Dinos bringing it vs Dallas

[Warlord23]

Toronto up by 18 in the 2nd quarter .. shooting 58% from the field, and 7-9 on threes. Interesting.

[boutons_]

Raps willl cool off, Mavs will prevail.
This happens much more often that it doesn't with the Mavs.

[RaptorsFan]

James and Villanueva are just torching the Mavs. Their defense is horrible today. Also, Jason Terry is a lunatic.

[loveforthegame]

Toronto is shooting damn good but I don't expect it to last. The Mavs will regroup at the half and the lead will slowly disappear and the Mavs win in the end. But I'll still root for the Raptors to steal this one away.

[Warlord23]

Lead up to 20 now; 4 Raptors in double digits. The only concern right now is the foul count on the Toronto frontcourt (Davis 4, Villanueva 3). Looks like Dallas is stumped by the Raps' perimeter shooters so far.

[FreshPrince22]

Oh My Bosh!


Wow. That was a vicious throwdown.

[reader]

Raptors 12/17 on 3's = 71% ... Yikes.

[ABDENOUR POWER]

Go Raptors! Down With The Mavs!

[ABDENOUR POWER]

Oh My Bosh

That was horrible. :lol

[FreshPrince22]

That was horrible. :lol


:lol It's actually what the Toronto announcer says everytime he does something spectacular like that. So I can't take credit

[Horry For 3!]

Yeah, Mavs are getting owned right now.

[SlasherX]

90-74 end of 3rd w00t

[SlasherX]

95-78 9:41 left

[Marklar MM]

ahh they are blowing it.

[loveforthegame]

Mavs have cut it to 14. Raptors are starting to turn it over and are racking up offensive fouls. Let's hope the Raptors have enough to hold on but the Mavs love to make runs in the 4th.

[spurs=bling]

come on Raptors...lets go.

[Warlord23]

4 raps have 4 fouls each .. if they can stay in the game they should win...

[mavsfan1000]

Damn the early start schedule.

[FreshPrince22]

Wow... A choke of epic proportions.

EDIT: MO PETE!

[Horry For 3!]

Raptors up by 8 with 4 mins left

[FreshPrince22]

Cb4!!

[FreshPrince22]

damnit... The Craptors suck.

[Horry For 3!]

WTF Dallas has hit like 5 3pters in a row

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Cb4!!

its official: CB4>> Rasho

[Horry For 3!]

Raptors have you ever heard of DEFENSE?

[Winnipeg_Spur]

Phil had a point...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

the raps are so focused on offensive boards that they pack the lane but forget to guard the perimeter shooters and its costing them big time.

[loveforthegame]

The Raptors are choking big time. Too many turnovers, stupid fouls, and getting careless on defense.

[Warlord23]

They're blowing it bigtime ... someone's got to nut up and finish this game

[Winnipeg_Spur]

Guard the fucking 3 point line!

[infinite styles]

How many TO's has James had in the last 2 minutes?

[Warlord23]

Dang this choke job is actually hilarious, only I wish the Mavs weren't the beneficiary

[FreshPrince22]

LMAO @ the raptors. Damn do they suck.

[Horry For 3!]

This is pretty pathetic.

[midgetonadonkey]

What's the score now?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

What's the score now?

105-105 30 seconds left

[infinite styles]

Can we have a new rule that if Dallas or Detroit is losing that nobody is allowed to post about it until the game is over? :lol Seems like everytime we make a thread about it they pull it out in the end. :depressed

[Horry For 3!]

105-105 29.9 secs left

Dallas' ball

[Amuseddaysleeper]

raps have been outscored 14-31 so far in this 4th qtr

[Warlord23]

Darrell Armstrong owns Mike James. James is probably having flashbacks of the last playoff series vs the Mavs

[FreshPrince22]

Cv31!!!!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

charlie V with the steals off of dumbass dirk!!!

[Horry For 3!]

Villanueva steals the ball from Dirk :lmao

[ABDENOUR POWER]

It aint over after all!

[Horry For 3!]

Bosh for the win....

[Warlord23]

raps have been outscored 14-31 so far in this 4th qtr

Outscored 24-7 in the last 7:54.

Let's hope someone makes a shot ...

[Horry For 3!]

Mike James missed a fucking lay-up you piece of shit

[Horry For 3!]

Overtime now

[ABDENOUR POWER]

Game over. The raps have no chance to win now.

[Warlord23]

As good as over for the Raptors.

James has single-handedly handed this to the Mavs on a platter. 3 missed shots and 2 turnovers.

[Winnipeg_Spur]

Agreed.

[loveforthegame]

Raptors are in foul trouble with Bosh, James and Villanouva with 5 each. The Mavs will take this one.

[Warlord23]

Villanueva is out.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

wow. this is depressing and with the shitty way the spurs are playing we need every break we can get from our rivals :pctoss

[Winnipeg_Spur]

The Raptors are an embarrassment to Canada.

[loveforthegame]

The Spurs won't get any break today. The Raptors ran the other way and the Mavs take another win in the 4th/OT. We can only hope the Spurs are ready to play on Thursday.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

omg CB4!!!

[loveforthegame]

Raptors up 1 but they are doing everything they can to give this game to Dallas. Avery Johnson was dead on by putting Armstrong on James. He's shut him down.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

raps down 3

mike james tryin too hard to be the hero

damn man

oh well

on to thursday's game!

[loveforthegame]

The Raptors will probably take a 3 early to try and tie instead of scoring and then look for a stop.

[FreshPrince22]

Bonner 4 mvp

[Warlord23]

Tied game, Dallas ball with 12.4 ticks to go

[FreshPrince22]

Mavs will score here. Dirk on the Mid ranger, book it. Ball game...

[Horry For 3!]

Double OT?

[50 cent]

Dirk will probably hit one from the elbow.

[50 cent]

Told you. I could see that shit coming.

[FreshPrince22]

Mavs will score here. Dirk on the Mid ranger, book it. Ball game...

I called it... :rolleyes

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Mavs will score here. Dirk on the Mid ranger, book it. Ball game...

wow

[Warlord23]

Or he'll get the bail-out call

[infinite styles]

Mavs will score here. Dirk on the Mid ranger, book it. Ball game...

Wanna roll to Vegas.

[Horry For 3!]

1 sec left for Raptors to make a 3 to win or 2 to go into Double OT

[Warlord23]

The Raptors need a Derek Fisher moment now

[Horry For 3!]

and the Raptors choke, pitiful

[Horry For 3!]

March 2, Spurs vs Mavs :smokin

[loveforthegame]

Mavs win again. No surprise here.

[mavsfan1000]

Mavs win!!!!

[polandprzem]

Nowitzki with huge clutch plays as I saw on the livescores

[50 cent]

I called it... :rolleyes
Hey, I called his shot from the exact spot on the floor.

He always does that 1 step dribble to his right and fadeaway at the elbow. How the Craptors didn't know what he was going to do is just retarded.

[Warlord23]

Mike James is the kind of player that can be MVP for either team on a given day.

[Spurminator]

Mike James is the kind of player that can be MVP for either team on a given day.

Hell, a given quarter...

[FreshPrince22]

These Mavs are scary, no doubt. Even though the Raptors choked, the Mavs still made a ton of clutch plays.

[ABDENOUR POWER]

Stupid Raptors....

[Spurminator]

Hey, I called his shot from the exact spot on the floor.

He always does that 1 step dribble to his right and fadeaway at the elbow. How the Craptors didn't know what he was going to do is just retarded.

Who said they didn't? Bonner guarded him pretty well, Dirk's just a pretty good shooter.

[mavsfan1000]

The mavs are a second half team. They have done this all year.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

These Mavs are scary, no doubt. Even though the Raptors choked, the Mavs still made a ton of clutch plays.

i'll get flamed for this but AT THE MOMENT

mavs > spurs

spurs are playing like shit and playing lethargic while the mavs are adapting the fire and intensity that AJ had to pull out some incredible wins. had it been the spurs and the raptors, it probably would've been the spurs on the recieving end of the meltdown. i just hope SA doesn't fuck it up tonight against GS. especially with the dallas game just around the corner

[mavsfan1000]

Who said they didn't? Bonner guarded him pretty well, Dirk's just a pretty good shooter.
I disagree. Bonner should've forced Dirk to drive.

[50 cent]

Who said they didn't? Bonner guarded him pretty well, Dirk's just a pretty good shooter.
He bit on the fake like Dirk was going to take him to the hole. If I'm the coach there, I tell Bonner as soon as he takes that right step, jump that side of his body and get up in his grill. Bonner didn't.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

The mavs are a second half team. They have done this all year.

agreed. good win for you guys. mavs and pistons are both excellent 2nd half teams while the spurs are a 1st half team that only plays 3 quarters of a game before mailing it in the 4th qtr time and time again

[RaptorsFan]

Hey, I called his shot from the exact spot on the floor.

He always does that 1 step dribble to his right and fadeaway at the elbow. How the Craptors didn't know what he was going to do is just retarded.
Please STFU. Bonner was all over him. Dirk just hit a clutch shot.

[Warlord23]

You know they're a clutch team when the corpse of Darrell Armstrong shows up to hit a clutch 3, a clutch assist, a clutch steal and game-changing defense

[Amuseddaysleeper]

they shoulda put bosh on dirk on that last play. once again the raps are gonna be in need of a new coach. way WAY too many games the raps have given away this year.

[FreshPrince22]

they shoulda put bosh on dirk on that last play. once again the raps are gonna be in need of a new coach. way WAY too many games the raps have given away this year.

