Be Careful Detroit....

"Gimme yo money bitch"

Antoine "Bricklayer" is commin fo yo ass....

Get your game 7 tickets now folks...

Game 4. Suns vs Adrian Griffin

This is real easy folks...

If Adrian Griffin is your best player, you can't win a ball game.

If Jet Terry can't knock down a shot to save his life, you can't win a ball game.

If Dirk can't hit a shot and looks like pounded dog sh%t, you can't win a ball game.

If Avery continues to leave KVH on the floor for extended minutes, you can't win a ball game.

If Avery lets Raja Bell get in his teams head, then Avery gets a technical foul...

well, you know...

Who would've thought offense was the problem? Give a team like Phoenix all the confidence in the world as they blow your ass out like a high school team, in the their gym, and you're in for a world of hurt. The pressure is huge and it is 100% on the Mavs now. Dirk is crumbling.

Sound the alarms. What an embarrassment.

Because I cannot sleep....

Because he cannot sleep, Brad brings you the Top 10 people he'd most like to have dinner with...

#10. & #9. - Seth Mcfarlane and Billy West.

Because seriously, how awesome would it be to interview Peter Griffin, Philip Fry, Bryan the dog, Dr Zoidberg, Stewie Griffin, and Professor Farnsworth, and Zapp Branigan, ALL AT THE SAME TIME?? Yeah thats what I thought.

#8. Billy joe Armstrong.

My Hero. Green Day frontman, egotistical maniac. Thats ok. The man is a living God, and he's very aware of it.

#7. Zack Braff.

I'd love to ask that jerk what it's like to be the LUCKIEST man im America. I mean seriously, Gift shop girl? Tara Reid? Mandy Moore??? The man has kissed everyone.... Garden State = ownage.

#6. FDR.

Franklin Roosevelt, what in the hell were you thinking about? Awesome stuff, delivering this young nation, etc, into modern times. The man would be a wealth of information.

#5. Jesus.

I know, #5??Thats ok....Forgiveness is all part of the package. (I might invite Dan Brown to attend, you know, to keep everyone honest. )

#4 and #3. Dirk and Mike Modano.

Total personal preference here. Because I love them. Cue the Brokeback mountain music, I've got some man crushes to deal with....

#2. Bill Clinton.

Quite possibly the biggest idiot of my ENTIRE generation, what a great interview this could be. (WHat do you mean by could?) (what do you mean by be?)......Bill you dog!

AAAAAAAAAAAAANd #1....

In all of history, I have narrowed it down to ONE PERSON....

after careful consideration, I have tried to find the one person who's crazy ass life has really transcended the ages, etc....and of course the person deserving an interview most...

I couldnt come up with anyone.... I mean really, some people are just spares, Shakespeare, Galileo, etc....

And seeing as how this is a Sports blog....

We'll pick Charles F%^&cking Barkley. Because lately there's no one who needs to answer for his sins more....

CHUCK, WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING ON TELEVISION??? OH MY GOD.





yeah right.

Mavs take Game 3, don't have to score 100....

121

98

88

The Suns point totals are really taking a dive, because the Mavericks Defense is starting to really come alive. The rotations look ok, they double Nash when they have to, and Marion can have his quiet 20 a game. That's fine.

Where this game was U-G-L-Y was the Mavs offense. I mean My God! Stop pulling up for those jump shots. The Mavericks are certainly fortunate their defense and Phx lack of clutch shooting in the 2nd half were so huge in this game, because even though they scored 95 points, the Mavs offensive execution was stinky.

Jerry Stackhouse... I don't know about you dude.

Diop, you the man.

Josh Howard, you the man.

Dirk I love you

Keith Van Horn.... you....I uhh... yeah

Steven Nash, you look like you need a breather dog.

So bring on Raja Bell, I think Avery makes all the adjustments and they can even win UGLY ass games like tonight.

Mavs in 6?

Big Sexy German

Looks like Tim Thomas is interested in more than one ball.

hey now...

Game 2 Notes...

Mavs win by 7. It felt like 1.

The Mavericks gave the Suns repeated open looks at 3 point shots and came out of it relatively unscathed. They got a little lucky.

-The overall defensive scheme was FAR superior to game 1. Less fast break points, clogged up the lane, and at the same time didn't give too much away on the wings for the open 3's. It's a delicate damned near impossible balance and we'll see if they can do it 3 more times...

-Josh Howard. WOW. 29 points, carried the team in the first half. WOW.

