Mavs to get Erick Dampier and Jerry Stackhouse back..
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i believe 6th seed would be best for the kings. seattle is stalling out a bit, while dallas seems to be gettin back into the swing of things, despite losing to the kings last week. obviously, the kings will play the best they can the rest of the way, and will end up where they end up, but i think 6th seed is more appealing than 5th right now.
this is also a very good point. i disike the kings chances against SA and phoenix equally, actually. we'd probably have a better chance against phoenix just because we can keep up with their scoring and they, like us, play little defense. but both are good teams, and both will be difficult to play in any round, so it really just depends on how healthy all of these teams are come second round. not sure when TD will be back, but brad will be back by the secdond round, so there's at least one positive (assuming the kings make it to the second round, of course 
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Here's what Dirk had to say about possible first round playoff opponents in this morning's Dallas Morning News:
If I didn't agree with Dirk that this year's Mavs are far, far more formidable than the ones y'alls Kings dispatched in the playoffs last year, than I would be afraid that Dirk's above statement might provide some possibly harmful bulletin board material for our foes, but as it is, I'm actually happy to hear Dirk express confidence that my Mavs are looking very good before the beginning of the playoffs, and that he's not afraid to say so...
If I didn't agree with Dirk that this year's Mavs are far, far more formidable than the ones y'alls Kings dispatched in the playoffs last year, than I would be afraid that Dirk's above statement might provide some possibly harmful bulletin board material for our foes, but as it is, I'm actually happy to hear Dirk express confidence that my Mavs are looking very good before the beginning of the playoffs, and that he's not afraid to say so...
since when did we get happy losing position in the playoffs and playing matchups? if we start losing games and falling to a lower seed, that's an indication that, well, we're losing games. and if we keep losing games in the regular season we will probably lose in the post season, too. a miracle first round win and quick second round exit wouldn't change the fact that we've been losing, and will probably lose the next year. i'd rather see solid improvement and winning games now, maybe put up a fight and lose in the playoffs, and then keep building into next year rather than happily losing games and assuming our right to an upset of a seattle team that people manage to consistently underrate.