They should have put Antonio Davis on him. Bosh had 5 fouls, so I can see not putting him on there. You don't want him to foul out. But Bonner? WTF?!?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

They should have put Antonio Davis on him. Bosh had 5 fouls, so I can see not putting him on there. You don't want him to foul out. But Bonner? WTF?!?

:lol welcome to raptors basketball!

[RaptorsFan]

they shoulda put bosh on dirk on that last play. once again the raps are gonna be in need of a new coach. way WAY too many games the raps have given away this year.
Agreed. Bonner should've been nowhere near the floor during crunchtime today. He'd hoisted up an airball and missed all of his shots going into that last 3 he hit. I had no idea why he was on the floor, let alone hoisting up a game-tying 3-ball at that point. Mitchell just simply got outcoached tonight. Playing Bonner pretty much the entire 4th quarter and OT is simply inexplicable.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Agreed. Bonner should've been nowhere near the floor during crunchtime today. He'd hoisted up an airball and missed all of his shots going into that last 3 he hit. I had no idea why he was on the floor, let alone hoisting up a game-tying 3-ball at that point. Mitchell just simply got outcoached tonight. Playing Bonner pretty much the entire 4th quarter and OT is simply inexplicable.

i live in the toronto area so i see a good share of raptors games but is mitchelll the right coach for these guys? i know a coach can't make a shot go in as thats up to the players but there have been SO many games this year where the raptors collapse that i'm thinking its more on poor coaching than it is on the players simply falling apart. i hope the raps can hang on to mike james, despite some late game blunders the dude is a stud

[RaptorsFan]

They should have put Antonio Davis on him. Bosh had 5 fouls, so I can see not putting him on there. You don't want him to foul out. But Bonner? WTF?!?
AD is not a perimeter defender. Dirk would have blown right by him for an easy layup or a foul at the least. With Charlie fouling out and Bosh being in foul trouble himself, Bonner was the next best option.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

They should have put Antonio Davis on him. Bosh had 5 fouls, so I can see not putting him on there. You don't want him to foul out. But Bonner? WTF?!?

not only that but with the game on the line i'd risk bosh on dirk otherwise you get dirk with the easy basket as we saw tonight

[RaptorsFan]

I don't know how you can say it was an easy basket. Bonner was draped all over him, there's really nothing more that could have been done.

[FreshPrince22]

Hey, I called his shot from the exact spot on the floor.

He always does that 1 step dribble to his right and fadeaway at the elbow. How the Craptors didn't know what he was going to do is just retarded.

Anyone can say "Dirk will probably hit one from the elbow" :lol That's not going out on much of a limb :spin

[mavsfan1000]

Bonner's defense should've either force to Dirk to rush on his shot due to pressure or make him drive. Bonner did neither. For most people that is decent defense but Dirk you have to be closer.

[Budkin]

Man how many freaking games are the Mavs going to pull out in the final quarter. Down 18 the other day and down 24 today. It's like they are doing it just to tease us... :lol Oh well, March 2nd will be here soon... :elephant

[boutons_]

How many think the current Spurs would have pulled this W out?

[1Parker1]

Damn, Mavs are proving they're for real this season. This is like the third or fourth time this season I've read about them magically coming back from 15-20+ point deficits to win the game.

[1Parker1]

How many think the current Spurs would have pulled this W out?

Nope. :depressed

[Spurologist]

How many think the current Spurs would have pulled this W out?

It wouldn't come to that.

[mavsfan1000]

Well the spurs are a much more even team. In that they aren't as streaky as the mavs so usually they won't go down by 24. They got Duncan in the low post at all times so if they struggle getting a basket Duncan will be there. The mavs can score a ton of points in a short time. It will definitely be an interesting matchup March 2nd when they meet.

[DMFFL341]

I'm a Mavs fan and I have to say that our team right now is on a tear. I guess losing to the Knicks lit a fire under our asses which has lasted up til now and could last longer. I think this could be the Mavs season because now we can play defense. There have been multiple times this season when we need some big time defense and we've got it. Against the Spurs it should be a lot easier than most teams because let's face it, ya'll aren't the best scoring team out there. I remember we did the same thing against the Suns that we did today. Down 17, won in double OT on opening night. We are a streaky defensive team right now, but Avery will turn it up in the postseason and force us to play tough defensively. I think this could be our year.

[SoCalSpursFan]

Usually I am not one for name calling...but the "Craptors" seems like a nickname that is so right for this thread.

The "choke-ters" didn't work...either did the "BlowA17Pt4thQLead-ters".

[janos]

I think this could be the Mavs season because now we can play defense.

Are you kidding? Giving up nearly 70 pts in a half against the Raptors is considered playing defense?

[mavsfan1000]

Hey the spurs gave up a ton on the raptors to. Doesn't mean they are a bad defensive team.

