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Also, there have been plenty of examples of where one team dominated another in the regular season, only for it to reverse in the postseason.
It's a new season and a new Hornets team, but before December, the Hornets hadn't beaten the Mavs since 1999. They'll have HCA, but is there really a huge gap between the two teams? I would probably pick the Hornets to win in 7, but I think Dallas has a great shot at the "upset." Meanwhile, they would be on the other side of the bracket away from the Lakers. We just can't beat LA. Kobe treats the Mavs like that girl in Colorado, and Jackzen will run circles around Avery.
Also, there have been plenty of examples of where one team dominated another in the regular season, only for it to reverse in the postseason.
Looks like the Hornets and Mavs will face each other in the first round now. Mavs in 7.
Assuming the Lake Show takes care of the Queens and Scott decides not to play his starters heavy minutes. I think it would send a bad psychological message to his team to go all out on the 2nd night of a b2b to try and beat Dallas on the road in order to avoid them. Their at ude needs to be more of "Bring 'em on."
Hornets should do what's best for their team and rest the players. Going all out in a meaningless game in order to avoid a team is pussy. If you can't beat any other team on a given night, then you have no business contending.
^The only legitimate reasoning for that is if your team is not 100% healthy and you are waiting on key players to return or shake off rust. None of that applies to NOH.
I look forward to a well played contest between the Hornets and Mavs.
Especially since the Nuggets would be the tougher team after the Kidd trade.
Wow, you've really veered into troll territory. You're more obsessed than DaDakota.
I guarantee you the Hornets would much prefer the Thuggets.
Alright man I take that back. I get sick of the comments on this site by other mavs fans. I definitely have been trolling lately. We'll see how things go.
I think there are times we'll miss Devin and Diop, but not so much to not do the deal. At a certain point, you have to stop throwing your team under the bus and cheer them regardless. In three weeks we'll be bumping the offseason speculation thread if things go to .
Next year when we get Yao and Francis back, look out!
Yao would be a formidable addition to the Rockets. Francis is done.
Francis was playing earlier with a 75% torn pateller tendon. Either he was an idiot playing with all that pain or he's tough as nails. His pateller tendon is now repaired and I predict the return of the former player known as
"The Franchise"
Even in his heyday he wasn't all that great. He did nothing impressive in Orlando or New York. Seriously, all Houston needs to do is fix Yao's feet so he doesn't end up like Bill Walton.Francis was playing earlier with a 75% torn pateller tendon. Either he was an idiot playing with all that pain or he's tough as nails. His pateller tendon is now repaired and I predict the return of the former player known as
"The Franchise"
Yao will be fine, the technology in Walton's time didn't exist. In fact had Walton played in today's league, he would have had a long and distiguished career. Yao's injury is the same as Waltons and so was big Z's. But they just put a pin in it like rebar and the bone heals around it so that it's stronger than it ever could have been before. That's why Yao opted for surgery. That foot will likely never have a problem again. It's the other one that I'm concerned about.
I thought Yao opted for surgery so he'd be ready for Beijing in August, but either way, I hope he makes it back at 100%.
Hopefully so, as to the Mav's good luck with whoever you end up playing. Personally I'd rather see the Lakers play the Mavs just because there's some history there and the two teams just don't like each other. It would be pretty entertaining.
entertaining for sure^
God I wish we had Yao right now.
This thread is somewhat hypocritical. So NOH should rest their players and not worry about a matchup with the Mavs, while the Mavs should play hard so as to avoid a matchup with the Lakers? As a Suns fan I would love to see a Mavs-Lakers first round - as would the rest of the West - as it takes out a strong team. Although Mavs-Hornets takes out a good team as well. The Hornets just aren't playoff experienced at all, except for Peja.
The rest of the West sure would love to see the Mavs play the Lakers in the first round. You basically knock out one of the championship contenders in the first round.
The other knock-out series is Spurs/Suns.
Rockets have no chance without Yao
CP3 is starting to look tired
Nuggets might get swept
Jazz actually have a chance, it depends on who they get to matchup with but those road woes are hard to overcome.
Mavs/Lakers/Spurs/Suns...your WCF champion is in there somewhere.
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Carmelo and the State of Colorado vs. Kobe and the Lakers!
Heheh, good one. It's odd but Colorado doesn't hate Kobe anymore, I suppose people's memories are short or they figured the girl was a gold digger. Kobe's had a good number of MVP chants in Denver. On top of that, in the ESPN voting, half of Colorado voted Kobe as the MVP.
Also read on ESPN
New Orleans at Dallas (ESPN, 7 ET) -- The Hornets come into this one with nothing to gain or lose, having locked up the No. 2 seed the night before. Look for major Ryan Bowen action and extended Hilton Armstrong face-time. The Hornets starters can rest up.
If you believe Dallas would rather face the Hornets than the Lakers, then the Mavs have a big incentive to win. If Dallas loses and Denver wins, then the Mavs would fall to the eight seed because the Nuggets hold the head-to-head tiebreaker. That would mean a first-round playoff series with Kobe Bryant for Dallas.
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