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Who was that guy?

I saw a No. 41 wearing a Dallas jersey last night on my TV screen. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Dirk Nowitzki.

I think it's possible the 7-foot German took a flight to take in some World Cup action in his home country.

I've seen Nowitzki in person. I've talked to Nowitzki. But this guy I saw on TV last night was different. He was missing open shots. He was taking bad shots. He was passing up good shots.

And he didn't play anything like the All-Star player Dallas can usually take for granted.

Maybe Dirk doesn't like Game 4s. He threw up a 3-of-13 clunker in Game 4 against the Suns. But this one was actually worse. Because for most of the night, Dallas had a chance if they just made open shots.

One possession told the story of the game, the Mavericks had four offensive rebounds, multiple open shots and came up empty.

I think the effort word is overrused after sporting events. I didn't see lack of effort, just poor shooting.

Nowitzki may not need a 50-point game to put Dallas back in control of this series. But it goes without saying, he better start making some open shots and working himself into an offensive rhythm.

Posted by Andy Newberry at 4:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)