NBA On NBC - Nowitzki & Nash Battle Stockton & Malone In Dallas Jazz @ Mavs 2001 Playoffs Game 3

John Stockton's only career triple double!

[blakecombs]

Been a Mavs fan since 2006, and man do I wish I could've gone to a game at Reunion, especially a playoff game. That place just seemed so alive and rocking. Extry rowdy proud and loud!

[TheIkaraCult]

Stockton/Malone at the end of their days
The start of Dirk's greatness

[dennychow]

What agility by malone with that steal and dunk on the breakaway...unbelievable for someone 6"9 260..💯

[tevinsherrill]

The series that marked the beginning of the end for the Stockton/Malone Jazz era.

[iamnaitsirk]

Man, Nowitzki playing against Malone and Stockton then played with/against current NBA
superstars like Doncic, Trae Young, Tatum etc.

[joegevorkyan]

What ever happened to basketball….this channel is a treasure

[coreyrowe]

This series is where any bit of a championship window that still may have been open for the Stockton/Malone era Jazz officially closed.

[TyroneNBAFan]

Bruh, I remember Dallas was the laughing stock of the league in the early 90's. They won 9 games in 1993. Even the arrival Mashburn, Kidd and Jim Jackson in the mid 90's couldn't make them a consistent winning team (also had guys like Popeye Jones, Gary Trent Sr. I believe and George McCloud who was a super high volume 3PT shooter a bit ahead of his time).

It was the Dirk, Nash, Finley trio (along with Juwan Howard and Shawn Bradley, and a year or 2 later Raef Lafrentz, one of the early stretch 4/5 guys) that finally made this team a contender. This was the series that put them on the map and they became a contender for the rest of the 2000's, all the way up until they won a title in 2011. This series was like a changing of the guard of sorts between Stockton/Malone and Nash/Nowitzki.

Dirk was my favorite player around this time and I remember bugging my uncle (who lived in Arlington Texas) to get me a Dirk jersey (for whatever reason he didn't like Dirk). I can remember the next season when they got the new uniforms and everything. He got me the dark road Dirk jersey.

Good times.

[LaboyMoto]

Deym nowitzki moves is so smooth he moves like sg he is so fast for his position. Malone is also in good condition even though he's old age he still can compete with young guns like nowitzki stockton iq is far more than pg nowadays pure fundamental and his passing skills is unbelievable Nash is also a good passer with good chemistry with nowitzki both unbelievable duo

[javonkelly]

1:29 when the NBA stood for No Babies Allowed! 💪🏿

[tigres]

i dont care what Malone did outside the court but his game, hustle, and effort in the court is outstanding.

[damonsonnier]

Hard to believe that this was John Stockton’s only triple double.

[Mark-xlze]

The first home playoff game for the Mavs since Game 3 of the 1990 Western Conference First Round. Their first home playoff win since Game 6 of the 1988 Western Conference Finals.

[andresdelportillo]

Dirk was always quick early on idk why 2k and the media act like dirk started his career in 2018 as a slow post scorer

[curtisscism]

Watching good old 90’s early 2000’s nba. Much better product than the modern NBA.

[osamaobama]

Stockon to Malone always beautiful to watch

[kennybegeske]

Put This Game On NBA TV Hardwood Classic On TV

[tigres]

You can tell what the difference between old school players and modern players here. Stockton gets knocks down on the floor several times and got up real quick. The modern players stumbles on the floor and will never get up or wait for their teammates to help them up.

[Classicbasketballdvds]

Utah had a deep team that year. Danny Manning coming off the bench...I forgot he was on the team that year

[smoothALOE]

As a lifelong Mavs fan, including the gory days of the 1990s, this series was a big moment. To me, it was one of the last great best-of-five series in the NBA, which culminated with a furious comeback by Dallas: coming from behind 0-2 and coming back from 16 down in the 2nd half of Game 5 in Utah. The hero in the end? The “immortal” Calvin Booth, haha!…I almost forgot. This was the final season in which the Dallas Mavericks played at Reunion Arena. These were the final days of “the Reunion Rowdies.”