Dallas Mavericks

[edgeknife]

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Final score 102-93 and MAVS are going to NBA FINALS!! :mrgreen:

It's time to cool down the HEAT!!!

[anakin]

Finally, MAVS made it through.
For the finals against Miami, MAVS in 6!

[cool]

great game

next estep miami

[jugs_06]

mavs... rock on.... :mrgreen:

good game against the suns.. lubong yo!

goodluck nalang sa ilaha vs. HEAT..

[omad]

You base your opinions on Dallas' performance against the SPURS where DALLAS almost lost (a couple of those games could've went the other way). If you base it on that, I'd say the MAVS were lucky to went to win that series.
Unfortunately, Basketball doesn't work that way.... just because a certain team performed that way against another they would also perform the same way against another team... EZRA ..and you know why I used the Spurs as an example? 'coz they are comparable as a team to the Heat: Duncan=Shaq, Wade=Parker+Manu, and the role players are about the same. and here's one glaring stat I didn't use, the Mavs are 2-0 against the Heat in the regular season but since I don't consider that as a gauge, I used another team's playoff performance sans the Spurs example.

You're asking who could do a better job than Bowen at defending Dirk... maybe Mourning... maybe not. But, one thing for sure is that the one defending Dirk is gonna get help... you're answer is as vague as any other coaches' in the league.. I can't blame you.. nobody can give a decent answer to the question I posed..

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I don't think Heat's defense against Nowitzki is as much of an issue compared to the MAVS' defense against SHAQ and WADE. Especially SHAQ since the MAVS seems to have a bit of trouble against low post players (DUNCAN totally outplayed DIRK in almost all their games in that series). Agreed that SHAQ doesn't shoot the free throw as well as Duncan but the fouls he's gonna pull from the MAVS will be valuable. .. same as Duncan.. the Mavs were in foul trouble the whole series with the Spurs 'coz of Tim.. that's expected.. that's what I've been harping on in all of my previous posts in this thread. Shaq will get his 20-25 and Wade will get his 25-30, I already laid that out openly, but who's the next in line that's consistent in the Heat line-up?

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Anyhow... these are all opinions... maybe after game 1 between Mavs and Heat we can have more facts to base on. But as of the moment, the MAVS has to eliminate the SUNS before everything else. .. yes, we can wait until after the first game.. but let me tell you, each game in the finals will be an entity on its own. I know that the Mavs are the underdogs in Vegas right about now but I'll take them to win in 7 against the Heat.

[inyourface]

weeeeeeeeeeeeee! we are the champion!

[dirk_nowitzki]

psssstttt......d job is not yet done! 4 more wins... :mrgreen: GO GO MAVS!

[jugs_06]

hhmmmm....

HEAT underdog?

let's see what happens...

[dirk_nowitzki]

nice adjustment again by the little general...he put howard on nash and it paid off...coaching genuiseness is all i can say for AJ! :mrgreen:

[inyourface]

psssstttt......d job is not yet done! 4 more wins... :mrgreen: GO GO MAVS!

i mean . . Western Conference CHAMPION . . hEHehe . . go MAVS !!! freeze the HEAT! LOLx