The problem with watching the Spurs - Mavs game this morning was that it was on at the same time as Jamie Oliver's reality show Jamie's Kitchen, which after seeing a two episodes of, and not even complete ones at that, has become to me the best reality show there is even if it was done almost 5 years ago.
At any rate, shuffling between Basketball TV and the Lifestyle Channel I got the most part of the game which I was determined to watch as part of my own personal 'DirkWatch', which I have even created a category of on this blog. Yes denizens and kabillions of fans of Ballex, I am now going to try and watch the travails of my favorite - to - do - something - special - player - this - year, 2006-2007 NBA MVP (with a virtual asterisk) Dirk Nowitzki. Note however, emphasis on 'try', as just like anything I have to find time for it, and when I say 'find time for it' I mean when I turn on the TV and it's there, plus if I don't have anything more pressing to do and my nieces and nephews aren't trying to grab the remote from me, I will watch the game. That's professional NBA coverage right there!
So anyway, on to the game:
The Mavs started out on a house on fire and it showed everywhere. In their body language, in the crowd (they were at home), in their uptempo playoffs level style of play and finally, in the score, scoring 33 points against the Spurs measly 19 in the 1st quarter alone.
From that point onwards it was downhill for the Spurs. Other than Manu Ginobili's usual spectacular heroics (he's doing very well this year at 19.9 pts a game starting off the bench), I can't really remember anything special to say about the Spur's 1st half and early parts of the 2nd (after which I took a break to answer some emails and make phone calls).
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