DALLAS -- If there was any doubt about Dirk Nowitzki's commitment to trying to salvage the struggling Dallas Mavericks' season, he eliminated it Saturday night, when he addressed the media for the first time since being shut down a week ago due to lingering soreness in his right Achilles tendon.
"I'm all in. I want to play," Nowitzki said in front of his locker after his teammates pulled off by far the Mavs' most lopsided win of the season, a 107-82 victory over the Chicago Bulls that improved Dallas' record to a Western Conference-worst 4-15.