Champion Mavs return to Dallas
DALLAS -- The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks are back in Texas.
Hundreds
of jubilant fans gathered at Love Field as the jet carrying the team
landed in Dallas at about noon Monday, one day after the Mavericks
wrapped up the NBA title with a Game 6 win against the Miami Heat. The plane passed under a water cannon welcome at the airport.
Owner Mark Cuban walked off the plane carrying the championship trophy. Dirk Nowitzki
followed him carrying his MVP trophy. Both carried the hardware to a
high fence surrounding the runway, allowing fans to get a close look.
It is the first NBA championship title for
Dallas. The Mavs confirmed that a victory parade will be Thursday
morning, but the precise route and other details won't be announced
until Tuesday morning.
Mayor Dwaine Caraway said the city is in a
budget crunch but still plans a parade, though Cuban repeated Monday
that he will personally pay for the celebration.
"We'll do it,"
Cuban said early Monday morning. "All I told them was -- Terdema Ussery,
our president -- you plan the parade. I'll pay for it because I don't
think it's right for the city to have to pay for it. And let's just have
some fun."
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