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After being replaced in Dallas' starting lineup, guard DeShawn Stevenson responded off the bench with his first double-figure scoring game in more than four months -- all in one quarter of the Mavericks' 86-83 win in Game 4 of the NBA finals.
Dirk Nowitzki lingered on the bench during timeouts, waiting for the horn to sound before getting up. When he made a key shot, he walked back on defense without so much as nodding in celebration.
Mavericks backup center Brendan Haywood is planning to test his injured hip Tuesday afternoon to see if he would be able to play in Game 4 of the NBA finals a few hours later.
As exciting as it is to watch Dirk Nowitzki make shot after shot in the NBA finals, the Dallas Mavericks don't want to keep doing that.
Thousands of Mavericks fans pinned their hopes on a lottery last week for the chance to buy an NBA Finals ticket. But a few dozen people just got in line at the American Airlines center a few hours before the game Sunday and were able to nab tickets.
The backup for the Dallas Mavericks' backup center got into quick foul trouble in Game 3 of the NBA finals against the Miami Heat.
The Miami Heat didn't blow this one. Now they're just two wins from being crowned NBA champions.
When the Dallas Mavericks last played an NBA finals game at home five years ago, the only current players on that roster were Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry.
The Dallas Mavericks say backup center Brendan Haywood is a "game-time decision" for Sunday night's Game 3 of the NBA finals against the Miami Heat.
A few dribbles from the NBA finals logo, Caron Butler turns and shoots. The ball swishes through the net and his Dallas Mavericks teammates smile.
After two days of intense film study and painstaking analysis of the final 14 possessions in their end-of-game collapse in Game 2 of the NBA finals, the Miami Heat finally came up with the reason why.
Dallas Mavericks backup center Brendan Haywood was going nowhere fast during practice Saturday.
As the Dallas Mavericks work to fend off the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, a former Mavs player continues to fight a different kind of enemy - cancer. And, he's done it all supported by his Mavericks teammates.
The television rating for Game 2 of the NBA finals was up 15 percent from the last time the same teams met in the championship series.
Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks put a stunning end to their misery in Miami. Now they can win their first NBA title without ever coming back to South Florida.
