Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzkiis a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium and the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played since. Listed at 7 ft 0 in, Nowitzki is considered one of the greatest power forwards in basketball history...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 June 1978
CountryGermany
They adjusted and double-teamed me. I've got to do a better job finding the open man. More than anything, we know now we need a little more consistency for longer stretches.
There was a lot of hacking going on.
This is a big win and now we have an opportunity for another big win (Saturday against New Orleans). We need to run them all if we really want this thing.
They had us backpedaling. But right before halftime, we got a great push and then carried it into the second half.
We tried a lot of things that game, but he's just that good.
We never make excuses with injures. We would love to have Josh out there. Same with Devin. (But) we should have won the game with the guys that we had.
I like our chances on the road, and we're a good road team. We have guys who can hit big shots down the stretch, and we've won big games on the road. It's another good test.
I'm very happy that Holger has been released that's very important to me, especially in regard to preparing for the European championships. I will contact Holger as soon as possible, then we will see what happens.
If there's an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.
He's improved so much over his three-year career already. It's amazing. The sky is the limit.
It's tough to win games like that. We really got lucky.
That's obviously not the greatest situation, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's a bad time for injuries, but better now than in another month.
I tried to stay aggressive. That's what the team wants me to do. I tried to make things happen during that stretch.
It's two disappointing loses but we can't really hang our heads down because we were right there. We had our chances to beat both of them. We know what we need to do. We still have over 20 games left. We have to improve on both ends of the floor. We'll work harder in practice and be there hopefully be there in April, May and June.