2011-12-25 02:11:31
Nowitzki has become a Rangers fan over his 13 years of playing for theDallas Mavericks. He threw out the first pitch at a Rangers game this summerafter leading the Mavs to their first NBA title and attended Game 6 of theAmerican League championship series. He didnt make it to a World Series gamelast year when the Rangers played, so he was eager to attendand take parton Saturday night.Nowitzki is still wearing a splint on the middle finger of his left handan injury he sustained during Game 2 of the NBA finals the Miami Heat. Heaggravated it while playing for Germany in the European championships lastmonth.Ive got to keep it straight for, whatever, four, six weeks. But itdoesnt bother me at all, he said.Germany was knocked out of the Euros before the quarterfinals, eliminatingits chances of making the 2012 London Olympics. Nowitzki said he hasnt toucheda basketball since then.Ive just been keeping in shape, you know, working out, doing lots ofcardio and lifting a little bit and running, he said. If the season willstart any time soon, I think Ill be ready.Nowitzki said it was very disappointing that the latest round of NBA labortalks didnt produce a settlement.Were all hoping, I guess, with the mediator, that something was going tohappen, and just talks broke off, so its very unfortunate, he said.Hopefully we can get something going here any time soon. But it doesnt lookgood.Nowitzki said there are several parallels between the Rangers quest fortheir first championship and the Mavs winning their first, such as a late rallyto win Game 2 and level the series at 1-1 before heading home.The Mavs won the championship on their second try and this is the Rangerssecond trip to the World Series.Hopefully, theyll learn from last year like we did in 06 and just beable to close it out, he said. That would be awesome for the (Dallas-FortWorth) Metroplex to do it in the same year, get a championship and have anotherparade.
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