-Dirk. He was Dirk. He was the Dirkiest Dirky Dirk Dirk Dirk. Driving the lane, putting the ball on the floor and his head down. Awesome.

-Steve Nash dominated in the 1st half. Took only 1 shot in the second half. Was he tired? Is he stupid? Were the Mavs lucky?

-Diop. Huge minutes in the 1st half, played good defense, had a good bucket and some blocks. Surrendered back to back 3's to Tim Thomas, that was pretty horrible. But overall Diop was a pleasant suprise, broken nose and all.

-Did Dampiere even play?

-JERRY STACKHOUSE. 3 AWEFUL turnovers in the 1st half. Missed free throws down the stretch. He looked panicked. He looked confused. He was aweful.

That's it. Mavs played a good game, nearly gave it away a couple of times but hung in there. Game 2 Sunday night.

Pray for Josh Howards ankle.

The Final Word for this season?

This crap drives me so crazy im considering just not having any more thoughts on the Mavs...

This series hinges almost entirely on Steve Nash.

Can he be that fabulous night after night after night after night? (4 nights, because the Suns might sweep)

If he gets tired, Mavs in 7. If he doesn't get tired, Suns in 5.

I mean come on, they limited Marion, and limited the 3 point shooting, and got 30 from Harris. If you can't win when you do all 3 of those things, you dont have a prayer in hell. Bye Bye litte itty bitty Mavericks.

Suns in 6?

Spurs are still fishing though...take a little satisfaction there.

Mark Cuban, no matter what happens, keep this team together. All of them.

Bye bye Mavs. Have fun in Phoenix.

Oh and by the way, all of you at the AAC.... be a little more apathetic. Talk on your cell phones more and don't make any noise. For the love of god the half time TNT show idiots didn't even have to talk loud over you, and they were sitting in section 1-f%#$ing-12.

Make some noise for the love of god you fake boob wearing, comode licking, wine and cheese having, white wine sipping, BMW driving, Plano inhabitants that are the ABSOLUTE SHAM that we call a Dallas Mavericks (expensive-ASS-ticket affording) crowd. Idiots.

Springtime, for Dirk and big D....

Winter, for Duncan, and San Antonio....

The little Dallas Mavericks win a game 7 on the road in overtime. Despite more officiating that could make you lose your lunch real quick. That little foul on Devin Harris is OT? Give me a break. The Mavs were battling two different opponents at times.

Game 7 notes:

So many story lines...

-The Mavs got a little lucky. They did. No arguements here. But they put themselves in a position where a little luck could save them, not a miracle like in the past.

-Dirk is a stud. He's a basketball god. Where was this guy last year? What an absolute freaking stud.

-Tim Duncan is a stud. Credit him. No one has an answer for that guy.

-Diop played Duncan fabulous. In OT. With a broken frieking nose!! Talk about having some guts out there. A broken nose and Duncans elbows are not a good combination. Kudos to the Diop.

-The Jet. That guy is so clutch. He's so calm. I'd like to see Jason Terry and Sergei Zubov in a game of chicken. So calm, so collected. Awesome stuff.

-Manu Ginobili is to have a statue erected in his honor, with his hand on Dirks' hand, while the big German tied the game.

Thank you Manu. You Idiot.

-Josh Howard is going to have to show us what he's got against the Suns. The Spurs have the defensive resources to shutdown 2 out of 3, Dirk, Howard, or someone else, at a time. The Suns will only be able to pick one. They can pick Dirk if they want, but I bet we Josh Howard do some stuff this round.

-The Mavs finally have their game 7 against the Avalanche. The Stars have so many good playoff stories, it's great to see the Mavs finally living some of their own.

MAVS WIN!!!!!!!

O-M-G!!!!!!

I just...words...blithering.....WOW

WOW

WOW

Freaking Segana Diop comes up monster.

I dont know what Stevey Nash is doing tonight, but Dirk, MVP, what????


WOW!!!!!!

Coherent thoughts tomorrow.

Game 7 is upon us...

2 hours to go.

Go Mavs.!

Beat SA!

At least keep it close. Go down fighting.

Swinging Momentum

Jason Terry is stupid.

NBA Rule: If a player makes a deliberate punching motion at another player whether contact is made or NOT, an automatic one game suspension will be given (maybe more)

Jason Terry is stupid. The leagure got it right. This is no conspiracy.

