Tag Archives: NBA
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February
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwight Howard, Hoops, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Los Angeles, Mavericks, Mavs, Metta World Peace, NBA, Ron Artest, Vince Carter
2013, February 24 – American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX – Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers squared off for a great noon nationally televised Sunday game. It looked like two top seeded teams going at it for a big game but it was really two teams trying hard not to miss the playoffs. Nonetheless [...]
14
February
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with Basketball, Best Of, Dallas, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, NBA, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trialblazers, Pro, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
2012-2013 NBA Season at the All Star Break Now that we have reached the half way point of the 2012-2013 NBA season I thought I’d get a jump of my Best Of series for the first half of the season. The Mavs aren’t where we would like to be, 6 games under .500 but they [...]
26
December
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with Basketball, Best Of, Clippers, Dallas, Heat, Hoops, Lakers, Mavericks, NBA, New York Knicks, Professional, Rockets, Thunder, Trail Blazers, Wizards
Best of the NBA for 2012: A few of my favorite/best shots of the 2012 calendar year includes everything from the Championship Ring ceremony of the Dallas Mavericks to the most recent game just before Christmas. There are a couple more games before the end of the year so if anything else catches my eye [...]
30
September
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Chris Kaman, Dallas, Darin Collison, Dirk Nowitzki, Elton Brand, Mavericks, Mavs, Media Day, NBA, O.J. Mayo, Vince Carter
28, Sept, 2012 – American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX The Dallas Mavericks have a lot of new faces this season, not new to the league but new to the team.
05
April
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with Al Jefferson, American Airlines Center, Basketball, Blake Griffin, Caron Butler, Chris Paul, Dallas, Deron Williams, Dirk Nowitzki, Goran Dragic, Hoops, John Wall, Kevin Durant, Lamar Odom, LaMarcus Aldridge, Luis Scola, NBA, Ricky Rubio, Roddy Beaubois, Tony Parker, Vince Carter
2012 Jan – April, American Airlines Center – Well I’ve been pretty busy and unable to update my blog after each shoot but here are some highlights from Mavs games of the past few months.
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January
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Ceremony, Championship Rings, Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki, Finals, Jason Kidd, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA
25, January 2012 – American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX – The 2010-2011 NBA Finals Champions Dallas Mavericks received their championship rings before their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Mavs handed out their rings as former Maverick JJ Barea was in town with the TWolves so he could receive his as well. Here’s a few [...]
15
January
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Bucks, Dallas, Delonte West, Dirk Nowitzki, dunk, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Kings, Lamar Odom, Mavericks, Milwaukee, NBA, Sacramento, Tyreke Evans, Yi Jianlian
2012, 13 & 14, January, American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX Since I’m too tired to make two separate blogs I decided to merge both games against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Sacramento Kings. The Mavs won both games, 102-76 against the Bucks and 99-60 against the Kings. Below Dirk has a “Take [...]
07
January
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Dallas, Delonte West, Dirk Nowitzki, Lamar Odom, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Vince Carter
2012, January 4 – American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX -
2011 August 18 – American Airlines Center – Mavericks begin their 2011 preseason with a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder by 102-96. Here are some shots of the new guys in action.
14
December
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki, Finals Champions, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Lamar Odom, Mavericks, Mavs, Media Day, NBA, Shawn Marion, Vince Carter
13 December 2011, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX Meet the new Dallas Mavericks which for now include reality star and former Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom #7 and Vince Carter #25. Due to the lockout media day is in December this year instead of September. The season begins in two weeks so everything is going [...]
11
May
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Andrew Bynum, Basketball, Dirk Nowitzki, dunk, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, JJ, Jose Juan Barea, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Lamar Odom, Los Angeles, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Phil Jackson, Playoffs, Tyson Chandler
2011 May 08, American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas – Amidst the chants of “Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, GOODBYYYE” in the arena the Dallas Mavericks do a little Spring Cleaning and get out the brooms to sweep the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0. Even though Kobe Bryant came out on fire and [...]
10
May
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Andrew Bynum, Basketball, Dirk Nowitzki, dunk, Jason Kidd, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Lamar Odom, Los Angeles, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Playoffs, Semi-Finals, Western Conference
NBA Playoffs Western Conference Semi-Finals, Game 3 , American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX – The Dallas Mavericks sent the Back to Back Champions, the showtime Los Angeles Lakers packing home to watch the rest of the playoffs from their big screen tv’s. Everyone I spoke to thought the Mavs would have a much harder time [...]
