Dirk Nowitzki News

Reigning NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki will play a preseason game in his home country of Germany and one in Barcelona next October as the Dallas Mavericks will participate in the league's international program for the first time, a source said.

The Dallas Mavericks know too well from last year's playoff matchup about losing a big lead, only to come out on top in the end.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Jason Terry added 19, and the Dallas Mavericks held on for a 97-94 double-overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers last night.

Feb 11, 2012; Dallas, TX, USA; Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge shoots against Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki in the second overtime at American Airlines Center.

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Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Jason Terry added 19, and the Dallas Mavericks held on for a 97-94 double-overtime victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 31 points, and Portland snapped a two-game skid while handing New Orleans its eighth straight loss, 94-86, on Friday night Raymond Felton scored 18 points, including a pair of free throws that gave the Blazers an 88-84 lead in the final minute.

If the NBA Western Conference coaches had listened to Dirk Nowitzki or Sir Charles Barkley, the NBA champions would not have been represented at the 2012 NBA All-Star game in Orlando later this month.

Dirk Nowitzki and his smooth, soaring jump shot were in prime form. What truly made the Mavericks too tough for the sloppy Timberwolves to handle was the presence of their savvy old point guard, Jason Kidd.

Steve Nash , the 38-year-old point guard for the Phoenix Suns , was recently named to his eighth NBA All-Star team for the Western Conference.

The raw numbers may not show it, but Dallas Mavericks forward Lamar Odom has made some remarkable strides since his early days with this franchise.

Seagoville native LaMarcus Aldridge returns home after learning two days ago that he was chosen to play in his first All-Star Game.

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki celebrates a basket in the second half against the Denver Nuggets in Denver on Wednesday, Feb.

Dallas Mavericks' Ian Mahinmi, right, of France, watches as Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love dunks in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb.

Finally, the Dallas Mavericks are looking like the Dallas Mavericks and their leader, Dirk Nowitzki, is looking like Dirk should look.

For the most part, the NBA's coaches do an outstanding job picking the reserves for the NBA All-Star Game.

NBA fans chose the starters and the coaches picked the reserves - yet either way Paul Millsap still can't be called an All-Star. The list of reserve players for the NBA All-Star game was released Thursday , less than a week after the starters had been named.

Scouting the Mavericks This is the Mavericks' final regular-season meeting with the Wolves, and they are 0-2, putting them in danger of getting swept in the season series for the first time since 1995-96, when Minnesota went 4-0 against the then-woeful Mavericks.

Jason Kidd went through shooting drills on Thursday afternoon at the Target Center and was moving around well.

No off-season move was given a more apathetic glare from Dallas fans than the Mavericks acquiring of Vince Carter.