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.

Mike Miller of the Memphis Grizzlies has been named the winner of the 2005-06 NBA Sixth Man Award, honoring the league?s top player in a reserve role, the NBA announced today.

Miller received 501 out of a possible 615 points, including 88 of a possible 123 first-place votes, from a panel of 123 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Speedy Claxton of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets finished second with 205 points and Jerry Stackhouse finished third with 162 points. Players were awarded five
points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.

Grizzlies guard Damon Stoudamire is reportedly ahead of schedule with the rehabilitation of his surgically repaired left knee. After the season-ending procedure, he has reponded well to the subsequent workouts designed to repair a torn patellar tendon.

"I'm making good progress," said Stoudamire. "I'm definitely on course to be healthy for next season. Every day is a good day as long as there are no setbacks. I've been rehabbing for months, and I can honestly say I haven't had a setback."

Stoudamire has spent most of his time in Houston, where he lives in the offseason.

Chucky Atkins might have found a home in Memphis.

"It's crazy," Atkins said Thursday after practice. "Crazy things happen sometimes in the NBA."

He wants to remain a Grizzly.

Roughly 21/2 months into what amounts to a fast-paced audition for the rest of the league, Atkins will consider Memphis first when he becomes a free agent this summer.

"From day one, I said I thought it would be a good fit," Atkins said. "I didn't know it would work out like it has. I'm very happy to be here. I'm grateful that the organization wanted me here, and coach (Mike) Fratello lets me play with the type of freedom that you want as a player. Hopefully, things will work out. It's been a good situation. I don't know what the organization thinks about having me back. But it's definitely something I want."