dare to look ahead at playoff match-ups...

[Warlord23]

1st seed Spurs play 8th seed.

4th seed Mavs play 5th seed.

Spurs vs Mavs, in same bracket, play in 2nd round, not WCF

Mavs will be either the 2nd or 3rd seed. The old rule of division winners getting the top 3 seeds was changed a few years back. Division winners are guaranteed a top 4 seed, not top 3. Mavs currently are at #2 and will play LA in the 2nd round. Spurs (if they get there) will meet either Dallas or LA in the WCF

[Cry Havoc]

1st seed Spurs play 8th seed.

4th seed Mavs play 5th seed.

Spurs vs Mavs, in same bracket, play in 2nd round, not WCF

wat

Have you not been paying attention to the NBA for the past 3 years, or what?

[coyotes_geek]

wat

Have you not been paying attention to the NBA for the past 3 years, or what?

The VRWC changed the playoff format on him.

[Kool Bob Love]

So if there is a lakers / mavs serie, who guys will root for ?

I'll be on mavs side... FTL

Lakers side. I want to see the Spurs send these LAmes out crying. word to 2003.

I would want lakers vs Mavs to go to to game 7 triple over time.

[coyotes_geek]

i don't see memphis missing the playoffs. denver might after this initial " it, we'll win without melo" high cools off.

I dunno about Memphis. Their schedule down the stretch is pretty rough.

Agree on Denver though.

[TampaDude]

So if there is a lakers / mavs series, who guys will root for ?

I'll be on mavs side... FTL

+1 I'd have to go with the Mavs on that one, too. Dirk is baller.

[coyotes_geek]

So if there is a lakers / mavs serie, who guys will root for ?

I'll be on mavs side... FTL

Rooting for the mavs, but tbh I see the lakers winning that series.

[John Basedow]

crofl spurfans praying that Dallas does their dirty work for them. them LA s gonna curbstomp you and send timmy into early retirement.
No self-respecting, knowledgeable NBA fan would bet on the Mavs beating the Lakers in the playoffs (or the Spurs beating the Lakers).

[K-State Spur]

So if there is a lakers / mavs serie, who guys will root for ?

Fatigue.

In all honesty, I don't care which one the Spurs play - there are advantages and disadvantages to either potential match-up.

Spurs are owed a good long prior series by both these teams:

'08 Lakers took advantage of an exhausted Spurs team. Spurs had to play less than 48 hours after game 7 in NO (with events on the tar mac well do ented) and had a great opportunity to steal Game 1 before running out of gas.

'06 Despite being #1 seed, Spurs had a tough 6 game series against a red-hot (best record in the 2nd half) Sacramento that was a match-up nightmare, while Dallas enjoyed a relatively easy series agains the the Grizz.

[Cry Havoc]

crofl spurfans praying that Dallas does their dirty work for them. them LA s gonna curbstomp you and send timmy into early retirement.
No self-respecting, knowledgeable NBA fan would bet on the Mavs beating the Lakers in the playoffs (or the Spurs beating the Lakers).

Better than needing injuries like the Lakeshow did last year.

[Agloco]

1st seed Spurs play 8th seed.

4th seed Mavs play 5th seed.

Spurs vs Mavs, in same bracket, play in 2nd round, not WCF

How do you figure that the Mavs will be the 4 seed?

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

I so, so, badly want to see a Spurs - Suns matchup in the first round. But there are so many hurdles that have to be overcome for that to happen. Phoenix needs to get its act together so that we can beat them down again.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Unless something unusual happens, I foresee the Mavs and Lakers sticking with the 2# and 3 seeds....don't see either of them falling to 4#.



I think a Mavs-Lakers matchup in the WCSF is almost definitely happening.....I'd give it 70% likelihood.