Mavs are lucky

[Budkin]

They crushed the Lakers and beat LeHeat. They ing earned that all the way.

[chazley]

yep, and as it has been mentioned in here already...the Mavs can say the exact same thing from 2007. The Warriors were the only team that could beat the Mavs. Dallas would have destroyed any other team in the playoffs from either conference.

And also, the 2007 Mavs would have beat the out of the 2011 Spurs.

Comparing the 2007 Spurs championship to the 2011 Mavs championship is stupid. If Manu doesn't commit the stupidest foul in the history of playoff basketball, we beat them in 2006, and there's no precedent for them being able to beat us in a 7 game series. The terrible 2010 Spurs still kicked the 2010 Mavs ass, because Hill is the perfect defensive player against Jason Kidd. While the 2011 Mavs were obviously alot better than the 2010 version, so were the 2011 Spurs versus the 2010 Spurs.

2007 Mavs were a flawed team, great in the regular season with amazing offense, but nothing more than a middle of the pack defense. The 2011 Spurs, with Duncan on the floor, were a top 5 defense all season long (they were 3rd at some point late in the season).

The two biggest mistakes that the 2011 Spurs made were we stopped playing fast and we stopped starting Blair. We started slowing it down plus starting Dice, and it killed RJ and Blair's production and Duncan couldn't pick up the slack.

[chazley]

They crushed the Lakers and beat LeHeat. They ing earned that all the way.

Lakers were terrible pretty much all season, except for 2 stretches, to begin the season and right after the all star break. Other than that, they were atrocious. Beating them isn't what it seems.

Lebron just decided to go from MJ against Chicago to RJ against the Mavs. No one knows what happened.

[Venti Quattro]

Foaming at the mouth with MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

[chazley]

Foaming at the mouth with MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

I don't blame you. Your Lakers looked atrocious all season long, you must've broke a few pieces of furniture.

[Ghazi]

I don't blame you. Your Lakers looked atrocious all season long, you must've broke a few pieces of furniture.

winning 57 games w/ a +6.1 margin of victory = atrocious?

SO MAD

[Venti Quattro]

I don't blame you. Your Lakers looked atrocious all season long, you must've broke a few pieces of furniture.

I probably broke one of the 16 trophies, but no worries, the Lakers still have 15

[Budkin]

Why won't you just give the Mavs their props? They kicked some serious ass in the playoffs.

[chazley]

Why won't you just give the Mavs their props? They kicked some serious ass in the playoffs.

You're right, they did.

Doesn't mean that they didn't get lucky avoiding the top 2 teams in the West and Lebron deciding to emulate RJ.

[mavsfan1000]

Why won't you just give the Mavs their props? They kicked some serious ass in the playoffs.

Some will find any way possible to spin it around to take credit away from the Mavs. They are a very clutch team. They find ways to win.

[chazley]

Some will find any way possible to spin it around to take credit away from the Mavs. They are a very clutch team. They find ways to win.

I will say, Dirk solidified himself as the most clutch player in this league, and I'm glad he and Kidd got a championship.

[Agloco]

They didn't play us this year. We would've beaten their asses AGAIN. Of course, we got matched up against the only team who could beat us in a 7 game series in the league, the ONLY playoff team that pounded it down low on EVERY possession.

Next year, we will be back.

Mavfans from 2007 say o. It's come full circle.

[chazley]

Mavfans from 2007 say o. It's come full circle.

Already countered this multiple times.

[dude1394]

better lucky than good.

But it's better to be lucky AND great.