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Spurs may spell doom for Mavericks
By PETER VECSEY
Last Updated: 12:50 PM, April 23, 2010
Posted: 4:56 AM, April 23, 2010
You know what Pat Riley says . . . a playoff series doesn't begin until Mark Cuban loses his mind at home.
After 83 games, it was nice of Richard Jefferson to return to the living for at least one half. Sources say the Spurs are trying to buy him out of next season's contract before he bombs in Game 3.
Muscle along the beach front and the game's measured pace has shrunk Shawn Marion's effectiveness. After scoring 42 points in his last five games of the regular season -- 21 in one, 21 combined in the other four -- he has a total of 15 (6-for-17 field goals and four free throws) in 53 minutes in the first two games of this series. The Matrix is lookin' like a mattress.
The Mavericks' pick-and-roll defense in their Game 2 loss was shaky and all over the map. Then, in the fourth quarter, the Spurs went to Tim Duncan, looking especially spry for this time of year, and that strategy worked wonders, too. Only when Jason Terry broke free in the open court and a 20-point lead was sliced to five in the fourth did Dallas Do Debbie.
A little while later, following several exchanges of baskets, Rick Carlisle called a timeout. TNT's sideline courier of conversations provided this enlightening information: "Rick told his players, 'Our offense is fine, but we've got to start making stops at the defensive end.' "
I almost have more respect for the guy who gave Osama bin Laden the microphone for his first Al Qaeda video than the dope who created this useless and incessantly annoying occupation of flatline reporter.
The pendulum may have swung seriously in favor of the Spurs if Tony Parker's performance means he's back. Last time Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Parker were healthy simultaneously in the playoffs was 2007.
I'm not sayin' . . . I'm just sayin'!
It may be treasonous, but I'm rooting for Argentina in the World Championship and the Olympics as long as Ginobili represents.
Brendan Haywood must have been Gilbert Arenas's best friend on Cellblock Wizards. Did you see him yuckin' and yackin' at Antonio McDyess after he blocked his corner jumper?
Can't get enough of the NFL Draft . . . or, as Jets management refers to it, work release.
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Spurs may spell doom for Mavericks
By PETER VECSEY
Last Updated: 12:50 PM, April 23, 2010
Posted: 4:56 AM, April 23, 2010
You know what Pat Riley says . . . a playoff series doesn't begin until Mark Cuban loses his mind at home.
After 83 games, it was nice of Richard Jefferson to return to the living for at least one half. Sources say the Spurs are trying to buy him out of next season's contract before he bombs in Game 3.
Muscle along the beach front and the game's measured pace has shrunk Shawn Marion's effectiveness. After scoring 42 points in his last five games of the regular season -- 21 in one, 21 combined in the other four -- he has a total of 15 (6-for-17 field goals and four free throws) in 53 minutes in the first two games of this series. The Matrix is lookin' like a mattress.
The Mavericks' pick-and-roll defense in their Game 2 loss was shaky and all over the map. Then, in the fourth quarter, the Spurs went to Tim Duncan, looking especially spry for this time of year, and that strategy worked wonders, too. Only when Jason Terry broke free in the open court and a 20-point lead was sliced to five in the fourth did Dallas Do Debbie.
A little while later, following several exchanges of baskets, Rick Carlisle called a timeout. TNT's sideline courier of conversations provided this enlightening information: "Rick told his players, 'Our offense is fine, but we've got to start making stops at the defensive end.' "
I almost have more respect for the guy who gave Osama bin Laden the microphone for his first Al Qaeda video than the dope who created this useless and incessantly annoying occupation of flatline reporter.
The pendulum may have swung seriously in favor of the Spurs if Tony Parker's performance means he's back. Last time Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Parker were healthy simultaneously in the playoffs was 2007.
I'm not sayin' . . . I'm just sayin'!
It may be treasonous, but I'm rooting for Argentina in the World Championship and the Olympics as long as Ginobili represents.
Brendan Haywood must have been Gilbert Arenas's best friend on Cellblock Wizards. Did you see him yuckin' and yackin' at Antonio McDyess after he blocked his corner jumper?
Can't get enough of the NFL Draft . . . or, as Jets management refers to it, work release.
[email protected]
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