Could it really be? Is Dallas actually good?

[yenniedn]

They're about to go up 2-0 on the Fl@kers.

Maybe they're good after all and the refs didn't hand them the series in the first round??? Did we just lose to a better team?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I won't say so until they knock out the L*kers.

 

[Sug]

It could be, but it also couldn't be.

 

[yenniedn]

I won't say so until they knock out the L*kers.

They just walked into LA and took the first two games on the two time champs.

It could be, but it also couldn't be.

That's deep!

 

[yenniedn]

I love that the Fl@ker "fans" are booing their team. Loyal bastards.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, but what if L*kers take 4 in a row. Can't put it past them.

 

[Sug]

They just walked into LA and took the first two games on the two time champs.



That's deep!

Knee high?

 

[julius]

The Mavs have been up 2-0 before and lost.

I think the Lakers have been down 0-2 and won a series, right?

 

[yenniedn]

Yeah, but what if L*kers take 4 in a row. Can't put it past them.

Nah, I really don't think they will. Dallas had their chance to add to their long history of playoff chokes after Game 4 against us and they came back. And then coming to PDX to close out on the road really gave them a nice boost in confidence as well. I think they're playing very well and with a lot of confidence right now. Doesn't look like these Mavs are going to choke this series away.

Knee high?

About nipple high.

 

[Sug]

Ron Ron going nuts, Kobe will probably cry in the media, and Phil will smirk.

 

[Sug]

I wonder if Staples just got closed for the summer?

 

[PapaG]

Mavs are going to the Finals, as I predicted. Whether they beat the Bulls is another story.

 

[RoyToy]

Fuck Assclown McMuffin

Terrible coach

 

[Boob-No-More]

Did we just lose to a better team?

Yes, regardless of the outcome of this series. Doesn't the fact that they were the 3rd seed with 57 wins and we were the 6th seed with 48 wins kinda indicate they are the better team? Well, that and the fact they beat us 4-2.

BNM

 

[Tince]

Phil Jackson is a horrible coach, he has no clue what he's doing. That's the only possible way Dallas is winning, right?

 

[PapaG]

Fuck Assclown McMuffin

Terrible coach

We weirdos were considered wackos in the threads where some of us advocated tanking for the Spurs. :MARIS61:

 

[KingSpeed]

The Mavs have been up 2-0 before and lost.

I think the Lakers have been down 0-2 and won a series, right?

This is a different Mavs team with three different/better starters in Kidd, Marion, and Chandler. Furthermore, in 2006, games 3-5 were in Miami. In THIS series, Dallas is going HOME for Games 3 & 4. We might've just seen Phil coach his last game at Staples.

Phil has never been back from 0-2. I'm not sure the Lakers as a franchise have ever been back from 0-2. Definitely not in the last 20 years. It's only been done like 14 times. And it almost NEVER happens after losing the first two at home. One of the teams that HAS done it? Dallas against Houston in 2005.

This is the Mavs' year.

 

[KingSpeed]

We weirdos were considered wackos in the threads where some of us advocated tanking for the Spurs. :MARIS61:

I still think that was a bad idea. We still would've had to go through Dallas eventually anyway. Champs don't tank for playoff seeding. No banners are hung for winning a round.

 

[KingSpeed]

They're about to go up 2-0 on the Fl@kers.

Maybe they're good after all and the refs didn't hand them the series in the first round??? Did we just lose to a better team?

Yes.

 

[BBert]

They're about to go up 2-0 on the Fl@kers.

Maybe they're good after all and the refs didn't hand them the series in the first round??? Did we just lose to a better team?

I said after the series that the better team won. And that we got royally screwed by the refs in game 1. Other than that, I agree: Dallas seems to be the real deal. Losing to them doesn't look so bad now.

 

[Pinwheel1]

IMO Dallas was the best team in the league before Caron Butler went down. And they still finished the season winning 30 of their last 40. (Or something close)

I can't get over how Barea continues to get to the basket time and time again.

 

[Draco]

There have only been 4 times in NBA history a team lost the first two at home then won the series

 

[Draco]

If the lakers don't win one of the next two in Dallas their done.

 

[KingSpeed]

IMO Dallas was the best team in the league before Caron Butler went down. And they still finished the season winning 30 of their last 40. (Or something close)

I can't get over how Barea continues to get to the basket time and time again.

We did a good job of guarding Barea actually.

There have only been 4 times in NBA history a team lost the first two at home then won the series

And Dallas was one of them. Against Houston in 2005.

 

[julius]

There have only been 4 times in NBA history a team lost the first two at home then won the series

The Lakers love to make their title runs historic. Winning this series would be that.

 

[PapaG]

I still think that was a bad idea. We still would've had to go through Dallas eventually anyway. Champs don't tank for playoff seeding. No banners are hung for winning a round.

Well, perhaps the Blazers would have made it past the first round, with the confidence of winning a series. I thought you were advocating playing the Lakers in round one?

 

[KingSpeed]

The Lakers love to make their title runs historic. Winning this series would be that.

No way the Mavs blow this. They have the better team and it's actually not even close.

 

[KingSpeed]

Well, perhaps the Blazers would have made it past the first round, with the confidence of winning a series. I thought you were advocating playing the Lakers in round one?

I wanted the Lakers because it would've gotten us a lot of national attention and they are my most hated team. I wanted to see my favorite team beat my most hated team. I felt the same way last year. I want revenge for 2000. But I was not an advocate of tanking to affect who we would end up playing. I always root for us to win the game in front of us.

 

[PapaG]

I wanted the Lakers because it would've gotten us a lot of national attention and they are my most hated team. I wanted to see my favorite team beat my most hated team. I felt the same way last year. I want revenge for 2000. But I was not an advocate of tanking to affect who we would end up playing. I always root for us to win the game in front of us.

Great. Lionel Hollins disagrees, as he proved by benching his best players against the Blazers in the last week of the season. Now go post another few threads about Zach's redemption by beating an overrated Spurs team, and juxtapose it with how tanking is bad.

 

[magnifier661]

They're about to go up 2-0 on the Fl@kers.

Maybe they're good after all and the refs didn't hand them the series in the first round??? Did we just lose to a better team?

Or maybe our team doesn't suck like so many think. We actually were very close to winning that series (Losing game 1 when we could have won it). BUT... I think we conditioned them perfectly for the Lakers. We were physical enough for them to get that much tougher. Good for them.