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DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki?eliminated any doubt about his commitment to salvage the struggling Mavericks season Saturday night, when he addressed the media for the first time since being shut down a week ago due to lingering soreness in his right Achilles tendon.Im all-in. I want to play, Nowitzki said in front of his locker after his teammates pulled off the Mavs most lopsided win of the season, a 107-82 victory over the Chicago Bulls that improved Dallas record to a Western Conference-worst 4-15. This is obviously not a career-ending injury that Ive got. Its something that just keeps lingering unfortunately. I can hopefully get over it.Theres still a lot of season left. December just started. We know that theres a lot of games coming, so hopefully sometime soon Ill be out there and then stay out there. I dont want to jump in and out of the lineup with soreness or fight this whole year. Id love to be healthy and stay out there once I go.Nowitzki, the sixth-leading scorer in NBA history, has been limited to only five games this season because of Achilles soreness that started after he played 38 minutes in a season-opening overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers.He is out indefinitely but hopes to return before the end of the month.After missing eight straight games, Nowitzki played in blowout losses to the Clippers and Cavaliers last week. He said the soreness and stiffness in his Achilles returned during the second half of the Nov. 25 loss in Cleveland. He has not played since.Its frustrating for me, said Nowitzki, a 19-year veteran who has missed more than 10 games in a season only once before in his career. The whole situation is frustrating to be dealing with something I never have before in my career, so its tough. But once Im out there, I dont want the same thing to happen again that just happened last week, so I want to make sure now its good to go. At this stage of my career, I dont move well anyways, so if Im out there at 80-90 percent, I dont think Im a big help. I want to make sure my bodys responding the right way and well go from there.Achilles injuries are tough, and they just limit your movement a lot. Limit my movement 10 years ago, Id still be able to play effectively out there. But if you limit my movement now, Im already a step slow, and that makes me three steps slow. It just makes no sense to be out there.Nowitzki said the Mavs athletic training staff has been ramping up his workouts recently. He has run on a treadmill and did some work on the court Friday, but he acknowledged that significant progress must be made before he is ready to play in games again.Nowitzki deflected a question about whether his health issues could influence his decision to return for next season, when only $5 million of his $25 million salary is guaranteed. He said his sole concern at the moment is returning as soon as possible.Nowitzki refuses to view this as a rebuilding season for the Mavs. He said they had an extremely difficult November schedule and had to deal with a lot of health issues in addition to his own. But Nowitzki added that the teams prospects have improved with the return of guards Deron Williams and Devin Harris.Hopefully Ill be back soon and we can run off some wins, Nowitzki said. Thats the only way I look at it. Everything else is nonsense.y-3 Shoes Canada . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Womens NMD Shoes Canada . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. http://www.nmdshoescanada.com/nmd-r1-cheap-canada.html . 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His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months.Shane van Gisbergens 148-point Supercars lead remains intact with just four races remaining in the season after squaring up with Jamie Whincup at Pukekohe Park.The Red Bull Racing drivers split the two races between them on Saturday, showing the dominance that has earned them yet another teams championship.The first race was a procession.Whincup jumped pole sitter van Gisbergen off the line and wasnt headed as van Gisbergen settled for runner-up.The second was action-packed.Determined not to let a second pole position slip, the Aucklander fought off his teammate from the grid to rapturous applause from his home crowd.Whincup made three strong efforts in the opening laps to overtake van Gisbergen, with the pair taking the home straight side-by-side on lap three.Each time the Kiwi responded, and Whincups challenge was effectively over on lap 18 when he missed his apex at turn five and was forced to take evasive action.The pair of one-two results means van Gisbergens lead remains steady at 148 points.With 450 points to play for in Auckland and the season-ending Homebush meet, the 27-year-old needs only to finish sixth in the final four races to claim a maiden championship.Excepting moves off the line, no passing moves were completed by the top seven drivers over 70 laps in a drab days rracing compromised by the 100km sprint format.ddddddddddddBut there was plenty of action further back, with Jason Brights garage competing against the clock to have his Commodore ready to race on Sunday after a major crash.A bump with Chris Pither sent Bright into the grass at 180km/h and into the wall leading to the pit lane entry.Pither was served a drive-through penalty for his impact.Bright was able to walk away from the crash, and will rely on his engineers to get back in his Holden again in New Zealand.I copped a pretty big whack in the right rear, well see what the guys can salvage, he said.Also in race one, James Moffat also blunted Dale Woods bonnet by re-entering the track from a short cut through the grass, and Chaz Mostert finished down the order after a trip through the sand.Scott McLaughlin filled out the podium on race one, while Mostert recovered to finish third in race two.McLaughlin, who sits fourth in the championship, whittled the margin to third-placed Craig Lowndes on a productive day in his home country.His third and seventh places, compared with Lowndes 16th and 15th finishes, means the Volvo man is just 22 points from third place. 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