[janos]

Hey the spurs gave up a ton on the raptors to. Doesn't mean they are a bad defensive team.


It sure doesn't but the Spurs have a reputation of playing defense and the Mavs don't.

[DMFFL341]

Same can be said for ya'll you let Toronto score 118. Ya'll must play NO defense. :rolleyes How can you base your thoughts on a team on one game? What were you saying when the Mavs only allowed 12 points to the Warriors in the 4th and came back and won? I bet we were the best defensive team in the NBA then.

[janos]

Same can be said for ya'll you let Toronto score 118. Ya'll must play NO defense. :rolleyes How can you base your thoughts on a team on one game? What were you saying when the Mavs only allowed 12 points to the Warriors in the 4th and came back and won? I bet we were the best defensive team in the NBA then.


The Pistons and Spurs both know how to turn the defense up in the playoffs. The Mavs don't even know how to win in the playoffs much less play playoff defense. Until they do it I don't believe they can.

[mavsfan1000]

The Pistons and Spurs both know how to turn the defense up in the playoffs. The Mavs don't even know how to win in the playoffs much less play playoff defense. Until they do it I don't believe they can.
Hey the pistons play against the weak east. If the mavs played there they would be in the finals for the last 2 years. The pistons do matchup well with the spurs and everyone in the east but not with the mavs or suns. The spurs however matchup well with everyone except the pistons (ane maybe not the mavs). The pistons have gotten a free ride to test out their playoff experience while the west battles it out. We'll see this year what happens but this gets old about the mavs have no chance since they haven't done it before.

[janos]

We'll see this year what happens but this gets old about the mavs have no chance since they haven't done it before.

I'm sure that the early playoff exits do get old. Must suck to be a Mavs fan.

:lol

[Trainwreck2100]

FEAR THE PONiES



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[mavsfan1000]

FEAR THE PONiES



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die. :lol

[DMFFL341]

Well aren't you Mr. Big Bad man. Calling us Ponies. That's a good one. With a full season under Avery and a new backup center (Damp) and a new starting center (Diop) and an old veteran that was last on the Mavs when they went to the conference finals (Griffin) the Mavs are much better equiped to win in the playoffs and play some tough defense. Speaking of the WCF of 02-03, who went down that pretty much gave the Spurs the series? DIRK! That's right, he's not getting injured this season, see ya in the second round bitches.

[Trainwreck2100]

Well aren't you Mr. Big Bad man. Calling us Ponies. That's a good one. With a full season under Avery and a new backup center (Damp) and a new starting center (Diop) and an old veteran that was last on the Mavs when they went to the conference finals (Griffin) the Mavs are much better equiped to win in the playoffs and play some tough defense. Speaking of the WCF of 02-03, who went down that pretty much gave the Spurs the series? DIRK! That's right, he's not getting injured this season, see ya in the second round bitches.


All I see is Neighhhhhhhhh.

[adrienne]

Too many Mavs fans are too far ahead of themselves, planning the parade route. Too many Spurs fans still seem not to have noticed that Don Nelson isn't coaching anymore and that Dallas has, in fact, done some impressive things this season. Let's try to find a happy medium, people.

[ChumpDumper]

Damp is new?

[DMFFL341]

Damp is new?

He wasn't our backup before 18 games ago, so I'd say he's our fairly new backup center.

[ChumpDumper]

Well our starting and backup centers are newer than yours!

Owned!

[tim_duncan_fan]

FEAR THE PONiES



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You won't be making fun win we lose on thursday.

[Trainwreck2100]

You won't be making fun win we lose on thursday.

Yeah I will

[DMFFL341]

Well our starting and backup centers are newer than yours!

Owned!

How so?

[ChumpDumper]

How so?It's a joke.

[adrienne]

Blah blah blah the Mavs don't play defense blah blah blah the Spurs are boring blah blah blah....

[DMFFL341]

Blah blah blah the Mavs don't play defense blah blah blah the Spurs are boring blah blah blah....

If the Mavs haven't proved that they can play some type of defense through the first 55 games of the season then you're Charles Barkley or not a basketball fan at all.

[Trainwreck2100]

If the Mavs haven't proved that they can play some type of defense through the first 55 games of the season then you're Charles Barkley or not a basketball fan at all.


*sarcasm*

[ChumpDumper]

Dallas is quite good. Definite contenders as much as it pains me to say. They're modeling themselves in part on the Spurs just like the Spurs modeled themselves in part on the Jazz. It's intersting to see AJ mix the influences of Nellie and Pop on the court. Doing a fine job.

[Spurminator]

Same can be said for ya'll you let Toronto score 118. Ya'll must play NO defense.

Duncan didn't play that game...

File that in the "Reasons Why It Will Be a Crime If Duncan Retires Without Winning DPOY" folder.