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dochira wrote:There we go: American Airlines will be getting lots of exposure in the Finals.

:lol: :rofl:

qilver wrote:
it's a first for both teams....

Yeah, it's a first for both teams.....but at least the Heat have guys who already made it in the finals several times (Coach Pat Riley, Gary Payton and Shaq O'Neal). The Mavericks have only one guy who have experienced a finals game......their head coach, back when he was a player for the Spurs in 1999 :sweat:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Yeah, it's a first for both teams.....but at least the Heat have guys who already made it in the finals several times (Coach Pat Riley, Gary Payton and Shaq O'Neal). The Mavericks have only one guy who have experienced a finals game......their head coach, back when he was a player for the Spurs in 1999 :sweat:

very true....yes...:say_yes:

game time now....6pm,
mavs-heat :sweat:

qilver wrote:game time now....6pm,
mavs-heat :sweat:

It's a very close game, the Mavericks is on the lead 88-67 with 1 min left in the 3rd period. Both teams are playing good, so it's unpredictable at this point on who will take this game :sweat:

The Mavericks up 82-78 with 5 mins left in the game. Too early to say that they will take this game, especially now that 4 guys from the Heat's starting lineup already scored in double figures :doh: . C'mon Mavs, play defense! :grumble:

The Dallas Mavericks wins it 90-80 :woot: :victory:

Saito_Hajime wrote:The Dallas Mavericks wins it 90-80 :woot: :victory:

The tub of goo shoots 1-9 on free throws :applaud: [/list:u]

Saito_Hajime wrote:

It's a very close game, the Mavericks is on the lead 88-67 with 1 min left in the 3rd period. Both teams are playing good, so it's unpredictable at this point on who will take this game :sweat:

J. Terry didn't score any points in the 3rd, he wanted to get Dirk and the others more involved offensively...
but Terry comes out scoring in the 4th....he was the main difference and had the "hot" hand in shooting tonight for game 1

Saito_Hajime wrote:The Mavericks up 82-78 with 5 mins left in the game. Too early to say that they will take this game, especially now that 4 guys from the Heat's starting lineup already scored in double figures :doh: . C'mon Mavs, play defense! :grumble:

when J Terry missed that easy layoff that could have put them up 12...and Heat scoring 6 straight...i thought this was going down to the wire...in a very close game :sweat:

Saito_Hajime wrote:The Dallas Mavericks wins it 90-80 :woot: :victory:

holding an opponent in any game, esp. on your home court in the finals, to 80 points is impressive...i have to give a lot of credit to A. Johnson's coaching and their defense that clamp down on the Heat.

overall a good and a much needed win for game #1 for the Mav's....yeah!!! 3 wins away from a championship, but still way too early as Heat will be ready for game #2 with their adjustments from the first game. :bonk:

gaijin mark wrote: The tub of goo shoots 1-9 on free throws :applaud: [/list:u]

any team that misses 12 FT's in an important game, really loses the game on the line...and shooting 37% 6-17, that is down right pathetic, and having a big inside power like Shaq also has a big huge liability, on the freethrows...1-9....

It's going to be tough for Miami to win if they are going to miss FT's like that...even Wade struggled on the line.

meanwhile, Mav's are good FT shooting team...very important for the Playoffs... :applaud:

gaijin mark wrote: The tub of goo shoots 1-9 on free throws :applaud: [/list:u]

Yeah, gotta give it up to Dampier and Diop for fouling the guy when needed :applaud:

qilver wrote:holding an opponent in any game, esp. on your home court in the finals, to 80 points is impressive...i have to give a lot of credit to A. Johnson's coaching and their defense that clamp down on the Heat.

You do have a point there. I just wanted them to secure the victory by playing more defense. The Mavs are known to have a very good offense......but most of the time fail to close a victory due to careless defense :sweat:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

You do have a point there. I just wanted them to secure the victory by playing more defense. The Mavs are known to have a very good offense......but most of the time fail to close a victory due to careless defense :sweat:

i thought when Miami closed the gap to 4, Mav's clamped down and played excellent defense, that help them secure game #1 :applaud:

game #2 on Sunday, i think it is another home game for Mav's...
expect Heat to come out, and come out strong, like they did in the first. Because you know the team that lost, will try to make any necessary adjustments to try to win...but the FT's are hurting them...

but also expect Mav's to come out and try to win and play strong again, and hopefully Dirk can have a good solid game. :applaud:

qilver wrote:game #2 on Sunday, i think it is another home game for Mav's...
expect Heat to come out, and come out strong, like they did in the first. Because you know the team that lost, will try to make any necessary adjustments to try to win...but the FT's are hurting them...

but also expect Mav's to come out and try to win and play strong again, and hopefully Dirk can have a good solid game. :applaud:

Yeah, definitely making adjustments, the finals is also a battle of mind games for the coaches. And also, the big tub must be trying to figure out how to avoid getting fouled frequently :bonk:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Yeah, definitely making adjustments, the finals is also a battle of mind games for the coaches. And also, the big tub must be trying to figure out how to avoid getting fouled frequently :bonk:

Stack got his nose bled from running into that tub of goo...
good thing he recovered and help them win game #1

qilver wrote:

Stack got his nose bled from running into that tub of goo...
good thing he recovered and help them win game #1

The guy is so strong that it looked like Stackhouse ran on to a wall :hehe:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

The guy is so strong that it looked like Stackhouse ran on to a wall :hehe:

shaq makes dampier look small....
but dampier did a great job today, along with the other dude, against shaq tonight. :applaud:

qilver wrote:

shaq makes dampier look small....
but dampier did a great job today, along with the other dude, against shaq tonight. :applaud:

Yeah, definitely gotta give credit to the Mavercks' big men :thumbsup: . I expect adjustment to the Heat's rotation of big men and give Mourning more playing time in game 2.

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Yeah, definitely gotta give credit to the Mavercks' big men :thumbsup: . I expect adjustment to the Heat's rotation of big men and give Mourning more playing time in game 2.

mourning not much of a factor in game 1,
Stack was a good contributor in this game. :applaud: