Nowitzki buries the Grizzlies - 2006 1st Round Game 3

"Jason Terry... off the glass... Dampier misses the follow... Nowitzki has it... FIRES A THREE..."

The shot that killed the Grizzlies. Memphis held the lead in almost 43 minutes of regulation, but never led in overtime, and only briefly in a Game 4 rout.

(No, the video is not actually HD, but it was resized to prevent YouTube from degrading the quality further.)

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• dirk
• nowitzki
• dallas
• mavericks
• mavs
• nba
• playoffs

[etherealnoob]

The ONLY thing where Dirk is suprior to Gasol is range. The only. As a bigman Gasol is a much more valuable player, specially down low, where bigmen matters the most. The role that Dirk is good at, a good guard can do.

[shadyparadox]

@etherealnoob In your nosepicking, buttscratching history of being a Laker fan, have you ever seen Gasol take over a game like this?

Dirk is the lone superstar and focal point of his team's offense, and he deals with the opposing team's best defender every night. Had Wade not shot a record 97 free throws in the Finals, Dirk would be the only player besides Hakeem to win a title with ZERO all-star/all-defensive teammates. Gasol was a joke, going 0-12 in the playoffs before teaming up with Kobe.

[shadyparadox]

@etherealnoob Of course, the easier way to scoreboard you is to simply point out that Nowitzki has a higher rebounding rate, this year as well as over his career, than Gasol.

Dirk also leads the league in FG% from midrange and true shooting percentage overall. Not something just any "good guard" can do.

[stabber63]

It's funny hoy Gasol looks like a complete loser w/ the Grizzlies, but now he's got Kobe he's suddenly a superstar... That's basically what's happening w/ Dirk, except he's more of a Kobe w/o a Gasol. People don't recognise dirk's awesomeness and it sucks.

[shadyparadox]

@stabber63 You've never said truer words.

[hfconan4869]

anyone has the full video?

i love this game :)

[shadyparadox]

The whole series was recently posted on sport-scene(.)net.

[mavrush79]

Dirk makes Gasol look like an absolute chump. Love it!

[leadoffeohippus]

How'd that guy miss the layup at the end of regulation?

[supervilla06]

@etherealnoob so that's why your girl gasol always shoots lights out right? remember the Mavs/lakers series in may last year? when was gasol ever a league mvp? sit down and shut up bitch.

[Brian06forever]

Lucky Atkins missed that - JT was too busy looking over to the bench for some reason and not getting in defensive stance

[mytimeiscoming]

@etherealnoob Can a "good" guard like Kobe or D-wade force an opposing team put a big man to play defense on the perimeter? Exactly, Dirk changes the geometry of the game and how the game can be won or lost. Dirk's presence made a small guy JJ Barea all the more dangerous in the pick and roll. Also, have you ever seen a 7 footer that is as mobile as Dirk? Dallas didn't even have a real shooting guard all season and the teams they beat in the playoffs had GREAT guards. I wonder why?

[hinduplaya1]

lol i think brian cardinal is on the other bench

[conwayandwhitmanman]

LMAO Dirk is 8-0 vs Pau in the playoffs, eff all that "who's better" crap, Dirk shoved his foot down Paus throat

[fright187]

@etherealnoob You'd rather have Dirk shooting left handed shots all night over Pau.

[bubibobo]

@etherealnoob hahaha fail!

[varghese86]

@etherealnoob Want to eat your words now? or do you want to wait longer? Gasol is YET to win a playoff GAME against Dirk.

[varghese86]

@etherealnoob OWNED