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Dirk Nowitzki secures playoff birth for Dallas watch!

youtube.com — An incredible ending in Dallas! Dirk Nowitzki hits a go-ahead three-pointer with 0.9 seconds to beat Deron Williams and the Utah Jazz.

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  • scubastza, on 04/11/2008, -5/+21I can't believe the end of that game! Williams hits a crazy off balance bank-3 and Dirk runs down a nails the game winner with .9 seconds... NBA playoffs baby, there's nothing like it!!! The playoff race is the closest I've ever seen it.
    • Odenized, on 04/11/2008, -5/+2I almost turned off this game because I thought Deron had no chance at tying the game. Luckily, I waited around for the finish.
      • vanzan, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4How dare Utah D leaves the MVP wide open
        • Jerky1312, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1I don' t know what they were thinking (or better put, why not thinking). Dallas had no time outs, so they were going to inbounds right away and the Jazz got caught off guard and ate a huge 3. Poor job by the Jazz there. It'll be a good lesson for them to play defense at all times, right before going into the playoffs. The only problem is, they need the wins down the stretch, to possibly pass the Lakers and Spurs for home court, where they have the best home court record. Dallas gets the victory and celebrates.
    • madmonkey300, on 04/11/2008, -5/+2the playoffs haven't even started yet *****
  • schwartzwithyou, on 04/11/2008, -4/+7That was one of the coolest endings I've seen in a long time
  • louiebaur, on 04/11/2008, -9/+3That was one of the best endings of all time for sure
  • mutwirik, on 04/11/2008, -10/+34Now prepare for a 1st round exit Maverick fans
    • NinjaPig, on 04/11/2008, -8/+5No. Mavs>Spurs.
      • dougmidkiff, on 04/11/2008, -2/+8As a Dallas fan I appreciate your love of the Mavs, but we need to be honest with ourselves. The Mavs aren't better than the Spurs at this point in time.
      • glasnostic, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3gotta agree with dougmidkiff there... Spurs > Mavs all the way... but hey, you can come down here any time..

