Jason Kidd moved into second place on the NBA's career assists list, Jason Terry scored 27 points and the Dallas Mavericks shot 65.5 percent in a 130-99 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. Kidd delivered seven assists to reach 10,337 in his career. He came in needing five to pass Mark Jackson's career total (10,334), and now trails only John Stockton (15,806). Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 and Tim Thomas added a season-high 23 for the Mavericks, who went 9 for 17 from 3-point... Read Full Story
Monta Ellis scored a season-high 37 points, Anthony Morrow added a season-best 27 and the short-handed Golden State Warriors ended Dallas' five-game winning streak with a 111-103 victory over the injury-depleted Mavericks on Tuesday night. Dallas was led by Dirk Nowitzki's 28 points and 10 rebounds and Jason Terry's 21 points, but the Mavericks had no defensive answers for Ellis and Morrow. Rookie guard Stephen Curry had 18 points and Vladimir Radmanovic added 14 points and 12 rebounds for... Read Full Story
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Ryan Hollins was ejected Friday night against Dallas after picking up his second technical foul in the third quarter. Hollins was assessed a technical foul after teammate Jonny Flynn and Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki got into a confrontation earlier in the period. Hollins later went to the hoop and was fouled hard by Dallas forward Drew Gooden. He swung his elbow wildly at Gooden, but did not make contact. Gooden received a flagrant foul and Hollins was given... Read Full Story
Getty Images. Cristal Taylor's mugshot. buzzandnews NBA star Dirk Nowitzki said Thursday he doesn't expects problems with his personal life to be a distraction to the Mavericks playoff hopes. "I am a warrior. I will be ready to play," said the 30-year-old German forward at Thursday's National Basketball Association practice. The Dallas News reported that a woman arrested at Nowitzki's home Wednesday was his 37-year-old girlfriend Cristal Taylor who is being held on a theft charge and a... Read Full Story
Dirk Nowitzki strolled back onto the scene Monday looking like a carefree surfer, his long, curly blond hair framing a wide smile. The Mavericks forward even had a tan to boot, quite a departure from the ashen-faced All-Star who five months ago politely told reporters he didn't want to talk about the arrest at his Dallas home of a former girlfriend who said she was pregnant with his child. Dallas was days away from elimination in the second round of the playoffs by Denver when news broke of... Read Full Story
An American judge sentenced the ex-fiancee of National Basketball Association star Dirk Nowitzki to five years in jail in connection with a forgery and theft case, the American media reported. Cristal Taylor, who claims to be pregnant with Nowitzki's child, appeared in front of judge Nancy Schneider on Monday wearing a baggy orange prison suit, The Dallas Morning News reported. The 38-year-old Taylor was initially charged with three counts as part of an ongoing theft and forgery case. Taylor... Read Full Story
Dirk Nowitzki's attorney says prison medical records show the Dallas Mavericks player's former fiancee isn't pregnant. Cristal Taylor is serving a four-year prison sentence in Missouri after her arrest at Nowitzki's Dallas home on a probation violation. The 38-year-old has said she is pregnant with Nowitzki's child. But The Dallas Morning News and ESPN.com report Thursday that records released to Nowitzki attorney Robert Hart disprove the claim. Messages were left for Hart by The Associated... Read Full Story
Germany's Dirk Nowitzki has learned that his ex-fiancee is not pregnant with his child, according to the American media. Cristal Taylor, who was sentenced last month to five years in prison, was arrested May 6 at Nowitzki's home and charged with violating her probation. Nowitzki's lawyer Robert Hart told ESPN that prison medical records revealled Taylor was not pregnant. "As we suspected from the start, we did not believe that she was pregnant and now that has been confirmed," Hart said... Read Full Story
A former girlfriend of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for violating probation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Cristal Taylor admitted in court on Monday that she failed to check in with her probation officer in a 12-year-old forgery and theft case. She also acknowledged being arrested twice in Texas in 2000 for misdemeanors. The 38-year-old St. Louis-area native has said she planned to marry Nowitzki and was pregnant with his child... Read Full Story
In our Kicks On Court today, we take time out to notice a Nike sneaker that does not get as much acclaim as the more notables such as the Nike Hyperdunk, the Nike Air Power Max and the Nike Air Blue Chip. While we patiently wait on Kevin Durant’s Nike KD1 , we have now spotted Dirk Nowitzki’s first signature shoe with Nike dubbed the Nike Air Max Spot Up.
Last night, against the New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki stepped out of the Nike Hyperdunk for once and... Read Full Story
