However, in overtime it was not meant to be as the Mavericks were on fire, scoring 15 points to win the game 119 – 111.

However, in one of the biggest upsets in NBA playoff history, Nelson coached the 8th-seeded Warriors to victory over the top-seeded Mavericks in six games.

However, he never played a minute for the Texas – Arlington Mavericks, instead embracing academics, joining the Honors College, whose dean helped find him an academic scholarship.

However, this probably won't happen now that the Texas Legends, based in Frisco, are the sole affiliate for the Dallas Mavericks.

However, he worked out for numerous teams and was eventually signed by the Dallas Mavericks, who were looking for a power forward to develop behind star Dirk Nowitzki.

However, the Dallas Mavericks swept the Lakers and ended Phil Jackson's career with a 36 point blowout in Game 4.

However, the Mavericks did make a player acquisition that, while it seemed minor at the time, turned out to play a very important role in the early years of their franchise.

However, the Mavericks were eliminated quickly in the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Sacramento Kings, a team which clearly played better defense.

However, the first place Mavericks were defeated in 6 games by the 8th seeded Golden State Warriors, which is regarded by some as one of the biggest upsets in NBA history, while others don't consider it an upset at all.

However, on December 27, Dirk Nowitzki sustained a knee injury that derailed the Mavericks momentum, combined with the team's second-leading scorer Caron Butler suffering a season-ending knee injury himself only four nights later, raising questions of if the Mavericks could make it 11 straight 50-win seasons.

However, due to the Mavericks reputation as playoff chokers, many predicted them to be ousted in the first round against the six-seeded Portland Trail Blazers.

However, he did not make the Mavericks ' playoffs roster in 2006.

However, not all these effects could be eliminated by distancing the instrument.

However, XML eliminated many of the more complex and human-oriented features of SGML to simplify implementation environments such as documents and publications.

However, the Brewers were eliminated from postseason contention on Spetember 30, a 7-0 loss to the Houston Astros.

However, Kirov was assassinated in Leningrad in December 1934, and his death was used by Stalin as a pretext to launch the Great Purge, in which about a million people were to perish as Stalin eliminated all past and potential opposition to his authority.

However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes ( usually an absolute majority or 40-45 % with a winning margin of 5-15 %), then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting occurs.

However, in the first round, the Chargers were eliminated by the Indianapolis Colts in a 35 – 20 defeat.

However, the Party eliminated the right to secession in later years, and had anti-secession clause written into the Constitution before and after the founding the People's Republic of China.

However, by modern standards the engines ran at low pressure and thus not particularly high specific impulse and were not especially lightweight ; using engines operating with a higher specific impulse would have eliminated the need to drop engines in the first place.

However, it was eliminated from the 2006 William Morrow / Harper Collins, and the 2001 DoubleDay Science Fiction reprinting of The Martian Chronicles.

However, everything changed after the next Immunity Challenge revealed a distinct pecking order which had Paschal and Neleh eliminated, after Sean, Vecepia, and Kathy were gone.

However, on certain items, the Act eliminated tariffs altogether, with the threat of reinstatement as an enticement to get other countries to lower their tariffs on items imported from the U. S.

However, they were eliminated from the playoffs on April 18, being swept by the New York Rangers in four straight games in the Conference Quarterfinals, in what would be their first and only playoff appearance.

However, with the use of non-linear editing systems, the destructive act of cutting of film negatives is eliminated.

However, they were eliminated by the Pistons in six games, with Detroit winning the series 4 – 2.

However, the Hawks would be eliminated in the first round by the Boston Celtics in six games, ending the Hawks ' three year streak of advancing to the second round.

However, in an eerie repeat of the 2005 playoffs, the Spurs bounced back to sweep the next four, as the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round in five games for the fourth straight year.

However, " The Iceman " was poorly received by fans and was quickly eliminated.

However, while risks can be minimized, they cannot be eliminated.

However, Crisis had eliminated Wonder Woman from history ; the character would not debut in the new DC Universe until the next year.

However, the following year, it eliminated its men's soccer team.

However, they were eliminated in the first round of states by Bishop O ' Hara.

However, Brazil were eliminated in the quarterfinals against France by a score of 1 – 0.

However, since these have been eliminated by judicial reform, the office of constable now has few real functions.

However the portrait display was quickly eliminated because it would have been too expensive, and the printer also became a separate unit.

However, Liberty was not interested in sports ownership at the time ( though it has since bought the Atlanta Braves ), and made the deal contingent upon Ascent selling the Avalanche and Nuggets.

However, a new wrinkle appeared when the city of Denver refused to transfer the parcel of land on which the Pepsi Center stood unless Sturm promised to keep the Avalanche and Nuggets in Denver for at least 25 years.

However, Liberty was not interested in sports ownership at the time ( though it has since bought the Atlanta Braves ), and made the deal contingent upon Ascent selling the Avalanche and Nuggets.

However, a new wrinkle appeared when the city of Denver refused to transfer the parcel of land on which the Pepsi Center stood unless Sturm promised to keep the Avalanche and Nuggets in Denver for at least 25 years.

However, chemistry would be an issue, as the Nuggets finished the season with the 6 seed, giving them a first round matchup against the San Antonio Spurs.

However, Denver Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke arranged a verbal agreement to book Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals between the Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers on the same date prior to the Nuggets actually earning a slot in the playoffs.

However, the Clippers would have home advantage in a series against the Nuggets by virtue of a better overall record.