4/6/2005 09:36:55 PM|||Shep|||Yahoo! Sports - NBA - Nowitzki's MRI reveals no damage to injured knee: "An MRI on Dirk Nowitzki's injured right knee revealed no damage Wednesday, and the Dallas Mavericks forward was listed as day to day.
Nowitzki, the only player in the league ranked in the top 10 in both scoring and rebounding, was hurt in the closing minutes of Dallas' 114-105 victory Tuesday night when he was undercut by Orlando's Andre Barrett. He later said his knee ``felt weird.''"
It seems pretty likely that teams in the playoffs, or fighting for a top roto spot, would have Dirk on their team... so this is probably important to them. And also to people who have moved on from fantasy basketball and are eagerly awaiting the excitment of the playoffs. I don't think I've seen a playoff look this wide open since... well, since before Kobe and Shaq were together... and even then, you had the Spurs and the Bulls. This is really the time for teams to step up. I mean, you've got the Heat coming out of the East, but they'll probably have to beat the Pistons and/or Pacers to get there.
The West is really anybody's call... I was all for the Spurs until Duncan got injured, but now, it would seem that the Suns have moved into contention. And you've got the Cinderella Sonics... And with Dirk, Stackhouse, Finley, Dampier, and Jason Terry, the Mavericks are looking pretty good right now.
That's my quick and dirty playoff preview. I could expound upon it later, but I've got a lot of stuff to do right now...
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