Dallas Mavericks @ Portland Traiblazers GDT/vBookie (8:00PM CST)

[dirt_dobber]

Flaco.....I thought that also. And I aslo thought they they would draw more contact thus receiving more freethrows yet we had 23 and they 22.

[dude1394]

Sorta interesting blog entry from a guy at the mavs-trailblazers game last night. Thought the comment about this team being dirk/jason and a bunch o' spares was interesting (he seemingly forgot josh) but his comment about the energy field around dirk tickled me.

http://bojack.org/2006/11/game_repor..._103_blaz.html

The Mavericks are not going back to the NBA Finals with this year's crew. They're down to Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry, surrounded by a bunch of impressive (and no doubt expensive) names who seem just a step away from retirement: Jerry Stackhouse, Erick Dampier, Devean George, Austin Croshere. I didn't smell any chemistry from that group at all, and I can't see them going all the way to the last round of the playoffs. But of course, with Avery Johnson running the show, they'll go quite a ways:

I got my usual collection of blurry photos of the visiting team from our most excellent seats behind their bench. Dirk's not an easy guy to get a picture of. There's something about the energy field around that fellow that makes him hard to capture. Here's what he looks like putting on a jacket:

[fluid.forty.one]

yeah harris, howard, and diop are all just a step away from retirement...