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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban indirectly called Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin a "thug." And, by indirectly, I mean through his momma.

While walking off the court after game three, Mavs' fans were calling Nuggets' players "thugs," and Cuban said to Lydia Moore, Martin's mother, "That includes your son," according to the Denver Post.

So, what will K-Mart do? He's "going to take care of it," of course.

"I don't feel I need to call his name in the media and all that, but it's a little personal," Martin said after the Nuggets shootaround today. "And I'm going to take care of it."

"(Heck) yeah, don't say nothing to my kids or my family," Martin said. "If you got something to say, say it to me. But I'm going to take care of it. I'm not going to do the whole media thing, back and forth. That's his thing. I'm more of a face-to-face type of dude.

"So whenever the opportunity presents itself, then I will address it. But I got a game to go win. At some point I will, but I got a game to go win, first and foremost. So that's my focus and concentration right now."

I guess, Mavs forward Dirk Nowitzki, who was the recipient of a K-Mart foul in game one that led to a $25,000 fine, will really need to prove that he's "a warrior" in game four tonight.