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Dallas Mavericks, once translated as Dallas Mavericks, is a professional basketball team located in Dallas, Texas, USA. Founded in 1980, joined the NBA. Now it belongs to the southwest division of the NBA Western Conference.
1980, Dallas Mavericks joined the NBA during the All-Star Game. At the beginning of the team's establishment, the Dallas Mavericks were considered as a promising team, but in the early 1990s, the Dallas Mavericks began to decline, approaching the worst record in league history twice. From 65438 to 0998, the Dallas Mavericks officially became a strong team in the Western Conference after selecting Dirk Nowitzki in the draft and trading Steve Nash. In 2005-06, Dallas Mavericks won the Western Conference championship for the first time and entered the NBA Finals.
In the 2006-07 season, Dallas Mavericks played the best record of 67 wins 15 losses in team history and became the regular season champion. 20 10- 1 1 season, Dallas Mavericks defeated Portland Trailblazers, Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs, reached the finals again and retaliated against Miami Heat, winning the first championship in team history.