        also.. tell AJ we still love him, even though he is a Maverick now.
        • ShorD143, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3agreed. I saw AJ at a restaurant a few months back (I live in dallas), and I went up to him and told him I appreciated what he did in san antonio.
    • TripleAStacked, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Yeah..if they end up facing the lakers i smell a sweep
  • MasterPlayer, on 04/11/2008, -4/+7I love how there are a lot of basketball stories/videos making it to the front page.
    • NinjaPig, on 04/11/2008, -1/+4Its because this is a historic year where the western conference is absolutely brutal, but yeah its nice.
    • vanzan, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1Me too. This is one of the good things about Digg vs. Reddit
  • GeekSwag, on 04/11/2008, -0/+13Horrible quality. This one is better: http://youtube.com/watch?v=TsjmYyDzYlc
  • mytibt, on 04/11/2008, -4/+11once he stops running around the arena high fiving everyone someone tell Mark Cuban they did not just win the championship
    • Fixthemedia, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1Plus why does he act like a team member? I hate that.
  • markp93, on 04/11/2008, -1/+39berth
    • jiquester, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4Yeah...I was looking for the baby.
    • monkeydemon, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3Why isn't our children learning?
      • sjmorton, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1We're all too busy putting food on our families.
    • talonstriker, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2actually, I thought that it'd be a spoof video making fun of the spelling mistake.
    • OakRidger, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4Yeah, but a playoff birth sounds pretty painful.
  • THespos, on 04/11/2008, -7/+4It's "berth," silly goose.
  • ELLIS1128, on 04/11/2008, -6/+2anyone else noticed more and more basketball stories making the front page recently?
    • silentdragoon, on 04/11/2008, -0/+7anyone else noticed that it's getting closer and closer to the NBA playoffs?
    • jiquester, on 04/11/2008, -0/+5Yeah that's weird, I bet there will be a lot of baseball stories in October, and football stories in January.
  • NinjaPig, on 04/11/2008, -2/+9You can call the mavericks choking all you guys want. But for the last two games, with every team playing with playoff intensity, Nowitzki hit the game winning shots. Against Phoenix, he recovered from being off balance and hit the jumper, with a still recovering ankle. And last night, it was such an amazing play, because EVERYONE expected a time out after Deron's 3 pointer. But everyone forgot Dallas was out of timeouts, which pretty much caught the Jazz off gaurd when Dallas started running in the other direction.
    Looks amazing on the replay though.
    • mytibt, on 04/11/2008, -0/+7More teams should practice running the final play off of a rebound because it doesn't allow the other team to reset their defense. If Dallas had called a TO, they would have doubled Dirk off the inbound and forced Devean George or someone to shoot it instead.
    • ProjectGSX, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2The Mavs truly are the masters of the regular season.
  • iloveazngurlzs, on 04/11/2008, -7/+3I don't get how that was so amazing. The other guys shot was cooler
    • dougmidkiff, on 04/11/2008, -3/+4No, the Utah shot was lucky. No one practices making off balance bank 3's. He just threw up a prayer and had the b-ball gods smile on him. Dirk nailed his shot with less time left and with sniper-like accuracy.
    • Boshow, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3Because it won the game, you silly goose.
    • shmidlab, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2running up court at full speed pull-up three to hit all net > didn't call glass junk off in-bounds
  • threemagic, on 04/11/2008, -0/+9Sloan beat someone in the locker room after the game.. he looks pissed
  • zombie2, on 04/11/2008, -2/+10I screamed so loud last night when I saw this that I awoke the baby. Totally worth it.
  • jkr801, on 04/11/2008, -10/+5Worst Officials Ever....when daron got slammed onto the ground with no call and when daron got fouled when he banked in the 3...oh well they will just be out in the 1st round no biggie
    • NinjaPig, on 04/11/2008, -2/+6Deron admitted in the post conference that he was trying to flop.
    • shmidlab, on 04/11/2008, -2/+5pfft.. must be a Utah fan. It wasn't a very well officaited game, but it was officiated evenly. They also didn't call Dirk getting raked across the face on a layup and his arm hammered on a another layup under the basket in the 4th. If they aren't gonna call cheap fouls for one superstar then they probably shouldn't fot the other. Deron wasn't even touched on that 3 at the end.

