Dirk With Torn Tendon

[mavsfan1000]

Fuck my life :depressed

[DPG21920]

What does that mean?

[Bruce Wayne]

On his non shooting hand. Non issue

[Bruce Wayne]

Dirk let people take shots away from him. He strayed from the ball. It looked like 2006/2007 all over again. He looked like Bosh looked against Boston, until the last minute when it was already over.

If he plays like this the rest of the finals there's nothing he will ever be able to do to live down the choker label. We were all ready to give him his due and anoint him after the West playoffs, even after all his past failures. He looked ready to give it all back.

Long series though. I'm hoping he can get back to "Fuck you" mode cause if he doesn't it will be disastrous for the Mavs and his legacy.

[Bruce Wayne]

Tobias Funke -
You're forgetting, Lindsay, that as a psychiatrist, I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first "analrapist".

[LakerHater]

Dirk Nowitzki Injury: Dallas Mavericks Forward Tears Tendon In Middle Finger, Will Wear Splint In NBA Finals


By Brian Floyd (http://www.sbnation.com/authors/brian-floyd) - Associate Editor
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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki tore a tendon in his left middle finger during Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Mavs lost to the Miami Heat to open the series, 92-84.

May 31, 2011 - The Dallas Mavericks (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/dallas-mavericks) loss to the Miami Heat (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/miami-heat) in Game 1 of the NBA Finals (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/5/31/2198568/miami-heat-dallas-mavericks-nba-finals-2011-lebron-james)may prove more costly than 1-0 hole the team fell into with a 92-84 loss on Tuesday night. While the Heat are dealing with an unknown injury to (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/6/1/2200301/mike-miller-injury-miami-heat-dallas-mavericks-nba-finals-2011)Mike Miller (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21739/mike-miller), Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21721/dirk-nowitzki) sustained a far worse injury as he tore a tendon in his left middle finger. The injury will force the Mavs' forward to wear a splint throughout the rest of the NBA Finals as he attempts to play through it.
The news came from ESPN's Brian Windhorst (http://www.twitter.com/WindhorstESPN), and is certainly not good for the Mavericks.

Dirk Nowitzki just said he tore a tendon in his left middle finger. Will wear a splint for rest of playoffs. Happened when Dirk stripped ball from Chris Bosh (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/21639/chris-bosh). Said he couldn't straighten finger after injury.
This is just about the worst case scenario for Dallas, who needs Nowitzki to be at his best to hang with the Heat. In Game 1, Miami turned the jets on in the fourth quarter and pulled away for an eight-point win, 92-84. And while dropping Game 1 by no means puts the Mavericks in a hole the can't claw out of, having Nowitzki at anything less than 100 percent for the most important games of the season is a significant blow to Dallas' chances.