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.

Despite Nowitzki's MVP showing, the Mavericks were upset by their former coach Don Nelson and the 8th seeded Golden State Warriors in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

With the condensed 2011-12 NBA season due to the lockout, the Mavericks were unable to win 50 games, thus ending their 11 consecutive season with 50 or more wins.

Once again, Minnesota lost in the first round of the playoffs where they were swept by the Dallas Mavericks in three straight games.

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

While the Spurs were bouncing the Nuggets, the Mavericks, who had an NBA best 67 – 15 record in the regular season, were unraveling, losing to the Golden State Warriors in six games.

The Mavericks and The ' N Betweens were on their way to separate gigs in Germany when they met on a ferry in 1965.

By 1998, the Dallas Mavericks, then owned by H. Ross Perot, Jr., and the Dallas Stars were indicating their desire for a new facility to replace the dated Reunion Arena.

The Spirits ( who took their name from the Atlantic Ocean-crossing plane flown by Charles Lindbergh ) were the third incarnation of a franchise that was once known as the Houston Mavericks and later the Carolina Cougars.

For the 2012 season, the Mönchengladbach Mavericks, runners-up in the northern division in 2011, were refused a licence, leaving an extra spot in the league which has been offered to the Lübeck Cougars.

The 2007 – 08 Mavericks were 51 – 31 under coach Avery Johnson and lost in the first round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs to the New Orleans Hornets four games to one.

Although the Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns were interested in his services, he was strongly linked with a poised move to the Boston Celtics and was expected to be in Boston once he cleared waivers.

The 2011 NBA Finals were a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, pitting the Miami Heat against the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks were led, once again, by Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry.

The Cougars were originally a charter member of the ABA as the Houston Mavericks in 1967.

One of memorable moments were the Miami Heat's loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals, when James averaged 3 points in the 4th quarter the whole series.

Drafted 15th overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks, Cato's draft rights were immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for the draft rights to Chris Anstey and cash considerations.

After playing high school basketball at Masuk High School in Monroe, CT he moved to Durham, North Carolina to play for C. E. Jordan High School to finish his high school career, Alexander, a shooting guard, was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 13th overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft after he played college basketball at University of Virginia and Fresno State ; his rights were traded to the Dallas Mavericks on the same day.

On July 12, 2010, Haslem re-signed with the Heat, even though he would have received nearly $ 10 million more if he were to sign with the Dallas Mavericks or Denver Nuggets.

This turned out to be a blessing for Harper because the Mavericks were on their way to a 13-69 win-loss campaign, while Harper was an integral part of a Knicks team that came within one game of winning the 1994 NBA Championship.

The Houston Mavericks were a charter member of the American Basketball Association.

The Mavericks were one of the first ABA franchises, announced on February 2, 1967 when the ABA was formed.

According to most reliable sources, the Mavericks padded the gate for most of the early-season games to make the attendance figures look more respectable than they actually were.

The Heat overcame a miserable start with a 14-point gap to wear down the Mavericks, and led by one point ( 49 – 48 ) at halftime.

They struggled down the stretch in many of those defeats, and the Spurs quickly found themselves far behind the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns.

In the second game of the 2003 Western Conference Semifinals against the Dallas Mavericks, Webber suffered a career-threatening knee injury while running down the lane untouched that forced him to miss nearly a year of action.

Already the Lake Elsinore Storm, the class-A San Diego Padres affiliate wanted to move down to Escondido, California in San Diego County and the Mavericks shall replace the lone Riverside County spot in Lake Elsinore, California.

The Dallas Mavericks are an example of an NBA team that regularly uses zone defenses ; during the 2011 Playoffs, their zone defense was credited with slowing down offenses, forcing opposing players to recognize which defense they were playing.

When the Pacific Coast League expanded for the 1978 season, they added a new Portland team, and the Mavericks shut down ( after receiving considerable compensation from the PCL ).

" During a playoff game in 2005 between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks, the Rockets ' Tracy McGrady drove to the rim and threw down a vicious one handed facial on the Mavericks ' Shawn Bradley, and Kevin Harlan said, " Here comes McGrady -- OH, he just sucked the gravity right out of the building!

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.

Ironically, the Warriors were coached by Don Nelson, the immediate past manager / coach of the Mavericks until he stepped down at the end of 2005-06, and he had been appointed head coach of the Warriors in the 2006-07 midseason

The whispers then began to re-surface that the Mavericks were going to allow another impressive regular season to go down the drain.

Jason Kidd and Jason Terry both hit huge shots down the stretch and the Mavericks defeated the Heat with a 112-103 victory, putting them one game from their first ever NBA title.

Games 1 and 2 went down the wire, but the Mavericks ' fell short on both occasions as Kevin Durant bailed the Thunder out with a game-winning jumper in Game 1, and late-game free throws in Game 2.

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.

After taking a 2-1 series lead, they would lose the final three games to the Mavericks.

Since their inaugural 1980 – 81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles ( 1987, 2007, 2010 ), two conference championships ( 2006, 2011 ), and one NBA Championship ( 2011 ).

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

The Phoenix Suns have had four winners while the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks have had three.

In the Mavericks ' 10 playoff games, Howard totaled three double-doubles while averaging 13. 4 points and 8. 3 rebounds in 39. 1 minutes.

This draft helped turn around three struggling franchises: the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, and the Toronto Raptors.

He hit. 307 with 25 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 64 RBIs in 128 games with the Class-A Advanced High Desert Mavericks.

In the Southern Division Championship Series, the JetHawks beat the 1st & 2nd Half Champion High Desert Mavericks, three games to one.

He played his first three years for the Dallas Mavericks and was subsequently traded to the Indiana Pacers, where he finished the final three guaranteed years of his contract.

After playing professionally in Europe for a season, he played for the Mavericks for three seasons until being traded to the Toronto Raptors for Riley's former Michigan Wolverines teammate, shooting guard Jimmy King.

In their history, the Mavericks have won one NBA championship, three division titles, and two conference championships.

In Game 6, the Mavericks took an early double digit lead, but again, Wade poured in 36 points, helped by Alonzo Mourning's five blocked shots, and the Mavericks lost their fourth game and the title after a string of botched three pointers.

The Mavericks would stay close with the Nuggets in the first three quarters of Games 1 and 2, but it was the fourth quarter where Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets would finally wake up, as they took the first two games by double-digit figures.

During the playoffs though, this optimism proved to be short lived, because after winning game one 100 – 94, behind Nowitzki's 36-point performance, the Mavericks dropped the next three games to their in-state rivals, the San Antonio Spurs, before winning game five.

After dropping game three to Portland, the Mavericks blew a 23-point fourth-quarter lead in game four to allow Portland to tie the series at two games apiece.

The Mavericks then won the next three games, including a 15-point comeback in game 4, to take the series in five games.

The plane is equipped with a M61 Vulcan and three different kinds of missiles, Sidewinders, AMRAAMs and Mavericks.