Articles Tagged “Lakers”
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Fish Goes One-On-One With Mark Cuban
Mike Fisher sat down with Mark Cuban recently to get his thoughts on a handful of issues. Here’s what the Mavs owner had to say: On how close the Mavs were to a big trade at the Feb. 21 deadline … Cuban: Not even, not even a discussion was close. I mean, nothing you read [...]
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Finally the Conference Finals!
The countdown to tip-off has begun. The young upstarts from north of the Red River vs. your veteran-laden home town heroes. Everything about this series between the Mavericks and the Thunder suggests a a quick dismissal of the young’uns by the Mavs and onto the Finals against either Derrick Rose and the Bulls or the [...]
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“The Waiting is the Hardest Part”
Seven days and counting. It will be nine days off by the time the 2011 Western Conference Finals commence for your Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center Tuesday night. Depending on who you talk to it’s either a perfect scenario for a team loaded with a bunch of thirty-something-year-old veterans like the Mavs – [...]
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Demolition by Mavs Brings Out Worst in Lakers/Bynum
What a game, what a series, what an embarrassment. Total and complete destruction of the two-time defending champs, a four game sweep, a 36-point annihilation in the deciding game. Phil Jackson, perhaps the greatest coach in NBA history didn’t have an answer for the buzz saw that was the Mavericks. Kobe Bryant, one of the [...]
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Stick a Fork in Kobe and the Lakers, That Steak is Done
First of all let me promise I’m not announcing any parade routes. But I am pronouncing the Lakers dead in their best-of-seven series with the Mavericks. On a night at American Airlines Center that saw it’s largest Mavs crowd ever (21,156), Dallas took a commanding 3-0 lead on the defending two-time champs. And no NBA [...]
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Mavs Double D’s Too Much for Lakers to Handle
Depth and Defense. It’s what’s brought the Mavs to this point – up two games to none in the Western Conference semi finals against the two-time defending champs. Why, what did you think I meant by double D’s? Maybe it’s just because those two words (depth & defense) are so shockingly new to Mavs fans. [...]
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Even Without the Stars, Stanley Cup Playoffs Worth Tuning In
We interrupt this impressive Mavericks post-season run to give you an update from the Stanley Cup Playoffs – the best tournament in professional sports Better than the NBA Playoffs? Better than the Fall Classic? Even better than the NFL? Yep. You better believe it. I admit I’m biased, but it’s the truth. The passion and [...]
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Pearl Jam Mavs
We have not taken a survey of the Dallas Mavericks locker room, asking each of the fellas what’s on their iPods. (We’re fairly certain that David Hasselhoff is NOT, contrary to myth, on Dirk Nowitzki’s playlist.) But as the Mavs marched through another 50-win season (for the 11th straight year), earned a regular-season tie with [...]
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Mavs Steal Game 1 from Kobe and Company
So Phil Jackson has a 48-0 record when his teams win the first game of a 7 game playoff series. Doesn’t matter. The Mavs had lost 16 of 18 postseason games away from the American Airlines Center since the Finals meltdown in 2006. Doesn’t matter. The Mavs have been labeled as “soft” for years by [...]
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Mavs vs. Lakers Preview – A Look at The Matchups
(3) MAVERICKS vs (2) LAKERS Season Series: 2-1 Lakers Before I analyze the Mavs-Lakers series, I must first admit I was one of the many that predicted Portland to beat the Mavs in the first round series. I simply thought that the advantage the Mavs had with Dirk (best player in series) would not be [...]
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