The Mavericks can't get a rebound and can't stop the Thunder in the early going ... Erick Dampier looks lost. J.J. Barea is shooting every time down the floor and things just look out of whack for the moment ... Maybe it takes awhile for eyes to adjust to those orange shoes ... --Eddie Sefko ...
This is the heart of Sooner country ... So naturally was controversy when the Thunder and Nike teamed up to give away thousands of orange towels that fans were supposed to wave to show their support for the Thunder's only scheduled ESPN game of the season ... A good Sooner would never wave an orange towel ... The whole thing is to hype the debut of Kevin Durant's new orange shoes, which his teammates were wearing, too ... It's regrettable, to some folks in these parts, that the color had to be
The Oklahoma City Thunder that the Mavericks will see tonight have developed a reputation under salty coach Scott Brooks as a hard-working team that never takes a night off ... When you are filled with 22, 23 and 24 year olds, it's supposed to be easier to get your team revved up nightly ... That's not necessarily an accurate assessment, however. The Mavericks have a lot of 32, 33 and 34 year olds and have brought the effort pretty much every night ... "That's an assumption that can be made,''
The crew at the 33 News decided to ask their co-worker, Candice Crawford (pictured), about the rumors that she’s engaged to Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. The answer: No.Then they decided to have some fun with a little game, but they made the solution too obvious ...
Yes, because then you’d be able to lease it out to frisky fans during high season and, hello, Superbowl XVL. This story ran in the Star-Telegram about a Phoenix based company that specializes in hooking up fans with rentals in the proximity of sports stadiums. (I’m sorry, I just cannot imagine spending a vacation and [ ... ] ...
So shootaround is ending this morning and the players are clowning around and doing interviews or heading to the bus ... Dirk Nowitzki is trying out for the Cowboys' kicking job ... He takes a basketball and punts it straight up in the air. If he'd been under the jumbotron, he would have hit it. But since he was at one end of the court, the ball zoomed toward the rafters -- and nobody was calling for the fair catch ... The ball splatted down on the court and bounced a good 30 feet in the air ...
You may have heard Rick Adelman's rant about the Houston schedule so far this season. The coach was peeved that the Rockets played eight games in 13 days, all in the form of back-to-back sets ... To that, we should all get on the phone and call Adelman a "WAAAA- mbulance.'' ... The Mavericks, remember, played eight games in 12 days, ending with a back-to-back against Memphis and Atlanta, the only time this season they've lost two in a row ... Another Rick, Carlisle, brought up a great point at
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said Tuesday after practice that the team spent part of the day reviewing how it committed a season-high 23 turnovers Monday night against the pesky New Orleans Hornets ... "We were third-best in the league heading into that game not turning the ball over. The question you ask yourself is it a complete aberration or are we getting into some habits we have to avoid," Carlisle said. "So we looked at it and we have to be better because Oklahoma City is another active
The Mavericks have talked all season about the depth of this team. And they needed every bit of it Monday against New Orleans ... On a night when Dirk Nowitzki never could find a rhythm, his teammates came to the rescue in a 94-90 victory over the Hornets at American Airlines Center ... Hot-shooting guard J.J. Barea carried the Mavericks early and Jason Terry and Josh Howard came off the bench in the second half to lead the way ... Nowitzki only had two points through three quarters and finished
The Mavericks take a five-point lead into the fourth quarter after holding off New Olreans in the third quarter. The Hornets, and point guard Chris Paul, continued to build momentum after a good second quarter. Paul now has 16 points ... Dirk Nowitzki has only two points on 1-of-5 shooting so far. He'll need to get going in the fourth, and that's usually "his" quarter. We shall see. J.J. Barea only had two points in the third and now has a game-high 21 ... Two big baskets for Josh Howard late in