Quote Originally Posted by sprrs
I guess so. Then the thing would be team rebounding. They were killed last year throughout the regular season on the defensive glass. It wasn't there during the season and it wasn't there during the playoffs. They didn't have that problem on '05
Agreed on all points. All the more reason that it hurt not having them there. Not having the rebounds on top of not having the defense on top of not having the extra bodies in the rotation stacks the deck against you. The Mavs got contributions from Diop and Dampier that made a difference in the series, and those two suck at least as bad as Rasho and Nazr.