SB Nation Dallas - Mavericks Vs. Heat On Christmas Officially On NBA Schedulehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48887/dallas-fave.png2011-12-06T19:58:23-06:00http://dallas.sbnation.com/rss/stream/23728822011-12-06T19:58:23-06:002011-12-06T19:58:23-06:00NBA Schedule 2011: Dallas Mavericks Announce Regular Season Schedule
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/">Dallas Mavericks</a> announced their 2011-12 regular season schedule on Tuesday night. In addition to opening the season with an NBA Finals rematch against Miami on Christmas Day, the Mavericks will play Denver at home on December 26 before heading out on the road on the 29th to take on Oklahoma City in a game that will be nationally televised on TNT.</p>
<p>The World Champion Mavericks will be featured on national TV 26 times. Dallas will be featured on ESPN nine times, TNT eight times, NBA TV six times and on ABC three times.</p>
<p>Dallas will face a difficult back-to-back-to-back set in March with all three games coming on the road. They will be in Phoenix on March 8, travel to Sacramento on the 9th and wrap up the trip in Golden State on the 10th. </p>
<p>Dallas will face two four game road trips during the season with the first coming in mid-January. The longest home stand of the season will occur from January 23-29. </p>
<p><i>For more on the Dallas Mavericks' 2011-12 regular season schedule, be sure to check out </i><a href="http://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Mavs Moneyball</a><i>. </i></p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-mavericks/2011/12/6/2616927/nba-schedule-2011-dallas-mavericks-announce-regular-season-scheduleKris Willis2011-12-02T16:18:17-06:002011-12-02T16:18:17-06:00Mavericks Vs. Heat On Christmas Officially On NBA Schedule
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<p>The Mavericks will welcome the Heat to Dallas for an NBA Finals rematch on the first day of the 2011-12 NBA season.</p> <p>It's official: the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/">Dallas Mavericks</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hothothoops.com/">Miami Heat</a> will play one of the first games of the 2011-12 NBA schedule on Christmas Day in Dallas. The 2011 NBA Finals rematch <a href="http://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-mavericks/2011/11/28/2592340/mavericks-tentatively-scheduled-to-open-season-against-heat">seemed like a foregone conclusion as a potential season-opening match-up</a>, and now the NBA has announced that <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/12/2/2605873/nba-christmas-schedule-2011">Mavericks vs. Heat will be one of the five games the league will showcase on Christmas</a> as the 2011-12 slate begins.</p>
<p>It won't actually be the first game of the season — a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a>-<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Celtics</a> game that tips at noon precedes it — but Dallas and Miami get the prime afternoon spot at 2:30 p.m. Eastern on ABC, while New York and Boston will play on TNT.</p>
<p><span>Dirk Nowitzki</span> and the Mavericks earned their first NBA championship in six games over <span>LeBron James</span> and the Heat this summer, but <a href="http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/7305423/dallas-mavericks-receive-rings-opening-night" target="new">will not be receiving their championship rings on Christmas Day</a> in front of the home crowd, according to ESPN Dallas' Jeff Kaplan. SB Nation's Tom Ziller <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/12/2/2606401/dallas-mavericks-nba-championship-rings-christmas">has an amusing list of possible reasons why</a>.</p>
<p><i>For more on the Mavericks, head to <a href="http://www.mavsmoneyball.com">Mavs Moneyball</a>.</i></p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-mavericks/2011/12/2/2606665/mavericks-vs-heat-christmas-nba-scheduleAndy Hutchins2011-12-02T14:59:26-06:002011-12-02T14:59:26-06:00Don't Expect To See Rings At Mavericks Vs. Heat On Christmas Day
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<p>While Mark Cuban did come around on the idea of his players receiving championship rings (as opposed to anklets or bracelets or whatever zany idea he was working on), he will not be handing them out when the <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Mavericks</a> open their season against the <a href="https://www.hothothoops.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Miami Heat</a> on Christmas Day (1:30 CT, ABC). In fact, the rings <a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/7305423/dallas-mavericks-receive-rings-opening-night">haven't even been designed yet</a>.</p>↵<blockquote>↵<p>Mavs owner Mark Cuban has not had the 2010-11 championship rings designed because he wants to get input from <span>Dirk Nowitzki</span>, <span>Jason Terry</span> and <span>Jason Kidd</span> as to how the rings should look, Cuban confirmed Thursday night.</p>↵</blockquote>↵<blockquote>↵<p>Cuban added that he considered handing out fake rings at the opener, but decided to hold the banner raising ceremony and ring presentation on separate nights, giving fans that might have attended the canceled Nov. 1 opener, but have other plans on Christmas Day, a chance to see one of the special moments.</p>↵</blockquote>↵<p>So, the day will be a little less glorious than it could have been if the entire ceremony were held right in front of the Heat bench, but it will still be terrific. <span>Chris Bosh's</span> reaction confirms that: </p>↵<blockquote>↵<p>It's going to suck. I'm not going to like it, but things happen and I think things happen for a reason. </p>↵<p>I didn't want to hear all the fans. But it's funny because there wasn't a lot of Mavericks fans when I was a kid. But now all of a sudden, everybody's a Mavericks fan.</p>↵</blockquote>↵<p>As <a target="_blank" href="http://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-mavericks/2011/12/2/2606324/chris-bosh-doesnt-like-bandwagon-mavericks-fans">JP Starkey points out</a>, that last comment is hilariously ironic. At any rate, we will be able to celebrate the Mavericks' first truly meaningful banner and the looks on LeBron's, Dwayde's and Chris' faces when it goes up.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/2011/12/2/2606413/mavericks-vs-heat-christmas-day-tickets-championship-ringsBrett Perryman