Nowitzki droht vorzeitiges Saisonende [3:21 min]
NBA-Blog —
Bei solch einem sensiblen Thema sollte man eigentlich abwarten, bis eine genaue Diagnose abgegeben wurde, jedenfalls hat sich Dirk Nowitzki gestern Abend beim Stand von 54-55 (noch 3:19 min zu spielen im dritten Viertel) im Heimspiel seiner Mavericks bei den San Antonio Spurs schwer verletzt und zwar am linken Bein und musste unter Mithilfe zweier Teamkameraden vom Spielfeld gebracht werden. Die Aktion ereignete sich bei einem geglücktem Blockversuch gegen Ime Udoka. Für den amtierenden MVP kam Malik Allen ins Spiel, welches die Spurs mit 88-81 für sich entscheiden konnten. Dirk hatte zum Zeitpunkt seiner Auswechslung 11 Punkte, 7 Rebounds und 4 Assists. In einem ...
How will Nowitzki’s injury affect the Mavs?
MVN Outsider —
In case you were out of the sports loop on Easter Sunday, Mavs F Dirk Nowitzki was injured while blocking an Ime Udoka dunk attempt against the Spurs on Sunday afternoon. It looks pretty gruesome; if you haven’t seen it, here’s the video:
Obviously the Mavs will wait a day or two to determine the seriousness of the injury, but it certainly doesn’t look very good. The early reports are that Dirk will miss something in the ballpark of 2 weeks, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it ended up being longer. There are just over three weeks in the season left, so the Mavs will probably ...
Down Goes Dirk; Mavs Should Still Be Fine
The Sporting Blog —
By Bethlehem Shoals First, drip some of that cereal out the box for Dirk Nowitzki, who over the weekend had this befall him: Cuban is saying "two weeks" , which, given the gruesome nature of this clip, might be some rank optimism. But say it is two weeks. Can the Mavs really afford that absence? Cuban's Finest are currently sitting on the seventh seed, with Golden State at eight and Denver hovering on the precipice. It goes without saying that you don't want to bank on the Warriors or Nuggets holding stable between now and the end of the season; these are possibly the league's two most volatile teams. If they get hot, they could roll over a stagnant ...
Down Goes Dirk; Mavs Should Still Be Fine
The Sporting Blog —
By Bethlehem Shoals First, drip some of that cereal out the box for Dirk Nowitzki, who over the weekend had this befall him: Cuban is saying "two weeks" , which, given the gruesome nature of this clip, might be some rank optimism. But say it is two weeks. Can the Mavs really afford that absence? Cuban's Finest are currently sitting on the seventh seed, with Golden State at eight and Denver hovering on the precipice. It goes without saying that you don't want to bank on the Warriors or Nuggets holding stable between now and the end of the season; these are possibly the league's two most volatile teams. If they get hot, they could roll over a stagnant ...
