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Man what with all the personal attacks, mavs fans are edgy these days, be happy you´re in the playoffs.
Good thing they're not in business to please some suns fan.
Man what with all the personal attacks, mavs fans are edgy these days, be happy you´re in the playoffs.
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Sun. May 3
Dallas @ Denver: D. Crawford, D. Jones, T. Washington
That's true.
Atleast i'm not a fan of a team that constantly gets owned by the same teams year in year out, and their whole fanbase knows it but the organization refuses to make changes. It's like you know when and where your gonna fail.
God that must suck.
Mavs could beat the Rockets...stop smoking that bag
It must suck to finally advance to the second round for the first time in 12 years only to be swept in humiliating fashion to end your season.
Melo, JR Smith and Jones....see you after the game
should be a good game.
If the Nuggets lose, JR Smith has already vowed to ceremoniously murder another one of his best friends.
I agree, I think both teams have a chance to win the series.
I'm thinking the Nuggets will be toooooo confident. Lets not forget this team has sucked for years. Nuggets will lose 1 of the first 2 and that will cost them the series.
At least basketball fans, for the most part, are giving the Mavs more of a chance than the general media is.
Same goes for the Rockets - I think they go deep into the 2nd round against the Lakers.
First time i've seen a Mavericks fan quote me and say something worthy.
I honestly think Dallas can beat Denver, especially if they can shoot the ball well and get offensive rebounds.
K-Mart will get a flagrant foul today against Dirk...book it
Mavs gearing up for physical series with hard-nosed Nuggets
By Art Garcia, NBA.com
DENVER -- The Mavericks are well aware of the technical and flagrant fouls that were flying around in the Denver-New Orleans series. The Nuggets roughed up the Hornets pretty good during the five-game set.
Denver now turns its attention to Dallas for Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals Sunday afternoon at the Pepsi Center. Count on the Nuggets mixing it up from the start.
"That's their style of play," Dallas guard Jason Terry said. "Their brand of basketball is physical. We know how to adapt and adjust to it. I don't see us going out there and getting a whole bunch of technicals. That's not our style."
Terry's been known to lose his head before, but the Mavericks have never had a tough-guy rep. They were tagged as "soft" years ago by Nick Van Exel and the label stuck in some circles. The Nuggets really don't care.
"We're out to win a basketball series," Denver forward Kenyon Martin said. "If they're labeled soft, it's not our concern."
Whether the softy tag is warranted, critics need only to point at the first-round flameouts the previous two years. Dallas did out-muscle San Antonio in winning a playoff series for the first time since 2006, becoming the first sixth seed to beat a No. 3 since 2006.
"You come out of a series with your rival, what better preparation for a series like Denver," Terry said. "That was a physical series for us. We know Denver is a physical team. We have to match their physicality and not back down."
The Nuggets swept the season series (4-0), and though both sides maintain that hardly matters in the Playoffs, Denver coach George Karl wasn't going to completely dismiss the psychological edge.
"There's a subconscious confidence that comes from winning," he said.
The Northwest Division-winning Nuggets are the second seed behind the Lakers. Their roster is stocked with tough-as-leather characters -- Martin, Chauncey Billups, Carmelo Anthony, Nene and Chris Andersen -- who don't know how to back down.
"They're a different animal," Mavs forward Dirk Nowitzki said. "I don't think anybody in this league can play as physical and athletic as they can from top to bottom."
Added Mavs coach Rick Carlisle: "It's a different type series for us. It's a different level of athlete that we're going to see from top to bottom. Denver is long, athletic. They're a great rebounding team."
Nowitzki said they're preparing for a "battle" and "you can't lose your cool." Along with an emphasis on rebounding and taking care of the ball, Carlisle stressed the importance of staying poised.
The Mavericks' composure will be tested.
"They have some guys who like to talk and play physical," Nowitzki said, "so I'm sure at some point sooner or later in the series something is going to happen."
The Spurs focused their defensive pressure on Nowitzki and Terry, at least through the first four games.
San Antonio fronted Nowitzki at the high post, usually with smaller defenders, but don't look for the Nuggets to do the same. Martin, one of the league's quickest and strongest power forwards, is prepared to guard Nowitzki straight up.
"Won't need no help," Martin promised. "I can guard anybody in this league."
The trick, Martin said, is to force Nowitzki to work at both ends of the court. When he wasn't guarding Tim Duncan in the San Antonio series, Nowitzki wasn't under constant attack at the defensive end. The Nuggets are considerably more potent on the block than the Spurs.
"Make him play defense on the defensive end and try to make it as difficult as possible on the offensive end," Martin said of Nowitzki. "He's going to get his touches, he's going to make shots, but once he makes one of them difficult, fade-away step-backs, just keep doing the things that I've been doing all along. I'm not going to shut him out. I'm just trying to make it as tough as possible."
That's what the Nuggets do.
Mavs could beat the Rockets...stop smoking that bag
The Mavs could not beat the Lakers or the Rockets......they are a jump shooting team that plays no defense.
The Rockets would destroy them.
DD
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