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Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Thread - In Memory of Agent Zero

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I cannot wait to see how Mark Cuban will react if the Mavs lose to the Warriors, coached by Nellie and playing small ball.
 
I have to say that was one of the better NBA games I've seen in quite some time. I'm not really a GS fan, mostly just cause I've never payed much attention to them, but props to them and I hope that they go far because they seem to have alot of heart and skill.
 
confetti flies after Preseason games nowadays.. I can see it dropping from the skies after a win in the first playoff game in 13 years... suprised they didnt shoot fireworks and have strippers on poles
 
Malleymal said:
Don the Don has these warriors doing the damn thing.... also this isnt the same with out Inside the nba following... I would have loved to see what Charles had to say about this
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The NBA should immediately revoke the rights ABC and ESPN have in broadcasting their games. It's disgusting compared to TNT and the NBC of old. Just plain embarrassing.
 
Damn, that was a fun game to watch. We were really hustlin on Defense, so we had some great ****ing transition points.

Nice comeback game J-Rich. Very nice game.
 
The difference btw the Warriors and the Suns is that instead of 1 of 2 guys who can get their own shot off, 4 or 5 on the court can do that for GS. Very hard to defend...
 
Incognito said:
The NBA should immediately revoke the rights ABC and ESPN have in broadcasting their games. It's disgusting compared to TNT and the NBC of old. Just plain embarrassing.
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With NASCAR now on ESPN/ABC, maybe they won't bother trying to win the network contract next year. Ever since ABC had the NBA contract, the ratings have sucked ass and that's because they show the same ****in teams every week with some BS story trying to attract the people that don't watch basketball.

NBA on NBC with random games on the USA network FTW!
 
woodchuck said:
The Warriors just wanted it more. Congrats Warrior fans. You guys deserve this.

Speaking about the game, the defense is pathetic. They can get to the paint at will. The Warriors are just too athletic. The mavs need to play a better zone and let the Warriors shoot jump shots.

I hope the mavs can figure out a way to bounce back on Sunday, but it's not looking likely.

I made posts couple weeks ago that the Mavs just weren't playing like they were before, but I didn't think they'd lose to the Warriors in the first round. I thought they'd lose to Yao and Tmac.

You guys can make fun of the mavs all you want. They deserve it. If Mavs lose on sunday, the series is over. If that happens, watch out Rockets/
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The Mavs don't seem to handle adversity well. I thought last season they grew up in the Spurs series and were going to go on to win in the Finals, but despite being the better team they folded when they went up against some adversity.

Mavs need to get menally tough if they want to get back in this series.
 
The toughest guy on the Mavs, from a mental standpoint, is probably Jason Terry. Soon to be additional proof that the MVP award doesnt mean shit Nowitzki is definitely one of their weakest players in that department.
 
Cloudy said:
It's not mental. They do not have the athletes to play with these guys consistently...
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The Mavs were up 2 games on the Heat and had a huge lead in the third quarter before they fell apart. They were the better team but they lost because they were not mentally tough.

No reason the same can't apply to this season. Or the next season, or the season after that...

You need some balls to win in the playoffs. It is too hard to just win with a bunch of soft jump shooters. That is the reason the Mavs and Suns probably won't be getting any rings any time soon. No matter how much attention they get in the regular season.
 
Incognito said:
The NBA should immediately revoke the rights ABC and ESPN have in broadcasting their games. It's disgusting compared to TNT and the NBC of old. Just plain embarrassing.
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Basically.. I want TNT and NBC to get a renewed contract.
 
I dont know why people are mad at the NBA for wanting their name attached to ESPN Sports rather than NBC Sports...seeing as the money is/was the same for both contracts...who would you have aligned yourself to?

uh huh

With that said...

ithasbeenabust,andmaybetheyshouldhavestuckwithnbc...that is all

:lol :lol
 
bionic77 said:
The Mavs were up 2 games on the Heat and had a huge lead in the third quarter before they fell apart. They were the better team but they lost because they were not mentally tough.

No reason the same can't apply to this season. Or the next season, or the season after that...

