Dallas Mavericks

O Dallas Mavericks é um time de basquete da National Basketball Association localizado em Dallas, Texas. O dono do time é Mark Cuban. O time foi fundado em 1980 e as cores do seu uniforme são azul escuro, branco, azul e verde. Foi Vice-Campeão da NBA na temporada 05/06, perdendo para o Miami Heat . Seu maior jogador no momento é o alemão Dirk Nowitzki.

Os Mavericks são a terceira franquia mais valiosa da NBA, com valor estimado em 463 milhões de dólares, perdendo apenas para New York Knicks e Los Angeles Lakers

Os campeões em título da NBA, os Dallas Mavericks, não estão a ter uma entrada fácil na temporada de 2011/12 e averbaram o segundo desaire caseiro consecutivo, desta vez frente aos Nuggets, que se estreavam, e por números esclarecedores (93-115).

Ty Lawson (27 pontos, 4 ressaltos, 4 assistências e 3 roubos de bola) foi o MVP de uma partida em que a formação de Denver teve o ponto alto da sua supremacia no segundo período, onde venceu com um parcial de 37-19.

Já no conjunto texano apenas Dirk Nowitzki deu um ar da sua graça ao alcançar 20 pontos e 4 ressaltos.

@ ZAC escreveu:"Because I'm the head coach and it's my job to make sure these guys are ready to play and it's clear that they're not," Carlisle said after Monday's 115-93 trouncing by the Denver Nuggets. "Right now that's not something that's easy for me to say and it's not an easy thing to live with, so I've got a lot of work to do."

"It's terrible, it's terrible," Carlisle said of his team's defensive effort.

"The biggest thing is we've got to rebuild trust defensively," Carlisle said. "We've lost some; we've lost a lot and I've got to do a better job coaching these guys. It's as simple as that."

"It's all of us together," Nowitzki said. "Obviously, it was a weird situation with the short (training) camp, but we've got to deal with it now. Coach always tries to take the blame if some stuff doesn't go right, but we've got a lot of veteran guys and we've just got to keep on working and eventually turn the corner. It might take another week, it might take another two weeks, but we've got to find ways to stay in games and not be down 30 at half."


Mas nao esta na defesa, os 115 nao eram problema se tivessem marcado 120, os mavericks o ano passado podiam sofrer 115 mas marcavam 120, coisa que agora nao estão a fazer,
"He was our big presence inside and we need that," Marion said of Chandler, a free agent who joined the New York Knicks via sign-and-trade. "We all collectively got to help each other and get it. Somebody's got to be barking back there on that back line. We've all got to communicate with each other and you've got to have that presence."

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