Dallas - Phoenix, Game 6 is Personal Now.

History, for once, the Dallas Mavericks have a chance to make it, not be it.

There's no question that the chance to make the NBA Finals for the first time in the franchise's 26 seasons is the most important thing to the Mavericks in Game 6 against former Maverick, Steve Nash, in the Valley of the Sun.

It would be a big-time achievement, hallowed-archive stuff. If the Mavs, leading the series, 3-2, could get it done on the Phoenix Suns' court, so much the better.

Especially with Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, and Phoenix Suns head coach, Mike D'Antoni, are already JAWING at each other.

The NBA office has informed the Mavericks that it has reviewed a tape of an elbow thrown by Suns forward Shawn Marion during Game 5 and that no further action will be taken.

Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni wonders what compelled Mark Cuban to submit the tape. Cuban wonders why Suns owner Robert Saver was yelling at Mavericks president Terdema Ussery over the Mavericks' in-game presentation. Let the verbal elbows fly.

"You know, that is so far in outer space," D'Antoni said Friday before he learned of the league's ruling on Marion.

"Why you would even bother the league? They've got more important stuff to think about. That's almost like asking George Bush to worry about this patch in Idaho or something. Shawn Marion is really known to be an enforcer. I mean, he was being held up and he tried to get free. Did he end up hooking a little bit? Maybe. But my gosh, come on, grow up."

Cuban, on the other hand, pointed out in an e-mail response that the league reviews every game, so him pointing something out isn't a waste of time. He said when a player tells him he's elbowed in the jaw, he stands up for him just like he did when Steve Nash was in Dallas and "Karl Malone let him have it."

One thing's for sure, it's personal now. This Dallas Mavericks - Phoenix Suns series is not all about Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, once teammates, facing each other. No. Now it's all about two teams with pure hate between them.

The Mavericks look to end the series in Game 6 and face Miami in the NBA Finals. Can these Texans do it against a Phoenix Suns team led by reigning MVP, Steve Nash? Bet on Bodog now.