Dirk Nowitzki said he twisted his right ankle Saturday and was walking a little gingerly afterward.  But according to a report in the Dallas Morning News, the injury is not serious and Nowitzki should be right to play in Game 4.

"I rolled it pretty good," he said. "But you know how I am. I'll be OK."

According to the Dallas Morning News, the Mavericks will ask the league to review the flagrant foul that was called on Dirk Nowitzki when he tried to block a Pau Gasol drive to the basket with 59.3 seconds left in overtime.

Nowitzki said he felt like he went for the ball, and in fact, he blocked the layup.

"We'll review it, and I think it will get reduced," said Mavs owner Mark Cuban.

The Dallas Mavericks needed a prayer and Dirk Nowitzki answered, hitting a last second three pointer at the end of regulation to force overtime, where the Mavs got the upper hand, taking the game 94-89 to remain the only undefeated team remaining in the playoffs.

"They basically had the game won," said Nowitzki. "Obviously, it's a big win for us. If they make it 2-1, they'd be even more fired up the next game. So this is great."

The Grizzlies remain 0-for-the-playoffs. They have lost 11 in a row over three seasons.

Should Dallas advance to the Western Conference semifinals, forward Keith Van Horn could return to action, according to team doctor T.O. Souryal.

Van Horn has been out since breaking his right hand March 31.

Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson has been named the winner of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2005-06 season, the NBA announced today.

In his first full season as the Mavericks head coach, Johnson received 419 points, including 63 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Coaches were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received.  The 2004-05 Coach of the Year Mike D?Antoni of the Phoenix Suns was second with 247 points (27 first-place votes) and the Detroit Pistons? Flip Saunders was third with 223 points (18 first-place votes).  

Johnson, the first coach in Mavericks history to receive the honor, led the Mavericks to a 60-22 (.732) record, the third-best mark in the league and tied for the best season in franchise history. Johnson, named head coach on March 19, 2005, was the fastest coach to 50 wins (50-12) and recorded the best start by a first-time coach in league history, winning 66 of his first 82 games. Johnson led the Mavericks to a 34-7 mark at home, tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the best home record in the Western Conference.

Mark Cuban is joining Howard Stern on Sirius Satellite Radio, as he has been given a two-hour show of his own. The show will air on Sundays.

"Howard Stern won't have anything on me," Cuban said. "I'm going to cover everything and anything, from sports to business to technology, movies and entertainment. I'm going to take full advantage of the no-holds barred opportunity that Sirius is offering me."

Avery Johnson will be named the NBA?s coach of the year Tuesday, according to two league sources. Johnson is the first Mavs coach to get the honor.

Johnson, in his first full season as Mavericks? coach, won the nationwide ballot of league members, besting Detroit?s Flip Saunders, San Antonio?s Gregg Popovich and Phoenix?s Mike D'Antoni, who won the award last season.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the status of Mavs guard Devin Harris appears to still be up in the air.  Harris has been sidelined with a strained thigh muscle.

"They've kind of got to hold me back to make sure it is healthy enough because this is the wrong time to have a reccurrence, especially late in the season," Harris said Wednesday.

Mavs coach Avery Johnson is hopeful Harris is available at some point in the best-of-seven series against the Grizzlies but doesn't know when that might be. The team has three days off to rest and practice before the opener Sunday in Dallas.

"In a perfect world, he'll be ready to go Sunday, but we're not sure if that's going to happen," Johnson said.

San Antonio moved closer to clinching first place in the Western Conference, beating Minnesota 103-90 on Sunday.

"We need to get some of that funk out," said Tim Duncan, who had 10 points and eight rebounds in 20 minutes. "We've had some bad games and some losses at home."

The Spurs need just one more win or a loss by Dalls to clinch homecourt advantage.

When the NBA rejected the Mavericks request to sign an extra player because of injuries, former NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp no longer became an option.

"It's dead," Avery Johnson said.