I still maintain that Dallas should be making Golden State adjust to them, not the other way around; I believe that what Dallas would lose by Diop and Dampier not being able to keep up with Harrington and Nowitzki not being able to keep up with Stephen Jackson they would gain when Harrington and Jackson are physically incapable of getting any rebounds. Golden State isn't going to outshoot Dallas four times out of seven, because Dallas has four or five good shooters, and Golden State has, like, two. They're living and dying by mismatches, so go big, play a little matchup zone, and dare them to try and shoot over you.
As great as Davis has played, Nowitzki is still the best player in this series by far, and one of the things that has helped him transcend what he was his willingness to get in the paint and make something happen. So why is it that, against the one team in the playoffs that is the LEAST qualified to stop him from going off in the paint, he's settling for jumpers? Even if all Dirk did down low was that awkward-looking one-legged fadeaway, there isn't a single player on Golden State that can stop him from doing that; they should be posting Nowitzki on every possession.
Dallas' big problem is that they don't WANT to make Golden State match up with them; they want to prove that they can beat the Warriors at their own game. Which is a fool's errand, in my opinion.
