Morning Wrap: Monta Ellis With Crazy Buzzer Beater Win for Mavs

Even the NBA sometimes has some crazy looking buzzer beaters.

Wednesday night, Monta Ellis of the Dallas Mavericks dropped a running, twisting, fadeaway 3 pointer as the buzzer rang in Milwaukee giving the Mavs a 108-105 win vs the Milwaukee Bucks.

Ellis sort of, may have travelled on the shot...he appears to have taken several steps before launching it. But traveling is rarely called in the NBA.

Still the play was reviewed as all shots at the buzzer in the NBA are and the refs called it good.

Game over...

Here's the shot, make the call for yourself:

No Really: Dirk Nowitizki Plays a David Hasselhoff Song on TV

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We feel compelled to share this but to be totally honest, we aren't sure why.

Maybe because it perpetuates a stereotype that Germans are the only people still fascinated with David Hasselhoff? Heck, I don't know.

Anyway, check out what happens when Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, a German, made an appearance on a German TV Talk show today called "My Spass".

No, really, that's the name of the show.

And the host of the show brought out a guitar for Dirk to play. The two then broke into a rendition of a  famous Hoff song from 1989 called "Looking for Freedom".

Okay, supposedly famous.

Or famous in Germany...

Anyway, the musical entertainment begins at about the 1:40 mark...



Here's the original for the sake if comparison from ZDF

ICYMI: Vince Carter With the Buzzer Beater for Dallas

Yes, Vince Carter is still in the NBA. And playing significant minutes for the Dallas Mavericks.

The 37-year old Carter, once a Top-10 player in the league, still played a big role for Dallas as a 6th man. And likely he's not made a bigger play than the one he made Saturday night.

Carter drilled a 3-pointer from the left corner at the buzzer, giving Dallas a 109-108 win over the San Antonio Spurs in game 3 of their best-of-7 series. The Mavs now lead that series 2-1.

The shot, which came on a play that began with only 1.7 seconds left on the clock was a counter to the Spurs Manu Ginobili who drilled a runner giving the Spurs a 108-106 lead.

And then Carter performed his magic--

Your highlight, with musical accompaniment from NBA.com:

Paul George Launches From Terre Haute... And Makes...

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There would be only two reasons the HQ would show this...

A make or a laughable miss...

He made the former from, about, 35-feet...


No, it wasn't a continuation from the conversation of last night's selfishness on the floor from the Pacers...

The play-by-play was right... the shot clock was down to two and hadn't reset...

Nice launch...

Here's A Way To Send The Crowd Home Unhappy

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A last-second jumper from Steph Curry at Dallas for the win...


But Jermaine O'Neal started the offensive set by blocking a Dallas shot:

"I had missed a couple in regulation and a couple in overtime that I felt were good, so I just knew to keep shooting it, and thankfully it went in," Curry said.

Curry finished with 23 and 10. Back court mate Klay Thompson led Golden State with 27 and O'Neal had 20 and 8 for his part in the win. Dallas dropped from seventh in the Western Conference to ninth, a half-game behind Memphis and Phoenix for the final two playoff spots. Golden State, now the 6-seed, moved two games ahead of the Grizzlies and Suns in the standings.

Things You Can't Unsee: Dallas Mavs Singing Take on "The Fox"

Oh geez...we're gonna have nightmares tonight.

We just saw one of the more painfully awful moments in music video twists ever. Admittedly, we had to look up the song "The Fox" by Ylvis, but we're now kind of regretting that too.

All this is because the infinitely entertaining Dallas Mavericks decided to do "Their" spin on the song called "What the Mavs Say".

And it's as bad and visually disturbing as you could imagine it being...

Take a look:

Dirk Asks: Guess What Day It Is...???

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This is classic in the parody department... but there is a GAPING hole...
See if you can spot it...


Instead of Mike or Champ, it should have been MarkMarkMarkMarkMark...

Too easy...but still funny...

Mark Cuban's Sales Pitch To Dwight Howard, It Ends With Global Domination

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Mark Cuban is used to listening to sales pitches, you see it weekly on the ABC-TV show Shark Tank.

