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Devastation, Destruction, and the Damned: Houston Rockets Take a Pivotal Game 3
Image courtesy of T.J. Macias Baller Mind Frame . The faithlessness that seemingly flicked at the spine of Dallas Mavericks fans, after their sedated loss to the Houston Rockets in Game 2, was a mere...
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'The Energy is Toxic': Rajon Rondo Benched by Carlisle
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame Dallas Mavericks' head coach Rick Carlisle is not the first, nor likely the last NBA head coach to butt heads with Rajon Rondo . But this time there...
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Coveting the House Money: Shorthanded Dallas Mavericks Face Plant in Fourth
It was announced shortly before tip off of Game 2 of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets series of the NBA playoffs: Former Rocket and now terrifyingly brilliant Maverick Chandler Parsons would not play on Tuesday...
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Rick Carlisle Speaks on the Availability of Chandler Parsons and Devin Harris for Game 2
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame. As Dallas Mavericks’ power forward Dirk Nowitzki and his mentor Holger Geschwindner worked tirelessly across the court from the watchful eyes of the media on Monday afternoon at...
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Supine Musings: Confused Dallas Mavericks Gift Wrap Game 1
From an outsider’s perspective, an outsider who would only glance briefly at the showy ESPN notification on their iPhones every quarter during Game 1 of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets showdown, the game seemed to...
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Breaking the Wheel: What to Expect in the Dallas Mavericks/Houston Rockets Texas Showdown
Image courtesy of Taylor Macias for Baller Mind Frame. Southern hospitality is a peculiar thing. Even if two neighbors are in the throes of a brutal slap-fest fight over tree branches in their yard, they’ll...
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NBA MVP Shares: Part One
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Back in mid-December I wrote an NBA MVP Power Rankings column. I don't have any issue admitting that there were two major problems with that piece: First, it came...
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Sorry, Phoenix Suns – The Dallas Mavericks Have Other Plans
The tone was more than set inside the American Airlines Center on a particularly humid evening: The Dallas Mavericks, who had clinched their playoff berth the night before following Oklahoma City Thunder’s loss, were looking...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: Mavericks Collapse, Rockets Prevail
There was a moment in the third quarter of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets game after Dirk Nowitzki scored on a turnaround fade away jump shot, pushing his team’s lead to 67-58, when the media...
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Sit Down and Shut Up: Monta Ellis Makes a Statement During Mavs Brilliant Win
Image courtesy of TJ Macias/Baller Mind Frame . Casting a light into the darkness and you have the story, that intertwining of pastoral of candy-coated fates one seeks to stitch with flare – but first...
