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Dirk Nowitzki on Olympics participation, mental exhaustion and more

"I think our goal was, we talked about it in October, that we would love to have homecourt advantage in the first round, to get out of the first round or put ourselves in a good position to get out of the first round. And we didn't achieve that. Probably various reasons, some injury problems, really not consistent enough, not winning enough against the good teams, on the road or at home. You've got to find a way to win your fair share of those."

On why it didn't work

"Just too much up and down, really to get a top four seed.