One of the Best Sports Weeks I Can Remember for DFW Area

This week has been a pretty good week in the DFW sports scene. On Sunday, The Rangers beat the hated LA Angels 10-4 and then took won both games of a double header against Baltimore yesterday. Even though the season is still very young, the pitching has been solid and the bats have started to wake up the past few games. If the Rangers can win 81 games this year, I think they can consider this season a success.

The Stars started their playoff run by defeating the defending Stanly Cup champion Anaheim Ducks 4-0. That was a big feat considering the Stars haven’t made it out of the first round of the playoffs since 2003. I usually find it hard to sit down and watch the a regular season hockey game however playoff hockey is actually pretty fun to watch. All four goals were scored on power plays and the Stars, in general, made the Ducks look pretty silly. Hopefully they can continue this push and do something this year in the playoffs. If no, then the

And the Mavs started off the week on Sunday by coming from 13 points down in the 4th quarter to beat the mighty Suns, in Phoenix no less. Dirk came up big in that game by scoring 32 points and proving he is one tough SOB playing that way on a gimpy ankle. The Mavs then beat a pretty hapless Seattle team in the middle of the week but then last night welcomed the Utah Jazz to town. The game was great and Dallas played very well. Again Dirk scored 32 points but none were bigger than these:



So now the Mavs have clinched a playoff spot and won at least 50 games for the 8th straight season. The only team that can currently make that claim is San Antonio which has won 50+ games for the last 9 seasons. Judging where the Mavs were during the decade of the 90’s, when they were the WORST professional sports franchise out of all the teams in the 4 major sports (football, basketball, baseball and hockey), that is huge.

I honestly think the Mavs could win out as they play at Portland, at Seattle and finish up at home against New Orleans. That would mean Dallas would finish the year on a 6 game win streak winning 7 of 8 overall in April. That is streaking into the playoffs. And I don’t care who they play (more than likely Dallas will draw the Spurs or the Lakers in the first round), if they continue to play this way Dallas will definitely be a tough opponent in playoffs. Dirk is playing well, JET Terry is playing well, Josh Howard is playing well and Jason Kidd seems to have really gotten used to playing with the team. Once the playoffs start, it’s a new season and anything can happen…especially with the way the Western conference is so close. It’s going to be interesting and fun to watch.