Andrew Tobolowsky

The Dirkness: What's the difference?

Over the last week Mavs fans, myself included, have drunk in the deserved accolades tossed the way of their beloved team, and beloved best player, like Nicholas Cage’s character in Leaving Lost Vegas.They, he, and me deserve...

Dallas Mavericks 2011: On second chances

This is an article on the Mavs getting a second-chance. For my recap of Game Six go here. For my article on how the Mavs built this playoff team over five years, check it out here. Young players&mdash...

The Road to the Finals

This article is about how the Mavs built their team. You can find my Game Six summary here. You can find my story about second chances here.The Mavs starters in the deciding game of the 2010-2011 NBA Finals...

Dallas Mavericks win the 2010-2011 NBA Finals

They can have it now. The gang-upers, the ones who think greatness is only in championships every year, no matter the consequences, who want it the easy way, who never want to know the years spent away from the...

Balanced attack leads Mavericks past the Heat, to 3-2 series lead

Your Dallas Mavericks are one win from being the NBA Champs, for the first time in their history.It won’t be easy. Nobody else has beaten the Heat twice in this postseason. Three games in a row is...

Dirk fights through flu to score winning bucket, Mavs take Game 4

Never, at any moment in this postseason, have true Mavericks fans been able to stop believing. They've settled into some losses -- and there's no worse feeling than when a 10-point deficit becomes a 12-point...

Dallas Mavericks lose game three, go down 2-1 to the Heat

The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals 88-86, giving the Heat a 2-1 lead. Dirk Nowitzki led all scorers with 34-11-3, Dwyane Wade had 29 and LeBron...

Game 3 Preview: Mavs-Heat, NBA Finals 2011

This series is particularly hard to talk about.If you, like many of us, figured that this would be about whether Dirk Nowitzki was worth a Lebron or D-Wade and whether his travelling companions could be worth another, you...

Mavs mount furious comeback, win game 2 on last second shot

It finally happened. Call it an act of god. Call...

Miami Heat defeat the Dallas Mavericks 92-84, take Game 1

To Mavs fans, some of whom I know are quite upset,I want to say this: The foul calls would have mattered if the Mavericks weren’t generally just terrible besides that.Yes, the refs were just godawful. The...

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