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Originally Posted by powerclown
Great game.
I thought Dallas took too many (missed) quick shots down the stretch...they carelessly blew a big lead, but this is coming from a guy who has watched the game played at Detroit's speed for a while. Most of the game Dallas owned the paint, but when it mattered, the canuck took it to another level from outside. He was awesome. I still have to wonder how the Suns will survive if/when the shots stop falling -- though depending on the severity of their injuries, I think Dallas will be worse off without Howard. A LOT more fun to watch than the Eastern Finals so far.
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That last part is what happened last year. Everyone here was waiting for them to go cold. Dallas ran that same kind of team out and inevitablely the Mavs would go cold and it would allow the other team to come back or extend on them. But the shots likely are not going to stop falling because the Suns aren't settling for jumpshots. They are attacking the rim and nobody on the Mavs is putting the other guys on the floor for coming in the paint. Dampier would do that. But Dirk isn't going to hammer his bestest buddy Nash. Van Horn doesn't have that kind of mentality. And the other guys like Daniels and Howard just don't play that way. Terry and Harris aren't built to put Marion or that Diaw(sp?) on the floor. The Mavs need to ugly this game up but I don't think they are capable of doing it.