Houston vs. Dallas - Game 4
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Evilmav2
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VF21 said:You know I like you, Evilmav2... and I actually like LLCoolJ, too.
But if I ever actually hack up my spleen, it will be the fault of your team's owner. He is obnoxious, supercilious, arrogant and ... well, I think you get the idea.
Yeah, I've got kind of a like/dislike thing going on with Mr. Cuban as well...
On the one hand, Cuban personally responded to a number of emails that I sent him after he first bought the team, and four years ago actually provided tickets to myself and a couple of my college buddies to attend Mavs games in Indianpolis and Chicago shirtless and painted, and he was actually really nice when I met him in Indiana three years ago and got his autograph (hanging on my wall of honor, next to personally obtained autographs of Jerry Jones, Bobby Knight, Michael Irvin, Dirk, and others), but then again, I'm also not a huge fan of his (and the Nelson's) tendency to ceaselessly trade away Maverick players in a rotisserie fantasy league fashion, and he annoyed me with some of his anti-Iraq war statements two years ago...
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Evilmav2
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Gargamel said:
Ha...
He whose team lives in a glass house built of playoff-less, lottery driven dreams should not throw stones or stinkily poop inside of that glass house.
In my estimation, y'alls talent-depleted, Kupchak-era Lakers might- just might- be able to compete for a low-seeded berth in the playoffs sometime in the next year or three, but I'd bet that the realization of that beautifully ambitious LA fan dream might be appurtenant to the trading of King Kobe out of the city of smog and angels.
In the meantime, my Mavs will continue their halting and painful, but ultimately inexorible march towards the glorious sea of a Dallas NBA championship...
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hoopsfan
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"In the meantime, my Mavs will continue their halting and painful, but ultimately inexorible march towards the glorious sea of a Dallas NBA championship..."
Keep dreaming. I'm betting that the Lakers will win another title before the Mavs win one. The Lakers are rebuilding..they've done it before...they'll be back, of that I have no doubt.
Keep dreaming. I'm betting that the Lakers will win another title before the Mavs win one. The Lakers are rebuilding..they've done it before...they'll be back, of that I have no doubt.
Evilmav2
G-League
hoopsfan said:
Yeah, good luck in the lottery this Summer. If y'all are really fortunate, you might be able to draft a big time, impact player like Johan Petro or Charlie Villanueva who might be able to develop and help y'all make the playoffs again in a couple of year's time...
VF21 said:
And you believed them?! TNT is the worst...I don't know what leaks you're talking about but I haven't heard anything about them. Definitely send me a link if you find one I'm kind of curious.
His only 2 points couldn't have come at a better time.
I would too if I felt I was getting jobbed by the refs. I'm sure the Maloofs would do the same exact thing if the officiating was lopsided. And maybe they do but Cubes is so loud about things (love him or hate it for it) so he gets all the attention.
I'm so depressed todayFirst the Bulls get man handled by a scrub (etan thomas) and blown out, then the Rox choke and give the momentum back to the mavs.....
I hope the Kings can cheer me up tomorrow
They will. Kings tie it up tomorrow.
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Wow I'm floored and ecstatic. Good night everyone!
Gargamel
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Evilmav2 said:
The stinky poop still managed to beat Dallas twice. Some things never change.
This could've been that season if Cuban hadn't been so sentimental towards Nowitzki. He might've legitimately had a chance at landing Shaq with a Dirk package. Instead, he wanted to lowball Kupchak with expiring-Ks. Then he comes out and says that Mitch blew it by not taking the Mavs' deal. That fumble goes to show that he's not as astute in making trades as people think.
The Mavs pulling up short every year shouldn't make you wrack your brains asking why. I doubt that you fail to recognize that defense wins titles.
Evilmav2
G-League
Gargamel said:
That's unfortunately true, although missing Fin and Damp in the first loss, and then Stack and Damp in the second didn't help us. Sadly enough, as it happened, I actually think those two losses helped to push Don Nelson to the brink of calling it quits on the season. I still remember listening to a surprising radio interview with him after that second loss, as Big Don sounded as tired and depresssed to me as I've ever heard him publicly reveal himself to be. Of course, that second loss to Kobe & co capped a stretch of the season where we severely skidded by losing 5 of 7 games, and Don's wife Joy had just been diagnosed with cancer, so in retrospect I guess I can understand why it took little more than a week for Don to resign after that loss...
Would have beens, and could have beens only count in horseshoes and handgrenades, but that said, thinking about what might have been still brings back the memories of the 'kicked in the gut' feeling that I felt after learning that the Big Daddy was going to Miami, and that the beautiful, impossible dream of Shaq coming to Big D was doomed to be stillborn...
You are absolutely correct here, Gargamel, and I for one am very thankful that this year's vintage Mavs finally appear to be learning that lesson, and I am even more thankful that over the last two games, those same said Mavs have been edifying the uppity, decrepit Rockets in the same...
Webber4tHREE
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is houston stupid?
