The Pistons then won Game 5 in The Palace of Auburn Hills, but the Heat answered by winning Game 6 and advanced to their first NBA Finals in franchise history against Dirk Nowitzki's Dallas Mavericks, who were also in their first NBA Finals.

There was some controversy at the time since the University of Texas at Arlington also uses the Mavericks nickname.

On draft night of 2012, the team re-acquired forward Lamar Odom from the Dallas Mavericks as part of a four-team deal that also sent Mo Williams and Furkan Aldemir, their 2012 draftee, to the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets respectively.

He also has nicknames for individual players such as The Nash Rambler for Steve Nash, Captain Kidd for former Suns Captain Jason Kidd and the Matrix for now-former Sun and current Dallas Mavericks player Shawn Marion ( although the origin of that nickname is generally attributed to former NBA player and TNT analyst Kenny Smith, not McCoy ).

English spent the majority of his career with the Nuggets, but also played briefly with the Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks.

* Traded by New York to Houston Rockets as part of three-team deal on August 17, 2001 ( Dallas Mavericks received Muggsy Bogues from New York ; Houston also received draft rights to Kyle Hill and future considerations from Dallas ; New York received Shandon Anderson from Houston and Howard Eisley from Dallas ).

Kirk also claimed deductions for three years of season tickets to the Dallas Mavericks as qualifying entertainment expenses.

He also had eight blocks in games against the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics.

Davis also serves as the Mavericks ' player development coach and a community services representative for the team.

During his NBA career, Van Horn also played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks.

Adams also was one of the owners of the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association and the former owner of the second Nashville Kats franchise of the Arena Football League.

Jim also managed the 2005 Mid-Missouri Mavericks of the Frontier League.

Wagner also has a stake in the Dallas Mavericks, and he continues to invest in and nurture start-ups.

He also scored his 25, 000th career point on November 21 versus the Milwaukee Bucks and grabbed his 15, 000th rebound against the Dallas Mavericks on March 15.

The Cavaliers also drafted Ron Harper with the eighth pick in the 1986 draft and obtained the rights to Mark Price ( in a trade with the Dallas Mavericks ) the 25th pick ( second round ).

That year Chaney became the first-round pick ( 12th overall ) of the Boston Celtics in the 1968 NBA Draft ; he was also drafted by the Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball Association.

The band also toured with The Mavericks, Junior Brown, and The Black Crowes and played on the PBS music program Austin City Limits in 1997.

Is also the play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Mavericks on ESPN 103. 3 in Dallas.

Arnold is also the emcee for the Mavericks.

In the 1990s, Morrison served as lead Montana counsel in the state ’ s Tobacco case and represented the New York Times, NBC and other media in the “ Unabomber ” case. 23 Morrison and his wife are co-authors of a popular Montana political history book: Mavericks: The Lives and Battles of Montana ’ s Political Heroes. 24 Morrison is also author or co-author of many articles and opinion pieces, on topics ranging from health insurance to climate change. 25

After two more seasons with the Bullets, he became the first coach of the Dallas Mavericks, whom he led to a 55-27 record in 1986 – 87. Motta also served with the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets before retiring in 1997.

This early success also empowered Perot to gain majority ownership of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, a decision that was largely based on Perot's desire to develop the real estate that surrounded the basketball arena.

It also contains the Mavericks Superpipe snowboard / skiing superpipe one of the premier pipes in North America.

He also added a strong 2007 post-season, with 11. 1 ppg and 5. 7 rpg in eleven playoff games and helped the # 8 seed Warriors take down the # 1 seed Mavericks in the 2007 playoffs.

This is about the History of the Dallas Mavericks ( also known as the Mavs ), a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas, USA, belonging to the NBA.

Since entering the league, Miami has fielded squads that have made the playoffs 16 out of 24 seasons, capturing nine division titles, three Eastern Conference Championships, and two NBA Championships, defeating the Dallas Mavericks 4 – 2 in the 2006 NBA Finals and the Oklahoma City Thunder 4 – 1 in the 2012 NBA Finals.

Led by Mark Aguirre, original draft pick Brad Davis, Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper, Sam Perkins and Detlef Schrempf, the Mavericks made the playoffs six of seven times from 1983 to 90, winning the Midwest Division in 1986 – 87 and reaching the Western Conference Finals in 1988.

The Clippers won 12 of their next 14 games, including road wins over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and the Western-Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, clinching only their fifth playoff birth since their 1976 conference semi-finals loss to the Boston Celtics ( the last time they made the playoffs as the Buffalo Braves ) before a dominating home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 16, 2012.

Despite scoring 39 points in regulation time and fouling out both Dampier and Keith Van Horn, Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime against Mavericks reserve center DeSagana Diop, and the Spurs lost Game 7.

The Mavericks emerged as a perennial playoff contender, mostly due to the rise of star players such as Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, but Bradley's defense made a significant contribution.

He made a minimal impact, and was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1998.

For the third consecutive season, the Jazz made the postseason but lost the first round of the 1986 playoffs to the Dallas Mavericks.

Sloan collected his 1, 000th career win against the Dallas Mavericks on December 11, 2006, in a 101 – 79 victory, which made him only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach the milestone.

An attempt was made in the 2001 season to sell the team to various prospective owners, including Mark Cuban who later bought the Dallas Mavericks, but nothing came of the deal.

After sitting out his ten-game suspension, Miles made his season debut with the team on January 4, 2009, playing the last 1: 46 in a 102 – 82 win against the Dallas Mavericks.

Holder turned professional with a band called The Memphis Cutouts and then with Steve Brett & the Mavericks in the early 60s made four singles for Columbia Records.

On October 31, 1997, Palmer made history when she and Kantner officiated the NBA season opener between the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Dallas Mavericks, in British Columbia, Canada.

The Lakers played the Chicago Bulls, while the Heat played the Dallas Mavericks in a rematch of the 2011 NBA Finals ; both the Bulls and Mavericks made their ABC Christmas Day debuts.

Among the various castoffs who made up the Mavericks ' roster was former major league pitcher Jim Bouton, who made a comeback with the Mavericks after having been out of baseball since retiring in 1970.

Little was made during the series because the Mavericks, run by a trio of Steve Nash, Michael Finley, and Dirk Nowitzki, were starting to meld into contenders.

He continued to be a key player for the Orlando Magic, with one of his best games being against the Dallas Mavericks, where he made 5 three-point field goals to lead the Magic into a comeback and their first win in Dallas.

During the 2006 – 07 season he made a shot against the Dallas Mavericks to end their 13-game winning streak.

But a trade the Mavericks made in their inaugural season of 1980 paid off for them in 1984, because they owned Cleveland's first-round pick, which ended up being the fourth pick overall.

Mark Aguirre led the team in scoring again with 25. 7 ppg, Sam Perkins made the All-Rookie team, and Rolando Blackman represented the Mavericks in the 1985 NBA All-Star Game.

Blackman had made four All-Star Game appearances in his Mavericks career.

The constant changes made it impossible to establish any sort of team chemistry in 1996 – 97, and the Mavericks finished 24 – 58.