All I know is that it's time for Corey Brewer to lose the track suit.

And there is no reason for JJ Barea to see the court when LA is likely to run approximately 21 feet of players on the court in Gasol, Bynum, and Odom.

LA in 6.

Caron Butler will not be a factor in this series.

Go Mavs.

It has got to be a rotation of Brewer, Stevenson, and Marion on Kobe, right?

My homer prediction: Mavs in 7

My realistic prediction: LA in 6

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It has got to be a rotation of Brewer, Stevenson, and Marion on Kobe, right?

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I hope it's more Brewer than Stevenson. I feel like he's more energetic (not to mention more athletic) than Stevenson and the fact that he'll have his first real playoff action means he'll be juiced (more tenacity defensively).

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fine by me. you can have as many threads as you mavs fans like, the more the merrier. that way we can see more of a meltdown when you get your asses kicked.

by the way.....western conference semifinals is stupid. only a mavs fan would call it this. it's round 2.

but, congrats on getting to the western conference semifinals. hooray! valiant effort mavs.

You mean all those Mavs fans predicting LA to win? Yeah, we're in for a serious meltdown.

Judge.....i know you won't melt.

you know who will melt. do i even have to mention it?

i'm hoping for a sinkhole where neither team is ever heard from or seen again. i'll probably melt down if either team wins the series.

Lakers in 6.

LA will have trouble with Dirk and the pick-n-roll, but the Mavs can't hang inside. When the Lakers bigs play well they can't be beat. If Bynum gets hurt, or Pau goes into the funk he had in the first couple games against NO, or Odom eats too much candy, then the Lakers can lose a game.

I don't feel like Dallas can hang, but there is a little weirdness in these teams not having meet in the playoffs since '88. Plus Chuck really likes Dallas, so we'll see.

I don't know who guards Dirk. I think Odom could do it, but since he comes off the bench I guess Artest will try as well.

Huge Mavs fan here. LA wins in 5. The Mavs may be able to jump-shoot their way to one victory, but they just don't have enough length to handle Bynum, Gasol, Odom - all the while trying to keep Kobe in check. Chandler will be in foul trouble in each game, and when Haywood is in he offers little offensively.

Stevenson/Brewer will try to slow down Kobe, but again, no offense. Butler will not be a factor, and Roddy B is not going to suddenly appear to shred the LA defense.

Their best chance to make it interesting is for Dirk to be very aggressive, and get to the foul line early and often - not settle for jump shots every time. Maybe he can get the LA bigs in foul trouble early.

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by the way.....western conference semifinals is stupid. only a mavs fan would call it this. it's round 2.

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Interesting, considering ESPN is calling it the Conference Semifinals on their NBA Playoff page ...

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2011/matchup/_/teams/celtics-heat

BSPN is stupid too.

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fine by me. you can have as many threads as you mavs fans like, the more the merrier. that way we can see more of a meltdown when you get your asses kicked.

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I know that you are well known on this board as a Lakers fan, but are you actually from Los Angeles, or at least California? I would like to know before I summarily dismiss you as a front runner.

Lakers in 5, but I hope it goes 6.

Lakers in 5, unfortunately.

I think if dallas goes to the whole tenaciously, they can take the series. Plus, our defense is really on fire right now.

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Well, then you must agree with me.

This is just a bad matchup for the Mavs, just like Memphis is for the Spurs. The Lakers inside length will kill them and Dallas will start settling for jump shots.

true, and the Lakers are a much better team than Memphis, that hurts too DC.

Memphis wasn't just a bad matchup for the Spurs. They were the better team. They were the 3rd best team in the league basically the last 25 games of the year and the Spurs weren't.

i think the Spurs win tonight and it's wide open in Game 7

wrong thread asshats

The champs in 5

bump for the real thread

Dallas has about as much change against LA as the Spurs had against Memphis.

In my experience watching NBA basketball, the team with better interior scoring and better defense almost always wins in the playoffs. LA has both.

For all the hype generated by guys like Kobe, Lebron, Griffin, etc., titles are still won/lost in the trenches. Guys like Gasol and Bynum make all the difference in the world.

Lakers in 6. Kobe and Bynum continue to fight nagging injuries.

This could get ugly fast, just can't see the Mavs winning this series.

Lakers in 4

This series should go 6 or 7 games. I think the Lakers probably win, but will let my hopes get the better of me. Mavs in seven.

Kidd, Terry, and Dirk all had great series against Blazers. Need the same.

Haywood and Chandler have to stay out of foul trouble. For the most part, they've played pretty smart basketball lately.

Barkley lovefest for the Mavs on TNT right now. Always with the Mavs.

/end mavs and spurs fans usual whining/

jealousy is a stinky cologne