lol 3 in a row
My thoughts on this series is that its the battle of the two most underachieving Western Conference teams of the last decade.
The Mavs with their 12 straight 50+ win seasons with no le to show for it and the Blazers who were supposed to be the next big dynasty with Greg Oden, who have yet to even advance past the first round since 1999-2000
Mavericks in 7
Mav's should take this in 6 games. Portland is great at home, and that's why they'll take a couple games, but I'm not so sure about them on the road in Dallas, plus the Blazers have a very thin front line.
This one's a coin flip.
Going 7. Either way.
Mavs in 6, but leaning toward 7
6 sounds like a good number but I don't see them clinching in the Rose Garden.
I think Mavs will take it in 5 or 7
Sounds like alot of people pick the mavs. If they get bounced again in the 1st rd they will cement themselves as the most underachieving franchise in the history of sports
I think the Mavs could win in 4 or 5. But with other intangibles could be stretched to 6 or 7, but still win. The Blazers could also win in 4 or 5 or maybe even 6 or 7.
imo
Portland is 14th in the league at rebounding (rebound rate), and 3rd at offensive rebounding.
Also, we don't have to match your scoring if we play defense, which I understand is a foreign language for you.
sooo, the mavs or blazers could win in 4, 5, 6, or 7 games.....got it.
lol trolled
Mavs in 6
Damn dude you ride gerald wallace harder than gaynaldo riding Reggie Williams
Hit the link for the whole piece.
http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index....mpt_to_sh.htmlDallas Mavericks attempt to shed 'underachiever' label in NBA playoffs
Jaime Aron
...Sentiment is building that Dallas is as vulnerable as ever. Lakers guard Matt Barnes and Nuggets coach George Karl made comments in recent weeks suggesting the Mavericks are the team everyone wants to play.
It’s not just mind games. Four straight wins to close the regular season bumped them to a mere 12-9 since early March. Until beating New Orleans on Wednesday night, they’d lost nine straight games against Western playoff teams, including two against the Trail Blazers.
“I hope whoever we’re facing is thinking, ’Same old Mavs, a team that’s going to come in and get knocked out early,’ because that’ll give us an advantage,” center Tyson Chandler said. “Sometimes it’s good to be the hunter instead of the hunted.”
Then again, Chandler is a newcomer. He doesn’t know the here-we-go-again frustration in and around the organization. A few years ago, in fact, Chandler helped the Hornets add to the Mavs’ misery with one of those first-round oustings.
Yet his presence is one of the reasons Dallas is hoping things will be different. He and Brendan Haywood give the Mavericks the best depth and flexibility they’ve ever had at center.
“(Chandler) is the most athletic big man I’ve ever played with,” Nowitzki said. “If our two big guys play like (Dallas expects), we can beat some people in the playoffs.”
...Although Dallas lost both games in Portland this season, the Mavericks tied Miami for the most road wins in the NBA. They also allowed the 10th-fewest points this season, while scoring the 11th-most; only the Heat and the Lakers were that good on both ends of the court.
“We’ve got to play great defense — that’s the thing that’s got to be our calling card in this series,” Carlisle said. “If we do that, it’s always going to enhance our offense.”
...“We know this is not an easy challenge, but we know it’s a challenge that is a great one,” Carlisle said. “So embracing it and being energized by it is what we’re going to make it about.”
this is unrelated but did anyone catch what Hollinger said on the mavericks in 5-5..
I still have no idea why Memphis tanked that game in Portland. The Grizzlies would have murdered Dallas. They beat the Mavs three out of four times this season. Now they're going to lose to San Antonio in five or six.
http://espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=5-on-5-110414
o YE of little faith!!
tbh dallas did miss out on wallace considering they got him for but whats done is done imo. Wait until the series is over and the Mavs get on though, Portland isn't playoff tested and is shaky on the road. Maybe Dallas shoots hot for 1 round, you never know.
Portland is relatively playoff talented for the 1st round (been there the last two years). Last year they played pretty well given how banged up they were.
Shaky first couple of games, but Dallas gets it together and gets a split in Portland...then finishes them convincingly in game 5.
I say it's a 7 game series. I think every team wins at home and it comes down to last game and Dirk balls out.
Mavs in 6.
My job depends on them, unfortunately.
Mavs lose 1 of the first 2 games at home. Portland wins both games in Portland. Dallas wins in Dallas. Portland finishes them off in Portland.
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