It's been 12 years since one of the four major sports franchises in D/FW have been crowned champions. When will it happen again?
Might this year's Texas Rangers, led by players like Adolis Garcia, finally break North Texas' 12-year title-free streak in the four major sports leagues?With 29 seconds remaining in Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals, Dirk Nowitzki whooshed down the lane past LeBron James and lofted a gorgeous lefty layup that gave the Dallas Mavericks an 11-point lead and clinched their first championship.
The anniversary of the Mavs’ championship arrives June 12. In the 12 years since, Dallas-Fort Worth sports team haven’t won diddly poo.It can’t be that damn hard, can it? In 2020, the city of Los Angeles won two sports championships in a span of 16 days, turning Tinseltown into Title Town. Over a 10-month period spanning 2020-21, the NFL’s Buccaneers and NHL’s Lightning won three titles to rebrand Tampa Bay as Champa Bay.
Even for a team that once was held to an NBA-record two points in a quarter, it was one of the most embarrassing and insulting games in franchise history. For also “tanking” the season finale two days later, the Mavs were fined $750,000 by the league for actions that “undermined the integrity of our sport.”
As ugly as that Mavs’ mess was, May 23 on the ice might have been even more hideous. Down 2-0 in the West finals to the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the Stars in Game 3 orchestrated one of the most humiliating nights in D/FW sports history.
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