Winning without Dirk Nowitzki at his best a good sign for Mavericks - BostonHerald.com

Winning without Dirk Nowitzki at his best a good sign for Mavericks - BostonHerald.com: "OKLAHOMA CITY - This is how different Game 3 of the Western Conference finals was from Game 1. In the game’s 41st minute Saturday night, Dirk Nowitzki reached double figures in points.

And the fact that the Mavericks survived a scary Oklahoma City rally to win, 93-87, says it all about what this Dallas team is capable of doing right now.

Nowitzki went on to finish with 18 points, scoring 10 in the final quarter. But this was the antithesis of Game 1, in which he scored 48 points, missed three shots from the field and made an NBA record 24-of-24 free throws."