Definitely looked like he was picking up where he left off in the playoffs. I've been saying that I wouldn't be *that* frightened of playing the Mavs in the postseason, and that's a big reason why. I want NOTHING to do with the Suns. Evan
Don't forget in last season's WCFs, Dirk was incredibly clutch against the Suns before he tightened up in the Finals. Today was just a regular season game.
My boss is a huge Mavericks fan so I made this when I came in this morning and it's now posted in my cubicle. She hasn't seen it yet though
That looked exactly like a Tmac shot. He always gets those calls. I would've let it slide as well because you don't want the shot to go in and get a chance to win the game right there. Plus, nobody wanted a 3rd OT. That was by far the best NBA game I've seen all season.
I love Nash. He's my favorite PG in the league. But Dirk had similar numbers (swap the assists with rebounds for each player and they cancel each other out) But it wasn't a heart breaker by any means. Mavs were down by 15, came back and took a 15 point lead of their own and Suns came right back. It was just one of those games. To play 2 overtimes and lose by 2 points means it was anybody's game. MVP is still up for grabs. As Rockets fans, you better hope Mavs finish the rest of the season strong and get the first seed because I don't want to play the Suns in the second round.
Both these teams are much more talented than the Rockets: HOWEVER, when you "have no chance" you can relax and "let it rip." That can work to the Rockets advantage, "nothing to lose." I still think the playoffs are not a forgone conclusion. Things can happen.
You think rebounds = assists? You think the fact that Nash won (by making clutch plays over and over) and that Dirk lost (by failing to make those types of plays...aka choking) makes no difference? The fact that the game was on Dirk's home court and the Suns came in to snap a 23 game home winning streak means nothing? That's the definition of a heart breaker in my book.
I just want to remind everyone that people here were seriously comparing V-Span to Nash earlier this year. (You know who you are.)
I keep saying the Mavs are soft and mentally weak and chokers, that Dirk is not a real superstar, just like KG isn't. The only thing that really is in their favor is depth and coaching, but they are paper tigers. Suns and Spurs and Heat are better teams. The Mavs just need to be rattled JUST SLIGHTLY and they totally fall apart. Dirk has zero leadership skills, the only clutch player on the team is Terry. I keep getting flamed for saying it, but the only teams the Rockets should fear are SA and Suns and propbably the only one they cannot beat is Phoenix.
...Claiming the Mavs are a paper tiger is ridicoulous at this point. I don't want to see the Rockets facing the Mavs...period. Say what you want, but a team reaching the NBA Finals and running off on a 65+ winning pace is NOT a paper tiger.
Yes they are, because all you have to do is disrupt them and they fall apart. All you have to do to Dirk is get up in his grill and he falls apart. The only guy with any heart is the coach. They remind me of the 90s Spurs teams, hell at least that team AJ was playing instead of coaching. Remember how everyone went on and on about Robinson and the Spurs? They were SOFT. The bottom line is Dallas and Dirk are SOFT and it's amazing that so many fans don't see it. Dirk and KG and David Robinson are the types of players that don't really win it for you, because when it really gets to the point they cannot step up to match your Hakeem, DWade, Nash, etc. The Rockets need to worry mo0re about SA and really have to pray against Pho, but Dallas IMO is a winnable series. I am not saying they will win by any means, it would be an upset, I am just saying Dallas is overrated. People act like this is the 97/98 Jazz teams, or even the 96 Sonics team, when it's more like the 93/94 Sonics teams or the 95-98 Spurs teams. In other words everything looks good, but in reality they are what they are, which is soft. Remember the Suns in 94 and 95? Dallas is similar again IMO. They are overrated because in the regular season you rarely if ever (say like this last game) actually see them in a position to get rattled. Last year Wade got them rattled and they fell apart. Year before Nash got them rattled they fell apart, and remember what happened to them early in the Houston series. How many times before has Dirk been rattled?
That very slight jersey tug or whatever you want to call it happened before Dirk even jumped into motion and did not impede his oh-so-predictable fadeaway. Besides, you can't make a call like that in crunchtime.
you can't really say that cause the Rockets have never been in a position to get rattled, the only time was 2 years ago, when our players couldn't handle it in Game 7 vs. the Mavs. This is a totally different group, we still don't know what Yao is going to do in crunch time in the Playoffs, we all know McGrady will be ready, Luther probably will too. What about Alston? Battier? Howard? None of these players have ever been tested in the post season(rafer if I remember had some clutch threes before, but it's Rafer so...) You can't say that the Rockets can beat the mavs when the Rockets have proven nothing.
all i know is after the this game last night..and switching over to the rockets game..i was just amazed at how much more the rockets have to improve. people who think we are just going to walk in and beat dallas cause we have yao and tracy needs to get their heads checked. i am not saying we cant. it's going to take a dang good effort on every single player on our team for us to pull an upset.
We can take the mavs in the playoffs, cause Yao routinely destroys the mavs, but has trouble with the suns. As long as tmac and the others step up, Yao always has no trouble torching the mavs.
Much as I'd love to destroy the Mavs, I'm not going to be a homer and say the Rockets can win a playoff series against them. At this point, underestimating the Mavs because they "choke" and are "soft" confused:...if Dallas is a soft team and they reached the NBA Finals, what does that say about the "hard" teams? But eh.) is a very stupid thing to do. Maybe they are soft. Maybe they won't win a championship. I don't care about that...what matters to me is if they meet the Rockets in the playoffs. I don't want that to happen and you'd be crazy if you do.
