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Authored by Jeff Stotts - June 7, 2006 - 6:35 pm

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Mavericks fans have waited along time for this. A franchise once voted the worst in sports by Sports Illustrated is now on the cusp of immortality and for those Mavs fans that have followed the team throughout their 26 years in the NBA the ride couldn’t be any sweeter. They say that in order to understand where you are going you have to know where you have been so on the eve of Game 1 of the 2006 NBA Finals here’s a list of remembrance (some good others bad) for those diehard Mavs fans.

Remember...
- Abdul Jeelani, Jerome Whitehead, Tom LaGarde, Geoff Huston, and Winford Boynes

- Derek Harper dribbling out the clock

- Moody Madness

- An empty Reunion Arena

- A packed American Airlines Center

- The Three J’s

- The Big Three

- Brad Davis’ moustache

- Steve Nash and his bleached blonde hair

- The 11 win season

- The 14-0 start

- Rolando Blackman screaming, “Confidence baby, confidence!”

- The blown fourth quarter lead against the Lakers in 2002

- Michael Finley’s attempted cartwheel dunk in the Dunk Contest

- Chris Gatling in the 1997 All-Star Game and being traded days later

- Roy Tarpley. Nuff said.

- Antawn Jamison: Sixth Man of the Year

- Uwe Blab, Wang Zhi-Zhi, and of course Dirk Nowitzki

- Dirk and Nash’s internet photos

- Dennis Rodman’s brief stint as a Mav

- Dick Motta, John Macleod, Richie Adubato, Quinn Buckner, Jim Cleamons, Don Nelson.

- Chalupas!

- Dirk goes for 53 against the Rockets

- Kobe goes for 62 against the Mavericks

- Mark Cuban working at Dairy Queen

- Mark Davis body slamming Shawn Bradley

- AC Green setting the NBA Iron Man Streak

- Nickie V’s 40 points in the double overtime thriller in Game 3 against the Kings

- Sweeping the Grizzlies

- Finally overcoming the Spurs in 7. In overtime. In San Antonio

- Claiming the Western Conference Title in Phoenix after trailing by 18

- The 2006 NBA Finals.