Dirk Nowitzki was the lone star from the days of a Texas playoff rivalry to play a meaningless late-season game between teams that helped define the Western Conference postseason for more than a decade. The big German and his Dallas Mavericks just wish they had the same reason to sit that the San Antonio Spurs do. Instead, the 2011 champs will go without a playoff series victory for the sixth straight season since hoisting the franchise's only trophy. With Tony Parker never leaving the bench while Manu Ginobili stayed home along with Kawhi Leonard and some of the new star's sidekicks, Bryn Forbes scored a career-high 27 points and the Spurs ran away in the second half for a 102-89 victory after the Mavericks pulled most of their key guys Friday night. Read more http://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=400900561
Dirk Nowitzki was the lone star from the days of a Texas playoff rivalry to play a meaningless late-season game between teams that helped define the Western Conference postseason for more than a decade. The big German and his Dallas Mavericks just wish they had the same reason to sit that the San Antonio Spurs do. Instead, the 2011 champs will go without a playoff series victory for the sixth straight season since hoisting the franchise's only trophy. With Tony Parker never leaving the bench while Manu Ginobili stayed home along with Kawhi Leonard and some of the new star's sidekicks, Bryn Forbes scored a career-high 27 points and the Spurs ran away in the second half for a 102-89 victory after the Mavericks pulled most of their key guys Friday night. Read more http://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=400900561
