Dallas Mavericks

VIDEO: Rick Carlisle kicks ball into the stands

Rick Carlisle

Rick Carlisle’s skills include the following…playing basketball, coaching basketball, looking like Jim Carrey. Rick’s Carlisle’s skills do not include the following…playing soccer, kicking basketballs. Read more

Mark Cuban’s attorneys attach championship photo in Ross Perot Jr. lawsuit

Mark Cuban legal brief

Mark Cuban spent most of the playoffs in a virtual internet hibernation. He didn’t blog, he rarely tweeted, and he didn’t give interviews. Perhaps Cuban did it to not jinx the team, or perhaps, he just wanted to wait for the time where he could rub it in to all the naysayers. Read more

Miss USA pageant features Tyson Chandler as judge?

Tyson Chandler

As part of a world championship team, players are often asked to represent the organization at various social events–ribbon cutting ceremonies, keys to the city, and so on and so forth. Some, are even lucky to be called upon as judges for beauty pageants. Read more

Mark Cuban spent $110k in four hours Sunday night

Mark Cuban cigar

Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks celebrated their championship at Club Liv in South Beach Sunday night. If you find that weird, you’re not alone. In the history of professional sports (at least in my lifetime), I don’t ever recall a team partying it up in the road team’s city. Read more

Jason Whitlock and Rick Carlisle share an awkward moment at press conference

Jason Whitlock and Rick Carlisle

After spending a majority of the Bulls-Heat series ripping on Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau, Fox Sports writer Jason Whitlock has taken a much lighter approach with coaches during the NBA finals. Last night, after Game 4, Whitlock asked Mavs coach Rick Carlisle to comment, in not so many words, on his brilliant coaching strategy. Read more

Heat win Game 3; LeBron shoots down reporter’s obnoxious question in postgame

LeBron James postgame

Known mostly for their offensive prowess during the regular season, it’s been the Miami Heat defense that has stepped up in the playoffs. After Chris Bosh’s jumper put them up two with :39 seconds to go, the Heat forced a turnover on the ensuing possession and a Dirk Nowitzki contested shot in the game’s final ... Read more

VIDEO: Dirk Nowitzki’s layup with 3.6 seconds left ties series

Dirk Nowitzki

With a little under eight minutes to go, Dwyane Wade hit a three pointer to put the Miami Heat up 88-73. Celebration ensued as Wade held his pose and both him and LeBron embraced near the Mavs bench. They were clearly headed to a 2-0 commanding lead in the NBA finals. Read more

LeBron, Wade lead Heat to Game 1 victory; Dirk tears tendon in finger

Miami Heat's James dunks the ball over top of Dallas Mavericks' Chandler during the second half in Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball series in Miami

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade combined for 46 points and the Heat defense held Dallas to a postseason low 37% shooting en route to a 92-84 win in game 1. To make matters worse for the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki tore a tendon on the middle finger of his non-shooting hand. Read more

VIDEO: Nick Collison’s sweat causes unusual time delay

gamesmanship

Last night, with the Oklahoma City Thunder up one and just a few seconds remaining, Nick Collison dove to the floor to prevent Dirk Nowitzki from getting the ball. A foul was called and Dirk calmly went to the stripe and tied the game. Read more

VIDEO: Andrew Bynum’s cheap shot on Jose Barea as Lakers get swept

Andew Bynum Jose Barea

It wasn’t that the Los Angeles Lakers got swept by the Dallas Mavericks, it’s that they looked lifeless in Game 4. In all honesty, it might be one of the worst performances by a defending champ in the history of NBA basketball. Read more

Sports by the numbers: 4/1/11

Jason Terry, Steve Blake

Guyism’s daily look at what’s hot in the world of sports. Read more