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ere seemingly on their way to their first Championship rings after winning the first two games of the series at home and leading Miami by 13 points late in the third. However, they lost that game along with the next three as Dwyane Wade took charge and Dallas had to wait five more seasons before booking their place in the 2010-11 championship series against the same opponents. "It's been a long stretch," 10-time All-Star Nowitzki said after the Mavericks won the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals series by a 4-1 margin over the Oklahoma City Thunder. "After the year we lost in the Finals, we came back, won almost 70 games, had a great season and lost in the first round (of the playoffs). That was another tough one. "We've been trying to get back to this stage ever since and fell short a bunch of times. We said our goal in October was to win it all. We haven't done that yet." LONG WAIT It has certainly been a long wait for the Mavericks in their bid for NBA Championship glory since their formation as a franchise three decades ago. However, they endured a barren run in the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the 1990s when they failed to advance to the postseason for the entire decade. German giant Nowitzki, the ninth overall pick at the 1998 Draft, joined the franchise from Milwaukee and, with Michael Finley and Steve Nash, formed a 'Big Three' that paved the way for the Mavericks to return to the playoffs in 2001. Although Nash returned to the Phoenix Suns in 2004 and Finley was picked up off waivers by the San Antonio Spurs in 2005, the 7-foot Nowitzki has stayed on to help Dallas reach the postseason every year since. Following the bitter disappointment of their NBA finals loss to Miam