NOWITZKI PLANS TO PLAY WITH INJURED FINGER; GAME 2 FRIDAY

By Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star)

The pain of a game-one loss in the NBA Finals was still lingering with Dirk Nowitzki at Wednesday's Dallas Mavericks practice. The German star scored 27 points on 7-of-18 shooting despite tearing a tendon in the middle finger on his left hand in Tuesday's 92-84 loss to the Miami Heat in the opener of the best-of-seven championship series.

Nowitzki was injured late in the fourth quarter during a battle for the ball with Heat's Chris Bosh and must now wear a splint on the finger for the remainder of the series. [ FULL STORY ]

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