Question: The team that featired Dirk Nowitzki was from which conference?
Context: The 2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The season saw Dallas go to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history.  However, it was not to be as they lost to the Miami Heat, who were led by Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, in six games.  Dallas and Miami would meet again in the 2011 NBA Finals, where the Mavericks would get revenge, defeating the favored Heat in six games to win their first ever NBA championship; teammates Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry are the only members of both 2006 and 2011 Finals teams. Silke Nowitzki (born July 12, 1974 in Würzburg, West Germany) is a German former international basketball player.  She is the manager of her brother Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki.  The perfect shot is a German documentary film produced by Leopold Hoesch which concerns the career of Dirk Nowitzki from the second German Basketball League to the NBA.  The films premiered on 16 September 2014 in Cologne. The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2010–11 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.  The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 to win their first NBA championship.  Dallas became the last NBA team from Texas to win its first title, after the Houston Rockets won back-to-back titles in and , and the San Antonio Spurs won four NBA championships in , , and , and a fifth one subsequently in ; all three Texas NBA teams have now won at least one NBA championship.  It was also the first time in four years that the Los Angeles Lakers did not make the Finals, having been swept in the Western Conference semifinals by the eventual champion Dallas Mavericks. The 2001–02 NBA season was the Mavericks' 22nd season in the National Basketball Association.  It was also their first season playing at American Airlines Center.  During the offseason, the Mavericks acquired All-Star point guard Tim Hardaway from the Miami Heat.  The Mavericks continued to play solid basketball as Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash were both selected to the 2002 NBA All-Star Game for the first time in their careers.  At midseason, Hardaway was traded along with Juwan Howard to the Denver Nuggets for Nick Van Exel and Raef LaFrentz.  The Mavericks finished fourth in the Western Conference, and second in the Midwest Division with a 57–25 record, and made the playoffs in back to back seasons for the first time since 1988.  Nowitzki led the team in scoring and rebounds, while Nash led them in assists.  In the Western Conference Quarterfinals, the Mavericks swept the Minnesota Timberwolves in three straight games, but then lost the next series in five games to the Sacramento Kings. The 2003–04 NBA season was the Mavericks' 24th season in the National Basketball Association.  During the offseason, the Mavericks acquired Antawn Jamison from the Golden State Warriors, and All-Star forward Antoine Walker from the Boston Celtics.  Although the team struggled with chemistry with a 15–12 start, the Mavericks went on a nine-game winning streak in January, and won eight of their final ten games.  They finished third in the Midwest Division with a 52–30 record.  Dirk Nowitzki was the only member of the team to be selected for the 2004 NBA All-Star Game.  With the trio of Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Steve Nash along with NBA Sixth Man of the Year Jamison, the Mavericks continued their reputation as the best offensive team in the NBA.  Notable were two rookies, Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels, who made an immediate impact, and were both selected to the All-Rookie Second Team. The 2011 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2010–11 season.  The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeating the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.  Dirk Nowitzki was named NBA Finals MVP. Dirk Nowitzki : German Wunderkind is a biography of the German NBA basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, written by German sports journalists Dino Reisner and Holger Sauer.  It was published in 2004 by the German "Copress" publishing house.  It follows Nowitzki's life as a boy in Würzburg, how he turned to basketball as a teenager, broke through in Germany and eventually became the franchise player of the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. Holger Geschwindner (born September 12, 1945 in Bad Nauheim, Hesse) is a former basketball player, and is the mentor, coach and friend of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki.  Geschwindner first met Nowitzki when the future basketball star was 16 years old. The Nike Hoop Summit is an international men's basketball all-star game sponsored by Nike, held once a year since 1995, which features the USA Basketball Men's Junior Select Team against a World Select Team of international players.  The players demonstrate their skills and hope to attract attention from either NBA scouts or colleges.  A number of current NBA players have participated in this event in the past, including Kevin Garnett, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, also John Wall for the U.S.A. team, and Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Nicolas Batum, Serge Ibaka, Enes Kanter, and Patrick Mills for the World Select team.  In the 2010 edition of the event, Enes Kanter scored 34 points and surpassed the event's record of 33 points set by Dirk Nowitzki in 1998.  Bismack Biyombo recorded the first triple-double in Hoop Summit history in 2011 with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 blocks.  In 2012, Shabazz Muhammad scored 35 points to break Enes Kanter's Hoop Summit scoring record.
Answer: Western Conference