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Nowitzki has had 'tough three days'

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Friday, May 8, 2009

DALLAS -- Even before Dirk Nowitzki laid flat on his back, allowing his lifelong mentor from Germany to put him through an elaborate series of post-workout leg stretches, loose was a pretty apt description for the Dallas Mavericks' All-Star forward Friday night. On the eve of Game 3 in the Dallas-Denver series, wearing his favorite ratty sweats and chattering away as he shot, Nowitzki looked and sounded pleased to be locked back into his time-tested playoff routine, having returned to an empty ...

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