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jazz give up 39 points in the fourth to sonics
and lose by three to sonics
jazz give up 39 points in the fourth to sonics
Jazz +20 to start the 4th.
Jazz may drop to 5th and lose HCA vs Rockets, but McGrady is hurt.
the mavs second round is pretty much a formality
with hobbled players for the rockts and uninspired players from the jazz, i can't see a series with either team taking more than 5 games
Meanwhile, the Spurs and Suns will duke it out in a tough 2nd round series.
Jazz must have watched some Mavs film on how to blow 4th quarter leads
So, basically it's starting to look like the Mavs will be receiving a bye for the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Rockets will not be a push over for the Mavs if Tmacs back wont act up
Rockets if healthy can beat any team in the league. I honestly feel that way. That being said, have they ever been healthy? Aside from the Nuggets, they're the only team with two superstars on it but T-Mac can't stay healthy to save his life. Rockets could definatley take a game or two or even 3 from the Mavs. I don't expect them to beat them but I do expect every game to be compe ive.
Well, with that loss, the Spurs officially secure the 3 seed.
It's impossible to duke it out with the Suns. They're not physical enough to duke. We'll run a lot I guess, but I don't think it will be a rough series.
Meanwhile, the Spurs and Suns will duke it out in a tough 2nd round series.
I'd be worried about a 100% healthy Rockets team. They're an awful matchup for us. We have nobody that can guard Yao or T-Mac.
Except we wouldn't play them until the WCFs, since they are in the 1/4/5/8 bracket. At that point, Dallas is dead, and I don't care.
If the Spurs played the Rockets in the Western Finals I would be more than confident in them winning.
Bowen is really getting into playoff shut down mode, that being apparent thursday night and his awesome jobs done on Nash, Marion, and others.
I still say, if the Jazz can get their collective heads out of their butts, they could push the Mavericks to 7 and maybe pull it out.
Kirilenko, Okur, and sometimes Milsap match up well defensively on Dirk, and others.
Its a perfect storm.
Bowen has a history of guarding TMac well. TMac versus Bowen as a Spur is 140-358 lifetime from the field for 377 points. You can't shut down a superstar much more than that over a span of six years.
The one game this year in which TMac went off, it was mostly when Bowen was on the bench. He didn't miss a shot with Bowen sitting. As long as Bowen is healthy and playing, there isn't anyone in the league more adept at defending TMac.
I'm not like some deranged Yankee fan that thinks his team should win every year, so I wouldn't be too upset about losing to certain teams. Obviously I'd prefer to win, but if we lost to the Rockets, Jazz or Warriors I'd be okay with it.
It just so happens that the teams I really, really, dislike, the Mavs, Suns, Lakers and Heat are all the teams we're most likely to play.
wait a minute.
If we played the warriors that would be western finals.
Well maybe, not totally but maybe, but youd be ok with it?
no. Pay back for 91 damnt
Like I said I'm from there and my best friend is a Warriors fan. It wouldn't be the worst thing that ever happened to lose to them.
Speaking of which, good for the W's, Denver outscored the Clips by 11 in the 4th and won. Warriors are still alive. Plus there's a chance we might avoid Kobe after all, even as the 3 seed.
Once again, HOUSTON cannot play Dallas and take it more than 5 games.
Is Houston a good team? Yes, but not against really good teams. Dallas would either sweep Houston in 4 games, or win 4-1.
Clippers in the first round would be a sweep.
If Dallas played GS in 1st round and Utah in 2nd round, things would be more interesting. But Houston and the Clippers might as well not even make the playoffs given what would happen to them vs Dallas.
the Nuggets have suddenly put the D back in Denver
I saw my first Nuggets game in Africa yesterday vs the Mavs
Wow let me check NBA.com for the latest standings.
Tim owns Yao all the time, but I think because his offense will be needed and he can't be in foul trouble versus Houston, he'll be on Howard.
clippers have played three less games then gs
they have to lose them for gs to get in
Dallas1sw 63 13
Phoenix2p 57 19
San Antonio3x 55 21
Utah4nw 48 28
Houston5x 47 29
Denver6 40 36
L.A. Lakers7 40 36
L.A. Clippers8 37 38
Golden State 37 40
thats the latest standings.
Looks like its all pretty much set after the Clipper lost tonight, had the Clippers won, it would've been interesting.
Looks like itll come down to who you want more in the first round.
Melo and AI
or Kobe and Odom.
I dunno.
Im torn, both teams give the Spurs huge huge matchup problems.
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