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Stopping the Nowitzki show
It wouldn’t have mattered if the Jazz had kept pulling away in the fourth quarter and beaten the Mavericks by 25 or if they blew all of their 16-point lead before finding a way late. The only thing critical was to leave American Airlines Center with a victory. It would have been ...
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True Blue Jazz — ... His name is Fesenko. Kyrylo Fesenko. PLAY HIM! Via Siler & Luhm. For all the available options to slowing a player on an (admittedly) unstoppable roll, the Jazz seemingly ...

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BallerBlogger.com — Eddie Sefko of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:  “On a drab, lifeless Tuesday night at American Airlines Center, everybody found out how quickly a dud can turn into a stud. It happened with Dirk Nowitzki. And it happened with a dull game that turned absolutely mesmerizing, thrilling and historic in the fourth quarter. The Mavericks looked dead for three quarters, and Nowitzki was searching for a pulse, too. Then, as if the paddles had jolted him back to life, Nowitzki dominated the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks pulled off a 27-point turnaround for a determined 96-85 victory over the Utah Jazz. Nowitzki had 29 points in the fourth ...

Heard It Through the OMG DIRK SCORED 29 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER Grapevine
The Two Man Game — Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune: “For all the available options to slowing a player on an (admittedly) unstoppable roll, the Jazz seemingly explored few alternatives, not even mustering a token hard foul. They stuck with Okur and Carlos Boozer on Nowitzki, even with Andrei Kirilenko and Paul Millsap offering other options. Kyrylo Fesenko even matched up against Nowitzki in the first half and seemed to frustrate him with his size and physicality. The Jazz also opted not to double-team Nowitzki upon catching the ball or all-out denying him the ball in the first place. Sloan said he thought the Jazz would leave shooters open by ...

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