DALLAS (AP)—The Dallas Mavericks have fired coach Avery Johnson.
The move was the first of what’s likely to be many in the offseason. The
league’s highest payroll produced a second straight first-round knockout
from the playoffs.
Johnson leaves Wednesday with an impressive resume after three-plus seasons,
but Mavs owner Mark Cuban couldn’t tolerate a bottom line of being 3-12 in
the playoffs since blowing a 2-0 lead in the 2006 NBA finals.
