Round 1: Dallas Mavericks vs Golden State Warriors

Don't understand why GS had so much trouble fighting the Davis double-team. There are so many playmakers on the team...no one could do **** with all that attention on Davis?

 

and now we have to hear Barkley and his big mouth about this game...

 

Don't forget the charge that was called on Harris that was taken back.....he dipped his shoulder clearly.

The Refs gave the Mavs a HUGE lift

DD

 

Is this the first time Dirk Flopotski didn't choke at the end of game? GS choked the game away though. When you are trying to close the game, why not go to your best player to let him make something happen? B. Diddy almost didn't touch the ball in the last 2 min of the game.

 

Despite the loss I got a feeling the Warriors are going to blow out the Mavericks big time in game 6.

 

Golden State will win in Oakland. Avery Johnson wants to double team Davis all game? Because that's what he's going to do. Barnes and Pietrus are coming on and you still got Richardson and Jackson.

This is another brain fart just like Game 2. I don't see how this is a momentum shifter. Dallas is STILL the #1 seed and Dallas STILL has to win in Oakland. If Golden State were to have lost by 50, then maybe they sent a statement.

 

We play on the Same day as GS! That means we can know the outcome of everything by Thursday.

 

Golden State is gonna close it out in 6, like us. This game was handed to them. GS just wanted to let their own fans see the upset for themselves. THURSDAY IS ELIMINATION DAY FOR BOTH TEAMS!!!! BOOK IT!!!!

 

I really thought GS would win after that Baron Davis shot that put them up 9 with less than 3 minutes to play !
Oh, well, at least there will be an exciting game 6 to watch !

 

I wouldn't worry about the Warriors bouncing back. Their home crowd is LOUD!!! But this was a major choke job by Golden State. You're up 9 with a little over 2 minutes to go, you gotta close! There's nothing you can do about Dirk's 3-pointers. But the fouling and the pisspoor offensive execution killed them.

 

They have ejected Duncan in a crucial game for laughing on the bench, Davis in game 2 of this series for clapping and now Jackson for clapping.

The clapping is an allowed protest, the Refs are overeacting.....they should let it go.......

DD

 

Obviously I didn't choke tonight, damn it.

At least if GS does choke the series away, the Mavs will be worn out and drained and vulnerable, the Warriors shoud be tired too. We really need to finish the Jazz in 6.

 

but they didn't have to. just keep attacking. destroy them and win by 12 or 15. lose doing what you do. don't play not to lose and completely blow it.

 

"This will turn the series... this will shift momentum... GS would have been better off losing by 40..."

You guys are nuts. Momentum means NOTHING when the home court is shifted between games. Hell, it doesn't mean all that much when the next game is at the same place.

Did the Mavs not have momentum up 21 points with a rocking arena? Did the Warriors not have momentum from the last game, only to come out FLAT to start this game?

The better team will win game 6... Dallas was the more desperate team tonight.

 

Yeah, I do too. It took the Mavericks making a run and some fortuitous calls to win this one. They'll fold like a scared poker player in Oakland.

 

Personally, I think a blowout loss would be easier to forget than an huge collapse in the final 2 minutes of the 4th quarter. If any team in the league is capable of forgetting about previous losses and continuing to play with confidence though...it's Golden State.

 

The refs sealed the victory for the mavericks with 10 freethrows...
u know why?
because the TV ratings in the bay area will be off the chart in game 6

 

Also of note:

Austin Croshere?? AUSTIN CROSHERE?? Is Avery really going to keep on depending on him?? You don't ride AUSTIN CROSHERE to the promise land.

 

Christ, Barkley's english is horrible. Who the hell is Crojeer?

 

Golden State lost by f*cking up their defensive assignments and running a slow down offense when they didn't even have the game won yet.

If they were the Rox I'd be pissed to no end, but since they aren't I'll just sit back and laugh. haHA Golden State. Maybe you'll have learned better for next time. TCB guys, TCB.