Nowitzki Slurps Fountain Of Youth, Dominates Clippers Final 3 Quarters

In a separate SB Nation report, Cuban’s still apparently bitter of not getting Jordan to the team. Sports exist, and are a gabillion jillion dollar industry, not because of the good they do in the world-every sports fan I know spends a lot of time being miserable-but due to their entertainment value.

One night after looking downright crummy during a 120-105 loss in New Orleans, the Mavericks looked like world-beaters in defeating a Clippers team that’s one of the best the National Basketball Association has to offer. “DeAndre sucks” echoed throughout the arena as you could feel months of emotion coming out through the fans voices.

On his way off the court, Rivers gestured to two Mavs fans sitting courtside.

On Wednesday, the Mavs played the Clippers for the first time since the incident occurred.

The Mavericks shot well over 50-percent the whole night.

Nowitzki led the Mavericks with 31 points and Wesley Matthews added 25 points as all five Dallas starters scored in double figures. It wasn’t something that was just going to go away overnight and wasn’t fake. He’d have the same level of point there, in that if we agree that our lives should only be consumed by the most serious of pursuits, sentiment wasted in other ways does appear ridiculous. He also grabbed a season-best six rebounds. Laying on the ground, Pachulia yelled and pumped his fist in emotion that brought the crowd to their feet with the same emotion.

For his part, Matthews didn’t mind the “iron will” comment from Carlisle. Jordan also was jeered when he was the first player introduced, and then throughout the game, with several fans holding up signs mocking him.

Besides, the Mavericks still have Dirk Nowitzki, the only face of the franchise they really need. He bullied his way into the post, he flushed stepback midrange jumpers, and he converted three of his four attempts from deep. Nowitzki looked like he was 10 years younger doing what he wanted on the offensive end. “I thought it was going to be a lot worse, honestly”, to interviewers after the Los Angeles Clippers lost 118-108, finished with nine points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes of play.

Griffin now doing it all for the LA Clippers: Blake Griffin’s early numbers are very strong. But he’s too old, washed, and done though… The person hurt the most by the change of hearts from the Clippers center was Mark Cuban, who is never one to shy from gloating when he has the opportunity. Austin Rivers scored 16 off the bench, Jamal Crawford had 11, Paul Pierce 10.

That spawned a mad scramble of players from both teams tweeting emojis of all sorts as they rushed to meet Jordan in person and present their respective cases. The same Mavericks team that still isn’t fully healthy. For the Mavericks, it’s a chance to taste a little sweet revenge, although based on wins like this one the team might be aspiring toward accomplishing even greater things.