The tables turned last month with Cuban trying to sell his franchise, the Dallas Mavericks to the most prized free agent in the NBA, Dwight Howard.

Cuban revealed his sales pitch to Howard in a blog Cuban writes for Mavs fans.

Here's a snippet:

Let me address here the inevitable question of Dwight vs Mavs culture.  We saw it as somewhat of a risk, but felt like because Dwight by all appearances and checking we did,  is a good guy and with our support systems we believed we could make it work.  if not, he was obviously a very trade-able asset.  But, as everyone knows, we didn’t sign him. He went to the Rockets.  I do have to say the meeting with Dwight was very interesting. He is a smart guy. Much smarter than people give him credit for. He is also a very, very good listener.  Unlike most people, he spent far more time listening than talking.  And he had the best response to an opening question that I have ever heard from a player, or anyone for that matter.  When we asked him what his goal was, his response was very specific ” I want to be Epic” .  Which was a perfect lead in to the video we created for him

And here is said video:




Cuban went on the say that he has no regrets regarding his sales pitch to Howard.

Of course Dwight Howard's response to Cuban, "I'm out." 

But he did stay in Texas, only in Houston.

Johnny Football Courtside at Mavs game TNT guys wonder why?

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It's good to be king. Or a Heisman Trophy winner. How else can you afford to put yourself in a court side seat at an NBA Basketball game?

Yes, it may be totally innocent, but it was kind of funny to listen to TNT's NBA analyst Steve Kerr roundly call out Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel and how he could afford a high-priced seat to the Dallas Mavericks/Miami Heat game Thursday night.

For his part, after hearing of the question, Manziel tweeted the following: "Bought myself a little birthday present tonight stop hating! #HEATvsMAVS."

Read the Yahoo Sports story RIGHT HERE

All kidding aside, it does raise a bit of an eyebrow. Sure, more than likely Manziel isn't lying and he splurged on a gift for himself. And no, Kerr probably didn't need to go there with the accusation.

But it does make you wonder.

There aren't a lot of college kids who can afford the most expensive seat in the house for an NBA game. Particularly as an impulse buy. We are quite sure that there won't be anyway to prove evil-doing here, but it does make you wonder.

**--Note--** We learned after publishing this story that Manziel's parents can easily afford such an indulgence which explains quite a bit.

Heck, we make a decent living and while it wouldn't break our bank to buy a court side ticket for an NBA game, it would make a significant dent in our bank account. But then again, we didn't win the Heisman this year either.

Buzzer Beater Gives Game 1 To OKC

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Kevin Durant is making a habit of this...
A last second floater over Shawn Marion gives the Thunder a 99-98 win in Game One in the Western Conference first-rounder over the Dallas Mavericks...

Here's Damon Fontenot to talk about it...

Mavericks Bench Crashers

Haha!

This is pretty funny. Apparently two guys, who look like they stepped out of a Saturday Night Live skit managed to find their way down to the Dallas Mavericks bench Tuesday night during the Mavs/Pistons game in Detroit.

They look pretty harmless...well actually, they look drunk as they are parked between Delonte West and Vince Carter. And though it may be hard to see, Carter seems to be laughing about it.

Take a look at this ESPN video. They pop in at around :23 seconds in.

One Buzzer-Beater Begats Another- Durant One More Than Carter

And that's just a fancy word for "turns into..."

So, you're the Dallas Mavericks... you give the ball to Vince Carter for the last shot- which he makes, but there's still 1.4 seconds left in regulation...

Too much time away from your first win of the year...
Just ask Kevin Durant...
FOSG Beau Estes has the highlights...
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Sean Williams Loses Whatever Pre-Game Meal He Had

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The HQ figured that a lot of the players in the Association would be out of shape for a while once the season started...

But the HQ didn't figure on one player rebelling in public...

Witness Sean Williams after being pulled in a 19-point game in the fourth quarter...


NBA Action! It's fantastic...
But we won't know if the meal was or not...