Mavs are screwed. They have a severe disadvantage. Parker will be faster than ever, giving Harris too many fouls, with no Terry to play point while Harris is on the bench. Daniels plays too many minutes, he's terrible in the playoffs this year. That's it.

That all equals Spurs in 7.

So gay.

Kudos to LeBron and Co.

Tim Duncans' changing ways...

"Timmy!!!!"

There are plenty and plenty of guys in sports to hate because they're jerks, and they're good, and they don't play for the team you would like.

Kobe.

Bonds.

TO.

(Can't think of any hockey players, because they're all classy and they play the classiest sport)

Basketball especially though.... narcistic egotistical jerks.

But not Tim Duncan. I've always respected him for being a classy guy, a nice quiet guy, who doesn't celebrate too much, and given the opportunity I'm sure he wouldn't do an end-zone dance. He has tact, and grace. But was it because he was always on the more care-free, winning side??

Because now, all he does is whine. Cry. Throw hissy fits. He cost his team a technical foul and a very important point last night because he got mad and stormed off the other way.

Stop whining Tim. Be the good guy that you are, and go home and play golf for the summer. The Mavs will handle the basketball.

Do you believe now??

I'm still not sure I do. Being up 3-1 against the Spurs was something I never even considered being in the realm of possibility.

But WOW. Best basketball game I've ever seen? Close. Top 5.

It seemed the Spurs threw everything they had at the Mavs in game 3, but in game 4, WOW. Ginobili, Parker and Duncan were incredible. Awesome stuff, they're great players.

But the Mavs have a few guys called Dirk, J Terry, and Stack, who did a little more with help from Devin Harris and company.

How good do you feel if your a Mav fan? That the Spurs threw every single trick in the book at you, every baseline cut, every pick and roll, every Tony Parker drive to the hoop, and a couple of back to back Ginobili 3's in the 4th quarter, not to mention Tim Duncan kicking your ass all night on that low post, and you STILL come out on TOP!!

WOW.

The Lakers recently blew a 3-1 series lead. I have faith in Avery that he will bring that up as an example of why the Mavs need to win on Wed and just be done with it. This series is by no means over. The Spurs are scary. Both games 3 and 4 could've gone their way. (Then again game 1 could've gone our way, and they know it.)

But really though, just... WOW.


7 wins down. 9 more to go....Cautious optimism ahead...

Die-hards unite!

Im tired of getting shifty akward glances when I where my Stars Jersey out. And it has recently been said that I am being unnecessarily intense when I watch sporting evens.

As the Mavs took every chance they could get in the 4th quarter to try and give San Antonio the game (Spurs hit 10 of their last 11 shots!!, the only miss coming at the end with the desperation Horry turn-around), one can't help but wonder, "Why exactly am I doing this to myself?"

My stomach hurts, my body tightens up, I take big deep breaths during time outs. I pace around. I curse. I yell at the TV. This isn't my life right? It's just a game, etc, etc...

But friends, being a true "die-hard" in every sense of the word is a small fraternity.

I'm a very casual baseball fan. That's all well and good.

But man when it comes to the Mavs and the Stars I just can't help it. Men (straight men) are by nature very competitive, and since we can't be out there helping them out, we send our emotional support via angry shouting. Call it sending out good energy into the karma soaked sports world. It's not necessarily the "I believe in you" karma, it's the "I care A LOT about this" karma. The "I love you and I will take this loss hard if you don't fix this" kind of karma.

Besides, everybody likes to feel loved.

Sports is one of those cool, weird things that across borders of nations, people can come to an understanding. You'll see it later this summer in the World Cup. People in other countries are way more serious than I am about those games. American die-hards look just downright apathetic compared to those face-painting maniacs.

Bottom line is, I will continue to live and die with every goal, 3-pointer, penalty call, or bs foul call that comes our way. Desensitized as eveyone in this country is to everything, someones got to feel passionate about something.

"They kicked ass..."

That's what Pop (Spurs head coach) had to say about the Mavericks after they took his Spurs out behind the woodshed and beat the crap out of them, 113-91.

Josh Howard and Devon Harris were awesome. Dirk was good. Stack was good. It was all good.

You gotta love Popovich though, he makes no excuses, he's a little sarcastic to the media, and he doesn't complain about the officiating. He's a real stand up guy. Too bad about the scarring on his face though. Probably made Eloise Midgens acne look good when he was young....whoa too many Harry Potter references...

Meanwhile, with 6:30 left in the 4th, Reggie Miller (TNT color commentator) delivers this gem...

