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Dirk late for practice, out of the lineup


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 7:56 p.m.

Dirk Nowitzki will be active, but is not starting tonight, and it's not because of his sore right thumb that he's been fighting for a week ... Nowitzki was late for the shootaround before the game and "rules are rules'' a team spokesperson said ... Nowitzki joked about not missing any games because of the thumb, but he didn't mention anything about being late to a practice ... He'll play as the game goes along, of course. But what if the Mavericks break out to a big lead? It wouldn't be a bad

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Live chat: Eddie Sefko on the Dallas Mavericks


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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

Eddie Sefko will be discussing the Dallas Mavericks with readers at 1:30 p.m. today. Ask your questions in the Coveritlive module below, and Eddie will get to as many as he can before he has to return to his reporting duties ... Live chat: Eddie Sefko on the Dallas Mavericks ...

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Jet says he'll be fine


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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 12:45 a.m.

Jason Terry shot 2-for-13 Tuesday night, including a botched drive to the basket with under 10 seconds left that came with Jason Kidd lying on the floor at the other end of the floor after a nasty fall and the Mavericks down 83-81 ... Terry was trying to be aggressive and the Mavericks did not call a timeout after collecting the rebound at Portland's end. He can live with that ... "Nine times out of 10, I'm going to make that shot,'' he said. "I'm not second-guessing myself. If we get a timeout,

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Mavs lose by four


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 11:10 p.m.

It was supposed to be a storyline straight out of the movies. Or maybe out of a Cowboys game ... Dirk Nowitzki sucks it up after having his right elbow invaded by another man's teeth just a few days earlier, the same way DeMarcus Ware did for the Cowboys after an admittedly more dangerous neck injury. And both teams get willed to victory ... Some stories just don't have happy endings ... Nowitzki returned after missing just one game and had his usual big night. But the Mavericks couldn't contain

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An outrageous third quarter


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 10:27 p.m.

After scoring 33 points in the first half, the Mavericks racked up 32 in the third quarter to turn an 11-point deficit into a 65-58 going into the fourth period ... J.J. Barea, Dirk Nowitzki and Erick Dampier led the way as the Mavericks hit 12 of their first 16 shots in the third quarter ... The Blazers are losing the war of attrition, with only nine available players ... --Eddie Sefko ...

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Mavs got work to do


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.

They're trailing 44-33 to start the third quarter and are getting waxed even though they've held Portland to 38 percent shooting ... Jason Terry will not get the start at the beginning of the third quarter, even though the Mavericks need all the offense they can get. Then again, J.J. Barea was tied with Terry as their leading scorer in the first half with eight points ... The 33 points was a first-half low for the season, by the way ... --Eddie Sefko ...

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Bad shooting all the way around


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 9:15 p.m.

The Blazers' 7-for-21 shooting would look really lousy if it wasn't for the Mavericks' 6-for-23 ... You know, it's like standing next to fat people. They just make you look skinnier, even if you have an extra chin or two ... Mavs are down 18-14 and it was their lowest-scoring first quarter of the season ... -Eddie Sefko ...

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Pre-Christmas blues


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.

The Mavericks have virtually no energy in the first six minutes of the game. But the Blazers aren't exactly electric, either ... Portland is up 7-5 in the early going, but it's interesting that Dirk Nowitzki is 1-of-2 from the field and the rest of the Mavericks are 1-of-11 ... Nowitzki's elbow doesn't seem to be bugging him that much, although he is constantly re-arranging the pad on it ... He tried to catch one pass with his right hand and it went out of bounds, but that could have been

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Dirk still up in the air for tonight


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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 4:50 p.m.

The Mavericks aren't sure about Dirk Nowitzki's status for tonight. If it were me, I'd sit him out one more game just to be safe with his injured right elbow ... But that's easy for me to say. I don't have to try to beat Portland without him tonight ... Nowitzki went through shootaround and was in an excellent mood afterward, although he didn't comment on his condition ... "He's doing better, but it's going to be a game-time decision,'' coach Rick Carlisle said. "We'll see where he is. If

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Dirk making progress


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Published Dec. 21, 2009 at 5:22 p.m.

Coach Rick Carlisle called it "gradual progress'' but Dirk Nowitzki actually put up a few shots on Monday and, according to the Mavericks, is feeling much better than he was over the weekend after that nasty elbow injury sidelined him for Sunday's game ... He's still listed as day-to-day, and it still seems like he'll have trouble playing if he can't take a hit on his shooting elbow without shooting pain ... It's not so much the shooting or ball-handling, it's blocking out for a rebound or

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