Dirk’s Game 7 Breakthrough and the Decade’s Greatest Series: Spurs-Mavs, 2006 (BoB Rewatchables w/ Marc Stein) | Book of Basketball 2.0

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Chapter 5b: On the verge of blowing yet another playoff series, this time after building a 3-1 lead against San Antonio, the Mavs dig down deep in a classic Game 7. Was 2006 a wildly underrated NBA season? Has Dirk Nowitzki ever been better? Could that Spurs team have won five straight titles? Is Mark Cuban the first and only owner-chemist? And what the hell was Manu Ginobili doing? Bill breaks it all down with Marc Stein from The New York Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Episode 11 of the Book of Basketball 2.0 podcast is brought to you by State Farm.
0:04.6	They're in the NBA season a clutch teammate makes all the difference with the
0:08.0	State Farm agent on your team.
0:09.2	You can have someone who comes in clutch right when you need it kind of like how
0:14.2	manager, Genobuille Tony Parker and Tim Duncan all came clutch for each other.
0:18.1	A lot of times during the 2000s and 2010s, not in the game.
0:22.2	We're about to discuss though, talk to a State Farm agent today about combining
0:25.6	your home and auto insurance and get a teammate who can come through in the clutch.
0:30.4	State Farm.
0:32.0	Meanwhile, this NBA season Mountain Dew is all about the threes, the shot that's
0:37.5	changing the game.
0:38.8	We had one of the most memorable threes in the game.
0:40.8	We're about to discuss Manu from from deep with less than a minute in the fourth
0:46.8	quarter.
0:47.6	Mafsperz 2006.
0:49.0	You're about to hear about it.
0:51.0	Brought to you by Mountain Dew, the official beverage of the NBA.
0:55.5	Do the do in the last book of basketball podcast.
0:58.9	We tackled Dirk Niewitski and his place in the pyramid with Mark Stein who covered
1:03.4	him and wrote about him for many, many, many years in Dallas and for ESPN.
1:08.5	Now the accompanying podcast about the 2006 Spurs, Mafs series, which was
1:15.0	Dirk's original breakout.
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