      Be a Dallas hater if you want, but home court means diddly this year. Only 7 games seperate first from last place in the Western Conference playoffs.
  • NinjaPig, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Just for everyone not a dallas mavericks fan, the reason this play is so amazing is because if you watch closely as Dallas transitions and keep your eye on Nowitzki, you see him running and asking for the ball at the same time, and an immediate release as soon as he gets it.
  • bcclist, on 06/11/2008, -0/+4Dirk has made the main page again for the 2nd time in as many weeks...
  • DeFex, on 04/11/2008, -0/+8A playoff birth sounds painful. was it cesarean?
  • GzThai, on 04/11/2008, -9/+4I don't get how that was so amazing. The other guys shot was cooler
    • jkr801, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1His name is Daron Williams the most underrated point guard in the NBA and most under payed...because andre kirifagko takes up all the money which he doesn't deserve....
  • Scottievm, on 04/11/2008, -1/+30Which pixel was Dirk Nowitzki?
  • pEEpiNgtoM, on 04/11/2008, -3/+0williams fell on that last shot, but if u say he was bodyslammed u need to watch again, he fell on his own
  • Divic, on 04/11/2008, -1/+7That was one of the greatest endings to a game I've seen in quite some time. For those of you who dont know, this is what Dirk did for quite a few years. He'd go back to the arena after practice/the game was over and practice his range shots. Thats what made him one of the better Three Point guys in the lead (Obviously no Peja/Ray Allen, but Still pretty solid)
    • Zihuatanejo, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4I guess you missed the ending to Kansas/Memphis.
  • vetzkov, on 04/11/2008, -5/+3we all know that dirk is a god
  • adammerkley, on 04/11/2008, -4/+1The Mavericks fans got Rick Roll'd during the game too: http://digg.com/basketball/Dallas_Mavericks_Fans_G ...
  • boogak, on 04/11/2008, -3/+5That's why Dirk was the MVP last season before the 1st round flameout. People forget how clutch he was in the 2006 playoffs prior to the Finals, he single handedly destroyed Memphis, San Antonio, and Phoenix that year. Now that Dallas are underdogs again, I predict great things this year in the playoffs.
  • joey368, on 04/11/2008, -1/+1He ate some Scooby Snacks while the refs were fighting.
  • one1082, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3i was at the game last night. i was going f'ing crazy after that shot (as was everyone else). awesome ending to an awesome game. go mavs!
  • Raphas, on 04/11/2008, -6/+1Thank you for the spoiler stupid!! Why you gotta talk about current sporting events in digg ? I don't go to nba.com for a reason, now I can throw the game in the garbage.
    Oh yeah, and the Mavs suck. Happy this year they won't have to face the Warriors in the 1st round. haha.
    • R3yDigg, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3Look the Warriors handled the Mavs last year because they were built by Don Nelson the then/now coach of the Warriors, he knew exactly how to take that team apart, I don't think most other coaches have that kind of knowledge of their opponents. I am hoping the Mavs do better this year.
  • krymp, on 04/11/2008, -3/+1Not really amazing since the game wasn't on the line. If he misses, they would have just gone into OT. Dirk sucks and cant do anything in the playoffs or when the game is on the line. Last year Dallas (the best team in the NBA) lost in round one of the playoffs to an 8th seed, Golden State. The year before that they lost in the Finals to the Heat. Dirk missed key free throws and shot poorly!!!
    • lg41, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Dirk driving. fouled by ginobili. 3 point play. Overtime. Mavs beat the spurs. Went on to the finals. Can't do anything when game is on the line you say? How about 50 points to close out the suns to go on to the finals. People easily forget these stuff...He is as clutch as anyone in the league; he also misses shot as anyone in the league.
    • Vvolf, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Just watch out if you're a exercise bike cause he'll kick you down!
  • playuhh, on 04/11/2008, -3/+1WTF!?!? BOY OR GIRL!?
  • JGUSMC7, on 04/11/2008, -4/+2Sweet they secured a spot to more than likely be eliminated in the first round by the Spurs.
  • phazon88, on 04/11/2008, -3/+5Dirk ***** owns.

    /nuff said.
  • tlo182, on 04/11/2008, -2/+1basketball.digg.com?
  • mlvassallo, on 04/11/2008, -2/+1Dirk is a stiff.
  • D3ADBOLT, on 04/11/2008, -4/+6That title should read: Dirk Nowitzki secures first round playoff elimination
  • zombie2, on 04/11/2008, -6/+1http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1583/26831600uj ...
  • Namingishard, on 04/11/2008, -2/+2Can't believe i missed this game...Dirk MVP.
  • dunnduggit, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3The last couple minutes of that game were incredible.
  • DarthNowitzki, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3You know, that shot looked a lot better when you could actually tell where the basketball was. Not sure how much good a playoff berth is if we end up playing the Lake show though... we can beat the NBA's retirement home in San Antonio, and we can beat CP3, but Kobe and Gasol scare the hell out of me.
  • Puisapres, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1I'm operating on zero sleep right now, and when I read the title I seriously thought that Dirk Nowitzki had helped a fan give birth...
  • Bamshackle, on 04/11/2008, -1/+4To bad that come playoff time the Dallas team will choke it up and lose four straight!.
  • TheGooseyOne, on 04/11/2008, -3/+1I can't wait to see the Mavs go down again this year. At that one point a week ago I was hoping they'd lose just enough to not make the playoffs. But now I realize, its much sweeter to watch them choke it when they are almost there.
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