Nowitzki is invisible out there. The only reason some fans can't see that is because he's their favorite player and they'll go to whatever lengths to defend him. If Dirk throws up another 3 airballs tonight, goes 7 for 11 from the line and scores 16 points, then the blame will go to Avery. No matter what happens, Dirk is not to blame. Some diehard Dirk fans will toughen up and go out on a limb and say something like "Dirk is partly responsible, but so is Avery." Whatever they can do to absolve Dirk of a performance that is nothing short of a disaster. Watching this series objectively, Nowitzki looks like just another player on the court. He's done nothing special to speak of. When you're the MVP of the league, you need to have some type of impact on a series.
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