Gargamel
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Webber4tHREE said:
Nah, McGrady is just trying to pull another flop after going up in a series. What may save them yet is that it's hard for a team to play very well in 4 or more straight playoff games. They've had their chance to slump and recover. Dallas doesn't have that luxury and they have to play at a high level just to eke out wins.
loopymitch
All-Star
What's a poon?
Gargamel said:
You must not watch the Mavs very much. We haven't played our best ball yet - NOT EVEN CLOSE TO OUR BEST BALL. The game that was closest to the way we played in the regular season would prob. be game 2, and we lost that one by a bucket.
This series will be OVER as soon Dirk shows up.
Webber4tHREE
Bench
if houston loses this series t-mac will get all the blame when it is really yao's fault for being soft
tyrant said:
The Mavericks went 29-12 during the regular season ON THE ROAD and just took 2 in a hostile environment, all the while the nation was yelling "sweep!" I don't see how you can say the Rox are a better road team.
That being said. Yes, the Rox CAN come into Dallas and win - we've all seen it. But I think the series has changed. Dallas, it seems, wants it more and I'd like to think we actually play well at home and beat these guys.
Expect the unexpected though with the Mavs...We'll see.
tyrant
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mavsman said:
oh hello mavsman. i wonder where you've been! didn't see you around during the 1st 3 meetings against houston. funny that i see you now that dallas has put on a 2 game streak. i never said that houston was a better road team than dallas. i meant to say houston was a better road team than home team. as in they have been playing better in dallas than their own home court. i origionally picked dallas to win this series in 6 or 7 games, but after the previous 4 games i decided to go with houston. dallas ((playing at their best))hasn't really conviced me that they can handle the rockets when houston is playing well. and i bet there is no possible way that terry will repeat his game 4 performance.
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Actually, I was here before, during, and after we started off on an 0-2 start. (you can check all the dates on my posts if you like) I really like Kingsfans.com and so far, everyone's been very cordial.
Then my apologies.
That's the thing: Dallas hasn't come close to playing their best. The closest they've reached that level was in game 2, and ironically they lost. And Terry can repeat his performance. Gee, he kind of plays like Van Exel, it's the playoffs, and my goodness he's wearing his #31. 2003 ring a bell?
I think we have a Van Exel-like playoffs shaping up for Terry and this is his first time in them. In every game this series he's made huge shots and shot at a very high percentage, notably from 3 point land. As a Mavs fan I can only hope this continues.
tyrant
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wow, you are comparing jason terry to nick the quick? nick had way more aspects to his game. he can post up for example; he is/was a smarter veteran. dallas hasn't played their best because they have been defended well. defense is apart of the game pal. everyone is in finley's face and in dirks face; forcing inexperienced players like howard and terry to make shots. just so happens terry was able to produce becuase if not mavs drop 1-3. dumb comments like the one dampier made about him being the 2nd best center in the league doesn't actually win respect. and comments like that usually bite you in the butt. that's like patterson saying he's the kobe stopper. this series is more than likely going to go to 7 games.
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Evilmav2
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Gargamel said:Damn, what happened to the EvilMav who once called me a poon?
Ha! Did I really? If that's the case I'll have to offer you a belated apology, Gargamel... Sometimes I get a bit overexuberant on these darned basketball boards (although it usually takes something like a good debate over Shawn Bradley to really get my ire
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PixelPusher
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Evilmav2 said:Ha! Did I really? If that's the case I'll have to offer you a belated apology, Gargamel... Sometimes I get a bit overexuberant on these darned basketball boards (although it usually takes something like a good debate over Shawn Bradley to really get my ire
There's a debate over Shawn Bradley? What's the debate about? Whether he or Ostertag is the penultimate "7 foot stiff"?
...and could someone please explain to me why those little aliens from "Space Jam" would pick Shawn Bradley as one of the NBA players they would steal "talent" from?
iheartBrad
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I was pretty pissed about the Rox loss last night...more pissed about that loss than any of the two Kings losses this postseason...they should of won that game..but they didn't so now Dallas as homecourt back and the momentum on their side...good thing for Houston is that they know they can win in Dallas and that they are good road team (same goes for Dallas however)...I agree with Tom Tolbert...its gonna come down to a team gonna HAVE to win a game at home...which is crazy when you think about it...we are at game 5 and neither team has won a game on their homecourt...craAzy
Gargamel
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Evilmav2 said:Ha! Did I really? If that's the case I'll have to offer you a belated apology, Gargamel... Sometimes I get a bit overexuberant on these darned basketball boards (although it usually takes something like a good debate over Shawn Bradley to really get my ire
It was after the Mavs broke the losing streak at LAL. I sorta understand, it had been like 13 years.
Give this a read:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/justice/3162451
Comes from Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle (and admitted Rockets fan). Mavs sure have made a believer out of him.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/justice/3162451
Comes from Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle (and admitted Rockets fan). Mavs sure have made a believer out of him.
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