Well its a little different when you prove your the dominant team and blow someone off the court! The Mavs won a close one in game won and acted like they owned the Spurs. The Spurs responded by kicking their asses from start to finish Dallas never sniffed a lead. One win is definately more impressive than the other, in the words of Marion .... "know what I'm sayin!"
don't mistake one fan for fans. One fan on here said the mavs would blow out the spurs.
The point I have made is that the mavs, unlike most other WC teams(outside of the lakers), have actually beat the spurs in the playoffs. dominance or not the mavs have had the upper hand on the spurs over the last 4 years. I think most people felt that this series would be the best first round series in the playoffs. the spurs/mavs rivalry is the toughest in the NBA right now according to most experts. My point has been that the mavs have beat the spurs recently(playoffs/reg season matchups). But myself, and most other knowledgeable fans, have never said that this would be easy. The spurs big 3 is intact and if given support they will be tough for anyone to beat much less a mavs team that has had the upper hand on them. I still think the mavs are the better team, but i can't imagine that this series doesn't go 6 or 7 games.
what I find sad is it wasn't until the 4th quarter of the game that the mavs played with some kind of emotion. If not for caron butler the mavs would not have sniffed that game. the guy seems like he is the only mavs player that sniffs gun powder b4 a game. I wish they would follow his lead. jason terry appeared as if he could be a factor again. but in the 4th quarter he fell in love with a jumpshot miss as usual. i figured he would have learned that going to the basket could pay off based on what he did in the first half. I wish they would play beaubois!