You need some balls to win in the playoffs. It is too hard to just win with a bunch of soft jump shooters. That is the reason the Mavs and Suns probably won't be getting any rings any time soon. No matter how much attention they get in the regular season.
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Only person they had anywhere close to being tuff was Finley.
 
jordan0386 said:
I dont know why people are mad at the NBA for wanting their name attached to ESPN Sports rather than NBC Sports...seeing as the money is/was the same for both contracts...who would you have aligned yourself to?

uh huh

With that said...

ithasbeenabust,andmaybetheyshouldhavestuckwithnbc...that is all

:lol :lol
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NBC = Network Television

ESPN = Cable Television


Guess who has more viewers. NBA is wondering why they have less viewers.. Duh.


Only thing showing on national television is the Finals. You go from a NBA on NBC Double / Tripleheader to just the finals announced by Bob Costas and Doc Rivers.


meh.
 
Forgotten Ancient said:
I would give my left nut to see this happen. I miss the old NBA on NBC theme. :(
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Kangu said:
Does anyone have a link to a popular Mavs forum? I imagine everyone is flipping the **** out.
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I don't know, but I'm looking through the yellow pages for Malek's number. Need to make sure he's thinking clear
 
Kangu said:
Does anyone have a link to a popular Mavs forum? I imagine everyone is flipping the **** out.
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CubanTON

"vBulletin Message

This board is temporarily shut down due to the volume of spam taking over the site.

We will be back soon..."
 
PhoenixDark said:
The Mavs are done
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So are the Suns. The Kwame Brown era has arrived and there is no stopping it. Now that he has learned how to catch a ball and dunk it at the tender age of 22 while being only 7 feet there is no telling how far he can go.
 
that would be hilariously awesome if this year's western conference became a story of how Nellie took apart both Dirk and Nash :lol

Golden State still seems like the Indiana State Warpacers to me with Steven Jackson and Harrington on that team, but I like how they're seriously putting up a fight against the mavs on the first round like this (the clips would be swept already even though they've only played 3 games :lol)
 
bionic77 said:
So are the Suns. The Kwame Brown era has arrived and there is no stopping it. Now that he has learned how to catch a ball and dunk it at the tender age of 22 while being only 7 feet there is no telling how far he can go.
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He might not score 19 more points for the rest of the series, so I doubt it.

Either way today was a glorious day for the Pistons and Spurs. Now their path to a rematch is confirmed
 
PhoenixDark said:
Either way today was a glorious day for the Pistons and Spurs. Now their path to a rematch is confirmed
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I hope to god it's not those two teams. After 1 or 2 games, I literally can't handle watching them.
 
PhoenixDark said:
He might not score 19 more points for the rest of the series, so I doubt it.

Either way today was a glorious day for the Pistons and Spurs. Now their path to a rematch is confirmed
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Aren't the Spurs the oldest team in the league? If the Mavs can't come close to hanging with the Warriors (when they play this well), how could the Spurs? Shit, the Spurs can barely keep the Nuggets off their backs.

A Suns/Warriors series would be awesomely hilarious. Just non stop run and gun. Scores of 150+ I wish anyways.
 
Kintaro said:
Aren't the Spurs the oldest team in the league? If the Mavs can't come close to hanging with the Warriors (when they play this well), how could the Spurs? Shit, the Spurs can barely keep the Nuggets off their backs.

A Suns/Warriors series would be awesomely hilarious. Just non stop run and gun. Scores of 150+ I wish anyways.
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They just funnel everyone to Tim B. Dunkin and let him go to work swating shots like so many flies. Seriously, is there anyone you'd rather have behind you on the defensive end than Timmah?
 
methodman said:
I hope to god it's not those two teams. After 1 or 2 games, I literally can't handle watching them.
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You must not like basketball. Both teams know how to play and really make the game a chess match. They're both very disiplined teams that always put on a clinic.
 
PhoenixDark said:
You must not like basketball. Both teams know how to play and really make the game a chess match. They're both very disiplined teams that always put on a clinic.
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I love watching basketball.

I just find it boring is all, but it really is great basketball.
 
methodman said:
I love watching basketball.

I just find it boring is all, but it really is great basketball.
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Watching the Suns run the Lakers off the court is definitely exciting, and yeah it's more exciting than the slow tempo Spurs/Pistons strategy, but I love them both. I loved seeing Duncan and Rasheed go at it, and I loved seeing how even slight defensive breakdowns could lead to big shots.

