If the Hornets lose to the Clippers, then all bets are off. They will play as hard as they possibly can against the Mavericks to keep their number 2 seed.
I know quite a few Laker fans that know they dont wanna see the Mavericks at all in the first round.Dallas-LA would be a dream matchup for everyone but Dallas and LA.It'll be a travesty if the Lakers end up with a 1st-round date with the Nuggets, while everyone else has to play their asses off just to make it to the 2nd round.
Everyone's underestimating the Mavs right now, and I don't think that's a very smart thing to do.
Mavs shock the world in 6, maybe 5.
I think if we had a better coach we should beat the Lakers.
Del Harris!
If the Hornets beat the Clippers, it's done, they can't go lower than #2 no matter what. The Hornets really have no reason to play all out... IN DALLAS. And the more important this is, the MAVS prefer to have the Hornets rather than the Lakers.
Lakers would Prefer the Nugz ... that should be a pretty easy series...especially with Crymelo not in his full mind after the DUI charges.
People here on this board don't respect him, I don't know why. He's better than Avery. Maybe Lakers fans can shed some light, but basically they won 55+ games every year with Shaq and lost to an equally good Utah team and Shaq basically decided he didn't like Del and wouldn't listen to him?
Lakers prefer Nuggets, though Mavs are not a bad matchup for them either.
Hornets prefer ?
Mavs prefer Hornets.
All those teams would be happy if the Mavs had just beaten the Sonics.
Maybe Kings will play spoiler tonight
It would be done from the point of view that the you're assuming that New Orleans would tank their game after that to the Mavs. Which is why all Spurs fans should be rooting for the Clippers to pull off the upset
Even though the Lakers would beat the Mavs, they probably understand a series against Dallas would be more of a grind and the Nugz are preferable.
Hornets may prefer the Nuggets and would thus play all out against the Mavs. It's not out of the realm.
We would beat them for sure.
I'm sorry, but the Lakers simply do not impress me one bit. The Mavs choked away all 3 games they lost to them this year, they should have won them all. And coaching was a huge part of why they lost all 3.
Hornets would definately prefer the Nuggets. I forgot about this angle.
Oh yeah, a Laker Nugz series with CryMelo having legal issues will end in 4-5 games. A Dallas series would be hard fought but HCA will get the win.
Sacto ain't playing spoiler tonight.... Artest decided he's going to have surgery on his thumb on Thursday so he's done for the season. Brad Miller Out, and K-Mart probably out as well. Should be a snoozefest in Staples Center.
The Lakers are very good, but I agree, the Mavs have the talent to deal with them.
Yep, I could DEFINATELY see it going seven games.
It would be a great series, but I can't see the Mavs even stretching it to six.
Here's how it would shake out:
Lakers get the first two in LA, one blowout and one close to the wire.
Each team wins a close one in Dallas.
Lakers close the Mavs out in G5 back in LA. It won't be a blowout, but it wouldn't be a last possession type of game either. Lakers by 8-11 to win the series.
LA wins tonight...NOH wins tonight....DAL wins tomorrow night...B-Scott wont over extend his players on the 2nd night of a B2B and what if NOH tries its hardest to beat the Mavs and falls short. That would leave some doubt in the players mind. I say NOH plays it starters on wednesday but very limited minutes
Mavs Hornets
Lakers Nuggets
BOOK IT!!!!
The Mavs achilles heel all year long has been their inability to consistently beat good teams on the road and execute in the crunch. And we're going to beat the Lakers when they have Jackzen and Kobe?
Nope, I think the Lakers blowout game one. But then slack off and the Mavs come back to win game 2. If the Mavs can get a lead in the series, the Lakers will be in real trouble...they don't have an inside presence and will need to shoot a lot of jump shots.
The key is how the Mavs do containing Lamar Odom. Odom is the key.
The Lakers have had Jackson and Kobe the last two years and they couldn't get out of the first round.
Stay posetive!!!
He's been playing well for them and really stepped it up in Bynum's absence. And Dirk does not have good lateral movement on D with that high ankle sprain, Odom exposed him in the last Lakers-Mavs game. I think that's the biggest issue right there, is that Odom has the potential to get back anything they give up to Dirk. For some reason a lot of people doubt Odom and think he's not very clutch, but he doesn't need to be their crunch time go to guy to beat Dallas.
The Mavs have the potential to make a deep playoff run, the talent is there and Dirk is playing some really inspired ball. But the rest of the team is so inconsistent.
Getting swept 4-0 by the Spurs in '99 sealed his fate.
I'm just saying it would be funny if he moved into the head coaching spot v. Lakers. Funnier if he said he was inspired by "Aspire Higher."
if mavs play lakers season is over w/ no if ands or buts...however with NOH the door is open
mavs biggest problem is perimeter D especially against quick/atheltics SG...NOH only has Paul on the perimeter to worry about penitrating the lane. Mo Pete is a spot up shooter and you dont have to worry about Peja beating you off the dribble....LA poses a slue of problems both on the perimeter and in the post with Gasol and Kobe. David West is a great player but we all know he plays 12-18ft from the basket
Don't have an inside presence? Who the do you think Pau Gasol is you dumb ? Seriously stop talking, you don't know about the Lakers.
The Lakers have two players in the starting 5 shooting well over 50% from the field. They certainly aren't taking jumpshots you dumbass.
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