29
April
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki, dunk, LaMarcus Aldridge, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Playoffs, Portland Trailblazers
2011 April, 25, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX Some highlights of the Dallas Mavericks v Portland Trail Blazers Game 5 Playoffs game in Dallas.
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March
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Dallas, Dancers, Dirk Nowitzki, dunk, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Rivalry, San Antonio, Spurs, Texas
18 March, 2011, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX – I could almost hear the theme to the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as the Mavs and Spurs tipped off. Too bad for the Mavs the Spurs looked more polished and ready for the upcoming postseason and their Big 3, Parker scored 33, Duncan scored [...]
27
January
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Baron Davis, Basketball, Blake Griffin, Clippers, Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki, dunk, Los Angeles, Mavericks, NBA, Rookie
2011, January 25, American Airlines Center Rookie Sensation Blake Griffin makes his first stop of his NBA career in Dallas and finished with a double-double with 22 points and 11 boards. Dallas went on to win 112-105 with the help of JJ Barea who finished with 25 points.
21
January
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Barcelona, Basketball, bball, Dirk Nowitzki, Euro, European players, Germany, Hoops, international players, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Los Angeles, Mavericks, NBA, Pau Gasol, Spain
19 January, 2011 – American Airlines Center With Dirk missing 8 games and Caron Butler out for the season with a knee injury the Dallas Mavericks went 2-6 with 6 straight losses until the Los Angeles Lakers came to town. Much of the offense came from Jason Kidd with a double-double scoring 21 points and [...]
09
January
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, dunk, Kevin Durant, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Texas
2011, January 06. American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX Just a few shots from the Mavs game when Oklahoma City dropped into the AAC. Dirk sat out for his 7th straight game with an injured knee and his #2 guy Caron Butler is also out but for the rest of the season. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook [...]
27, November 2010, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh. Miami’s Big 3. Three names that are not well liked around the NBA, especially here in Dallas. Well at least DWade isn’t well liked here and we all know why. The Heat came in to town and gave us a chance [...]
11
November
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Boston Celtics, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo
November 6, 2010, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: The Mavs held on to an 89-87 lead to beat the Celtics in Dallas. With the Mavs scoring the final 7 points and Dirk hitting what would be the winning shot turned an early season crowd crazy.
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September
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Caron Butler, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Mavericks, Mavs, Media Day, NBA, Shawn Marion, Tyson Chandler
27, September, 2010: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: “The First Day of School“. Many people in the NBA circles call it this because it begins the new season and much like school, everyone is excited. Media Day is always great because the players are excited to begin the new season in hopes of capturing the [...]
2009, March 23, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: Normally we receive gifts on our birthday but Jason Kidd decided to give the Mavs a gift on his birthday by taking over the game in the 2nd half. Dirk Nowitzki was ejected just after the half after receiving back to back technicals and had to watch [...]
21
March
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Boston Celtics, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Paul Pierce
2009, March 20, Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center: For the second time this season the Mavericks have worn the pretty blue alternate jersey with ‘Los Mavs’ on the front and for the second time they lost in them. It’s seems like the Mavs have the equivalent to the Dallas Cowboys’ ‘Bad Luck’ Blue Jersey. [...]
2009, March 13: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: The Dallas Mavericks ‘Los Mavs’ were riding a 13 game winning streak on Noche Latina night when the New York Knicks ‘Nueva York’ came in to town and gave the Mavs a little taste of revenge as they beat the Mavs 128-94. The Knicks lost to the [...]
25
February
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Basketball, Beyonce, Bryant, Jason Kidd, Jay-Z, Kobe, Lakers, Lamar Odom, Los Angeles, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Pau Gasol
2009, February 24, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: The first real test for the new look Mavericks came as the World Champion Los Angeles Lakers arrive in Dallas for their fourth meeting of the season. The Mavericks were embarrassed in Los Angeles as they were blown out by 40 points at the Staples Center so [...]
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February
Written by a.pena.
Posted in: Basketball, NBA
Tagged with American Airlines Center, Brendan Haywood, Caron Butler, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Mavericks, Mavs, NBA, Phoenix, Steve Nash, Suns
2010, February 17, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX: The new look Mavs were on display in their first home game after acquiring some much needed help in Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood, and DeShawn Stevenson. Even though the new guys haven’t even practiced yet they are adding some points and much needed defense to the team [...]