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vs. Lakers, 3/2: 26 shots, 8 FTs
vs. Kings, 2/29: 26 shots, 2 FTs
vs. Spurs, 2/28: 15 shots, 21 FTs
Of course they are beatable. If Dirk doesn't lose his gonads for 3 quarters yesterday, Mavs wipe the floor with the Lakers. Wonder how Mavs feel about the disparity in FTs? 37 - 17....Almost felt like a Spurs - Mavs game where they get the majority of the calls.
And while I'm at it.....Why in the does Kobe get to stand on the court and at the refs and never get a T? Why does he get to throw the ball on the court in anger after being called for a foul and not getting Teed up?
If I was Cuban, this is the film I would send to the league. And start asking how it is that Kobe is allowed to get away with that no other player in the league is allowed a pass on.
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vs. Lakers, 3/2: 26 shots, 8 FTs
vs. Kings, 2/29: 26 shots, 2 FTs
vs. Spurs, 2/28: 15 shots, 21 FTs
I would be more worried about LA, because they are and have been the beefier team, and Tim doesn't like to play against beefy front lines. That's why I was MUY excited about getting Kurt Thomas. I think he'll help A LOT against LA (and PHx).
Mavs are still a threat, but a bit less now that Harris (who could torture Parker) and Diop (who played well against SA) are gone.
Tim Duncan against the Mavs last Thursday: 31 points and 15 rebounds.
Tim Duncan averages in that playoff series: 32 points and 15 rebounds. Diop and Dampier never played him straight up exclusively, they got double help from time to time. What's your point?
That game last Thursday was played by both teams in fifth gear. Any series is going 6 or 7 games.
Mavs and Lakers are both threats. Mavs are the biggest threat right now because of their history of playing against us so damned well. The jury is still out on how a Spurs/Lakers matchup plays out. On paper (and the media), the Lakers look good. Time will tell tho.
Right now, the Mavs have proven time and again they play us tuff. So, until the Lakers proove the same, the Mavs have earned the "most concerned" mini-award-to-answer-the-thread-topic thing here.
and if dirk doesn't get awarded as many FTs as the entire Spurs' team in Dallas, the Spurs might have won in 6.
it is what it is.
ing no. The ONLY team in the West that has me worried are the Lakers. The Mavs are pretty mediocre for a Western team I think, and while Kidd might have helped them a tiny bit on offense, they're worse defensively now.
I can't believe anyone here is worried about them. We beat them last week with both Tony and Manu playing like crap and the refs giving them all the calls. Dirk got like 20+ FT attempts where as our guards couldn't buy a call. In the past there's no way we beat those guys unless Manu and Tony played really well. This year we've beaten them once with Timmy in street clothes and once with only one of the big three playing well.
They don't concern me all that much and I think the bloom is off the rose with Avery, he's not that great of a coach.
Our offensive efficiency has been worse with Kidd actually. It's our defense that has been better.
Because they're smart? I think the Spurs would be favored in a 7-game series, and they should be, but the Mavs would be a war.I can't believe anyone here is worried about them.
Josh and Jet the bed too.We beat them last week with both Tony and Manu playing like crap
and the refs giving them all the calls.
I could complain about the sequence at the end, but I'm not.Dirk got like 20+ FT attempts where as our guards couldn't buy a call.
I agree that the Mavs are no pushovers, but unlike the past three years I'd rather face them than the Suns (Nash, more than Shaq, is the giant talent that still makes the difference) and the Jazz (the addition of Korver gives them another weapon, and the Williams/Boozer combo is playing like the Stockton/Malone duo that got them into two finals).
Of course, the Lakers are a team to be reckoned; but in my mind, they're still an unknown factor. We haven't played them in their current makeup. We know Kobe can still take over any game, and Bynum is a giant in the making. But I'm far less impressed by Gasol than the Laker fans, having seen him fade in enough games against the Spurs in the past.
But back to the Mavs: I think they are now basically a two man team -- Kidd an Nowitzki -- and two guys is hardly enough to win a seven games series against a loaded team like the Spurs.
Right now this is true. Something is going on with Josh Howard.
There are only 3 elite teams in the WC right now:
Spurs, Lakers, and Mavs. the records and standings and seedings at this point, when all is said and done these are the 3 teams to beat in the WC.
We'll beat the Mav's down for ya. Push them further down so they can get a lock on 4th place lol. Hey the Rockets are right behind ya now in the SW Division. 2.5 games out. Hornets are 2 games out. But I think the Hornets lose from here on out. Lately, they are getting beat down and just got pummeled by the Wizards.
They will win their next three. But after that? hahaha
Mon 03 @ New York 6:30pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Wed 05 vs Atlanta 7:00pm KMEZ, WIBR
Fri 07 vs New Jersey 7:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Sat 08 @ Houston 7:30pm CST , RTV KMEZ, WIBR
Wed 12 vs San Antonio 7:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Fri 14 vs LA Lakers 7:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Sun 16 @ Detroit 5:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Mon 17 vs Chicago 7:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Wed 19 vs Houston 7:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Sat 22 vs Boston 7:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Tue 25 @ Indiana 6:00pm CST , SCORE KMEZ, WIBR
Wed 26 @ Cleveland 6:00pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Fri 28 @ Boston 6:30pm CST KMEZ, WIBR
Sun 30 @ Toronto
Lakers and Mavs are both teams to fear if I were a spurs fan. The Suns screwed their chances with one trade and Houston was taken out with that injury of Yao. Dallas could get much better imo with more time off between games. More practices and rest. They still got to incorporate Magloire and Lue to their lineup. The Lakers could be even more dangerous if Bynum is the real thing. I think they will have chemistry problems if they bench Luke Walton.
The Mavs will probably lose tonight in Utah. 4 games in 5 days is the kiss of death, especially on the road. If Jho had played 80% of his normal game this past week they would be on a 6 in a row streak.
But after tonight the Mavs will win 9 of their next 10 and catch up with the Spurs a little.
The Lakers are beatable. It took 52 by Kobe, at home, getting 25 free throw attempts 50 for the team, to beat the Mavs, in Overtime, when Howard and STackhouse shot 20%.
So, yes, you better fear the Mavs and the Lakers and the Jazz and the Hornets and the rest of the west, except for maybe Denver?
Because there's gonna be some upsets come playoff time my friend.
It also took 8 missed free throws from Kobe, our best 3pt shooter going 1/10, Odom making several boneheaded plays in the clutch, and poor shooting from everyone on our team not named Kobe for you guys to even stay in the game. And Dirk was pretty miraculous in the 4th as well. Let's just say it was a poor poor shooting night from both teams.
Josh and Dirk were 6-27 at one point. Both teams had their opportunities to break the game open and couldn't do it.
Exactly, poor shooting night from both teams. Lakers were able to grind it out in the end thankfully.
A Spurs v. Mavs playoff series probably means 7-games, always in doubt for both teams. The way AJ coaches it up, it boils down to Iso's, Iso's and more Iso's.
Incorporating Lue is simple: just clear a spot on the IR for him.
He is clearly good enough to play 12 minutes a game a la Damon Stoudemire.
So did the Mavs!
You wish.So did the Mavs!
I still remember when the Lakers tried to make Lue act like Allen Iverson in practice before the '01 finals. Then the image of A.I. walking right over Lue after hitting a shot in his face -- priceless. Mavs please try to make believe he is your Parker-stopping, Devin Harris replacement.
Stoudemire >>>> Lou
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