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Built Ford Tough Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 DALLAS -- No matter who or how many San Antonio Spurs were on Dirk Nowitzki, or how much they pushed, prodded or swatted at the 7-foot All-Star, he kept making big plays for the Dallas Mavericks. "He probably doesn't get enough credit for being the competitor that he is, and for being so tough-minded," teammate Lamar Odom said of Nowitzki. "There's nothing soft about Dirk. He's tough." Nowitzki scored 27 points, fought for loose balls and screamed out in exhilaration several times as the defending NBA champion Mavericks won 106-99 over the Southwest Division-leading Spurs on Saturday night for their third consecutive victory. After winning at home against Washington and Charlotte, the NBA's two worst teams, beating San Antonio was much more impressive, even if the Spurs were playing the second consecutive night. Dallas never trailed and the only tie was at 2-all. "It was a playoff battle. Anytime we see the Spurs it's a fun game, great atmosphere, both teams really trying to get the win. As expected, it was a physical game," Nowitzki said. "They went small some, tried to mix it up. At the end they were double-teaming some. I thought as a team, we always made the right play, find the open guy. That was definitely big." With the shot clock running down late in the third quarter, Nowitzki got the ball with Manu Ginobili right on top of him. The Mavericks' perennial All-Star made a 20-foot jumper for a 10-point lead and let out a scream, as much excitement for making the shot as letting officials know he thought he was also fouled. San Antonio cut that deficit in half on a 3-pointer by Ginobili nearly 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, but got no closer. Dallas responded by scoring eight in a row. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120317_SA@DAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch23 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Eventhough the Spurs lost I am happy about that game. Parker played like garbage and yet the Spurs still fought hard for the majority of the game. Props to Dallas for playing some quality team basketball (especially in the 2nd half). J-Kidd was hitting his open shots and Dirk was well.... Dirk. Stephen Jackson only had 5 points, but he did some things last night that already made me 100% certain that the RJ trade was worth it. His defense (and Leonard's for that fact) on Dirk was excellent. I haven't seen anybody play that hard and body up Dirk since Bowen. S-Jax never gave him an inch and always had a hand in his face. Dirk still got his points mainly off FT's and from Blair guarding him.... Anyway GG Dallas..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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