If This Doesn't Get You Fired Up for Tonight's Game 5, Please Stay Home

They've been showing this video at American Airlines Center during The NBA Finals and it's awesomely badass. Says Mavs' general manager Donnie Nelson, "I'm sitting in a suite and by the time that thing ends everybody in there is standing up and cheering and they've got that look in their...

By Richie Whitt

June 9, 2011

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They've been showing this video at American Airlines Center during The NBA Finals and it's awesomely badass.

Says Mavs' general manager Donnie Nelson, "I'm sitting in a suite and by the time that thing ends everybody in there is standing up and cheering and they've got that look in their eye. It's powerful, powerful stuff."

Tony Dorsett. Troy Aikman. Ron Washington. Emmitt Smith. Daryl Johnston. Mike Modano. Roger Staubach. Nolan Ryan. Gary Patterson. Nastia Liukin.

Goose bumps.

Game 5. 8 o'clock.

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