Well, Dallas beat the hapless Clippers the other night and the final score wasn’t as close as the 13 point difference. I’m glad the Mavs won but that game didn’t really say much about the team as the Clippers are once again one of the more dreadful teams in the Western conference and the NBA as well. However, here are the Mavs next 5 games: @ Denver; @ Golden State; @ LA Clippers; Golden State; @ LA Lakers. Only 1 of these games (the Clippers) is a lay up. The other 4 will be formidable at the very least…especially since 3 of those 4 are on the road where the Mavs are 15-19 this season (the 19 ROAD losses are 4 more losses than the team had all last season).
The Mavs currently sit 7th in the Western conference, 1.5 games ahead of Golden State and 2 games ahead of Denver, which is in the 9th spot. At the bare minimum, Dallas must split the next 2 games however they really need to win them both. If Dallas loses to both Denver and Golden State this weekend, they very well could wake up on Monday morning and find themselves 9th in the West (Denver would have the tie-breaker over Dallas due to beating Dallas 2-1 in their series this year…and they only play Dallas 3 times).
The Mavs have put themselves in this spot and now they have to find a way to dig out of it. I want to believe so badly that this is still an elite team but the plain fact is they aren’t. The team has to find a way to overcome the loss of Dirk, for however long that will be, and everyone has to bring the “A” game every night (Jason Terry getting 4 points, as he did against the Clippers on Tuesday, simply will not do). We’ll check back on Monday to see how they fared in these 2 games. With any luck (which the Mavs will need a lot of) they will at least win one if not both.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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It's Monday morning.....and I think it's time to start thinking about next season.
I'm so done watching this team...it's a royal kick to the scrot every time.
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