"Tony Parker seems to have one of those boo-boos in his arm area."

Reggie might want to watch his "phrase-ology". Boo boos. Thats good. really good. Then there's "arm area."

So we must remind Reggie of some simple "arm area" terminology. Hand, shoulder, elbow, fore-arm, bicep, wrist, under-arm...you don't have to have a medical degree.

Use your words Reggie. It's ok to use your words.

Or find something to do where you can hold a basketball again. You were good at that.

Letter to the Avalanche fans...

GOAL, DUCKS!

How does it feel Colorado? Sucking that thin air in and out, crying in your beer?

Cry it up real good.

Feel the pain. The pain that we felt in Dallas walking back to our cars after a bitter overtime loss.

You're done. Your victory over the Stars means nothing now.

We can rest in peace.

Lunch time Game 1 thoughts...

87-85. Spurs. That's a real basketball game. Not this Phx and LA "let's promise not to play any defense at all" and see who can score more, crap. Suns games are basically like a glorified game of HORSE.

There were about 18 little things they could've done better, and won that game, or at least gone to OT. Everyone likes to focus on the LAST mistake of the game, rather than the just-as-important mistakes in the other 47 minutes.

*Free Throws - 67%?? Terrible, that will fix itself.

*Turnovers - not excessive, but too many. Daniels threw the ball into the 6th row on Sunday, not even he's sure where that was supposed to go.

*Tim Duncan D - When they brought the double team and then a half decent rotation to the shooter Duncan dumped it to, it wasn't half bad. You can't let him dominate like in the first half, though.

*The last bonehead Stackhouse play of course.

*Where did Josh Howard go in the second half?

*My biggest problem - Damp and Diop. Rebounders. Great. Get the ball, thats awesome, they did a good job there. But if you're going to put it back up, go up STRONG. get FOULED. get to the bleeping LINE. Better yet, hold on to the dang thing, and give it to someone who knows what they're doing. No more attempts at offense from those two please, for the love of god.

And pick Dirk apart if you want, but I think he took everything they gave him, and he played a good game. Could've used a little magic in the last 3 minutes though.

Game 2 - The Spurs won't shoot that poorly again, so the Mavs have to match them there. I don't think Timmy will be able to keep that up through the series, but he still requires more attention than Avery was anticipating, apparently.

All is not lost, this thing could go to 7 games. Go Mavs!

Leave you when the summer comes along...

That's wisdom from a very great band....anyways

The top 4 seeds in the Western Conference really did leave us. How could this happen? One theory is that it's just playoff hockey, and that's what happens.

Could be.

Another theory, the bottom 4 teams were all duking it out at the end of the season, and came into the post season with a confidence and rhythm that was far superior to that of the top 4 seeds, who coasted in. With the exception of Calgary, that could be true.

And that brings us to MY THEORY. Wait for it, here it comes. The Western conference is just that much BETTER than the eastern conference. More competitive. More spirited. More real goaltending, more hitting, more grit, and more passion.

That's right, the East sucks. Deal with it Ottawa. The Sabres are a real good team there, I think they belong the west. The Devils rely on Brodeur too much. The Hurricanes dropped two straight to the Habs, and The Senators have great offense. But I'll be pulling for whoever comes out of the West this year.

Unless its the Avs.... A girl's gotta have SOME sort of standards.

Crying in our beer, but not for long...

27 hours after the bitter defeat this city suffered yesterday via 3 overtime wins by the Avs in one series, Dallas sports looked to bounce back with the Mavs and Dirk in Memphis.

Too easy.

102-76 Mavs, and you have to feel a little bit bad for Memphis who has now set an all time NBA record, losing not only 12 playoff games in a row, but their first EVER 12 playoff games in a row. They didn't really put up much of a fight tonight past the halfway mark of the 2nd quarter. The 3rd quarter was a laugher. Only 27 from Dirk tonight, but he didn't even need that.

My only concern is having too much time off before the Mavericks travel to San Antonio some time next week. Avery will need to come through for these guys, keeping them focused, while also getting some much needed rest for some injured players.

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Oilers win! Defeat Hated Wings 4-3, win series 4 games to 2.

4 goals in one period, from only 2 different guys, and just like that, the #1 and #2 seeds have been eliminated from the West. Thats NHL playoffs for you. As Stars fans, who can you root for now? The Oil? surely not...The Sharks, he@$ no! The Avalanche? GOD NO.

I guess were all Calgary fans now. Not if Anaheim has anything to say about it...