Although I can't stand them, Dallas is able to play both of those games effectively. But it looks like they've met their match - the teacher is poised to take out the pupil.
 
Kangu said:
The toughest guy on the Mavs, from a mental standpoint, is probably Jason Terry. Soon to be additional proof that the MVP award doesnt mean shit Nowitzki is definitely one of their weakest players in that department.
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Why does Nowitzki seem to disappear in the playoffs?
 
Mashing said:
Why does Nowitzki seem to disappear in the playoffs?
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The only series he dissapeared last year was the finals games 1-4, which was admittedly pretty huge. But we wouldn't have been in that position without Dirk. Remember game 7 of spurs or dropping 50 on the suns in game 5?

I'm not going to make any excuses. This team is really gutless. Mavs have been down 0-2 to the Rockets, losing both games at home, to eventually win the series. But at least in those games, they weren't outplayed like this.

The mavs can not stop anyone from penetrating. The warriors are just too fast and strong and athletic. They're simply the better team out there.

The mavs would probably win in a 7 game series against any team except the suns or warriors. Terrific luck we have that we draw the Warriors.
 
woodchuck said:
The only series he dissapeared last year was the finals games 1-4, which was admittedly pretty huge.

I'm not going to make any excuses, but this team is really gutless. Mavs have been down 0-2 to the Rockets, losing both games at home, to eventually win the series. But at least in those games, they weren't outplayed like this.

The mavs can not stop anyone from penetrating. The warriors are just too fast and strong and athletic.
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I recall him being pretty bad in the 2005 1st round series vs the rockets. We rotated the much smaller White Bowen and McGrady on him and he pretty much disappeared. Terry absolutely killed us though, the dude is just a stone cold killah.
 
The Mavs are just playing crappy. You can complain about their offense but I think the real problem is their defense has been terrible. If George and Buckner don't give us something defensively they might as well not play at all.
 
Kangu said:
I recall him being pretty bad in the 2005 1st round series vs the rockets. We rotated the much smaller White Bowen and McGrady on him and he pretty much disappeared. Terry absolutely killed us though, the dude is just a stone cold killah.
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I attribute that to a good gameplan by Van Gundy. He played pretty well against the Suns in the next round.
 
Kangu said:
I recall him being pretty bad in the 2005 1st round series vs the rockets. We rotated the much smaller White Bowen and McGrady on him and he pretty much disappeared. Terry absolutely killed us though, the dude is just a stone cold killah.
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Terry was the reason we lost that series...and finley out of bounce :P
 
The mavs need to play some kind of zone. I don't care if GS shoots jumpshots. I'd rather have them taking those than layups. No one can guard anyone straight up at the perimeter.

If the Mavs lose this series, it's time to make a deal for KG for Dirk.
 
OMG BEEN OUT ALL DAY JUST SAW THE RESULT AHHH ISAMU STYLE MELTDOWN JAX CITY WARRIORS DECIDED TO MAN UP AND WIN YES~ JAX JAX JAX!
 
pilonv1 said:
OMG BEEN OUT ALL DAY JUST SAW THE RESULT AHHH ISAMU STYLE MELTDOWN JAX CITY WARRIORS DECIDED TO MAN UP AND WIN YES~ JAX JAX JAX!
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Unfortunately many others in here don't share your enthusiasm at the moment

:(
 
woodchuck said:
If the Mavs lose this series, it's time to make a deal for KG for Dirk.
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:lol Jesus you must be the most pessimistic Mavs fan in the universe. That deal wouldn't help Dallas in the least, not that they need help yet. They're being doomed prematurely because they're down 2-1 to an underrated Warriors team that's not really an eight seed and happens to be coached by someone who knows the Mavs inside and out.

I do think Avery might be in a little over his head, I've never thought much of him as a coach, from the outside it looks like the Mavs are on autopilot most of the time and his coaching adjustments so far have seemed misguided and way too late.
 
pheeniks said:
Unfortunately many others in here don't share your enthusiasm at the moment

:(
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pheeniks said:
Unfortunately many others in here don't share your enthusiasm at the moment

:(
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I am nearly PEEING MY PANTS in anticipation of Sportcenter tonight. OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY~!

Aweome to see AB get a run too. 23 mins, and a double double. The Latvian Lover strikes again.
 
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