002
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Pioneer Press | Apr 19, 2002
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 19, 2002
The Mavericks slingshot into the playoffs on the impetus of 57 regular-season victories, the most in the franchise's 22-year history.
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Star Telegram | Apr 19, 2002
They will need to maintain that sharpness to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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| Apr 19, 2002
When you have a team as deep as the Dallas Mavericks something has got to give.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 18, 2002
PHOENIX – By the time the Mavericks started the second half Wednesday, they knew their fate.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 18, 2002
The Spurs had been tied with Midwest rival Dallas going into their respective last games.
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Deseret News | Apr 17, 2002
The Jazz could have made it simple for everyone.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 17, 2002
Auditions for the Mavericks continued Tuesday night, with a handful of players still fighting to make the roster.
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Star Telegram | Apr 17, 2002
Dirk Nowitzki wants to represent his homeland, Germany, in the World Championships this summer, writes Dwain Price of the Star Telegram.
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Star Telegram | Apr 17, 2002
The Mavericks still believe they can win the Midwest Division title.
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Standard Examiner / Associated Press | Apr 17, 2002
Their bid to win the division title is going down to the last day of the season, but the Dallas Mavericks might not have their leading scorer and rebounder for the finale.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 17, 2002
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan continues to search for a smoothly operating rotation.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 16, 2002
Richard Alm of the Dallas Morning News writes that, even with a long string of home playoff games, the Mavericks will lose money on the season, their first in American Airlines Center.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 16, 2002
Here's the difference: Van Exel is not just a jump shooter.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 16, 2002
Sounds like a nightmare in Houston.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 16, 2002
That they are tied with San Antonio for the third-best record in the NBA (56-24) behind Sacramento and the LA Lakers mattered little.
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Star Telegram | Apr 16, 2002
DALLAS - When Raef LaFrentz starts stretching opposing defenses by draining 3-point field goals, the Mavericks are a dangerous team to contend with.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 16, 2002
With a fate not completely in their hands, the Mavericks have come to an irrefutable conclusion about their playoff seeding.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 16, 2002
At the worst possible time, Karl Malone is struggling.
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Star Telegram | Apr 12, 2002
Dirk Nowitzki was listed as probably for last night's game against Houston but didn't play, writes Dwain Price of the Star-Telegram.
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Houston Chronicle | Apr 12, 2002
The Rockets came back from a 20-point deficit to force Dallas into overtime, where they surprised the playoff-bound Mavericks 98-95 on Thursday night before a sellout crowd of 20,098 at American Airlines Center.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 11, 2002
Dirk Nowitzki's left ankle is still tender.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 11, 2002
Kevin Blackistone writes for the Dallas Morning News that the Dallas Mavericks are answering the charge that 'white men can't hoop.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 11, 2002
Seven weeks and 22 games later, Van Exel and LaFrentz have figured out their roles — just in time for the playoffs.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 10, 2002
If lessons can still be learned with just five games left in the season, the Mavericks learned two whoppers Tuesday night in bruising their way through a 108-96 slugfest over Portland:
They can, without question, win without Dirk Nowitzki.
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Star Telegram | Apr 10, 2002
DALLAS - Even before Tuesday's physical confrontation with the Portland Trail Blazers, Mavericks guard Nick Van Exel knew when he got to American Airlines Center a fight was going to break out.
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Deseret News | Apr 9, 2002
Do you wonder how much difference there is between the Jazz and the best teams in the Western Conference?
Monday night, on Utah's home floor, with Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki not playing in the second half and Steve Nash suffering from the stomach flu, the Jazz still couldn't beat the Mavericks.
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Deseret News | Apr 9, 2002
The Clippers' loss, significant as it was for Utah, actually was a gift the Jazz perhaps could have done without.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 9, 2002
The Mavericks have another long-limbed European on their radar: Yugoslavia's Ognjen Askrabic.
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Star Telegram | Apr 9, 2002
The Mavericks were able to maintain their half-game lead in the Midwest Division over the San Antonio Spurs.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 9, 2002
Even with their leading scorer, the Mavericks' self-imposed challenge is a daunting one.
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Standard Examiner | Apr 9, 2002
The Jazz are winding down the season the same way they began, playing competitively against the top teams -- but still not finding ways to win according to Tom McEachin in this report.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Apr 9, 2002
The Western Conference playoff picture became more focused Monday night according to Steve Luhm in this report.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 8, 2002
Raef LaFrentz is quick to identify his flaws.
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Star Telegram | Apr 8, 2002
And so, because they don't get as much media attention as other teams, even teams with lesser records, the Mavericks could very well be left out of the regular-season awards.
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Star Telegram | Apr 8, 2002
Time ran out on the Mavericks Saturday afternoon inside the Alamodome.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 8, 2002
Six days after having his game-winning attempt against the Lakers blocked by Shaquille O'Neal, Duncan breathed new life into his MVP chances and his team's Midwest Division title hopes when he swished an 18-footer over Dirk Nowitzki's outstretched arm with 2.
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San Antonio Express-News | Apr 8, 2002
You could see it in their faces.
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Deseret News | Apr 8, 2002
Starting lineups and other intersting notes about tonight's Utah Jazz game against the Mavericks.
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| Apr 8, 2002
Karl Malone has never missed more than two games in any of his 17 NBA seasons.
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Standard Examiner | Apr 8, 2002
Tom McEachin looks at Utah's matchup tonight in Dallas - another playoff foe?
Just what the Jazz need - another high energy, high octane offense headed their way.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 8, 2002
Jodie Valade writes about the newest Dallas player, Raef LaFrentz and tonight's game against the Utah Jazz (NOTE: Link requires an account with the Dallas Morning News).
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The Daily Camera | Apr 6, 2002
Gary Baines writes about possible coaching candidates for the Denver Nuggets.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 5, 2002
Fifteen proven NBA players to fit into 12 playoff roster spots.
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Star Tribune | Apr 5, 2002
With Saturday's Texas Shootout at San Antonio looming on the horizon, the Mavericks had some anxious moments Thursday night before finally disposing of the pesky Los Angeles Clippers 115-90 before a sellout crowd of 20,050 at American Airlines Center.
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Star Telegram | Apr 4, 2002
Forgive Mavericks fans if they let loose with a chorus of 'Beat LA! Beat LA!' when Dallas plays host to the Los Angeles Clippers at 8 tonight.
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Dallas Morning News | Apr 3, 2002
Going on the road for an extended period might have been the best thing to happen to the Denver Three.
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Star Telegram | Apr 3, 2002
"We are like a football team who puts the ball in the air and scores quickly and makes the defense be on the field 60 percent of the time," Harris said.
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Star Tribune | Apr 2, 2002
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Star Telegram | Apr 2, 2002
Up two games over San Antonio with nine to play, the Mavericks realize that a Midwest Division title and one of the top two spots in the Western Conference are well within reach.
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| Apr 1, 2002
Seems Mark Cuban isn't the only one who has a bone to pick with Ed Rush, according to Jodie Valade of the Dallas Morning News.
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