Dallas beats Sacramento advances to Western Conference Finals
 

Dallas just beat Sacramento! Nobody said they would even get this far. What does everybody think about this "cinderella" story?

Well, they were seeded pretty high in the West - so the Cinderella tag may not fit.

But noone picked them to get this far - many didn't pick them to win their first series.

Dallas will have its hands full against San Antonio. Again, noone will pick them. So if they win this one, yeah, maybe kinda cinderella.

They had the second best record in the NBA. I don't think that's anywhere close to a cinderella

In my best Bill Walton voice.........

"This was, without question, the greatest win in the history of this franchise."

I hate that guy. :)

The Mavericks had better learn how to play defense real quick. Or they could just out score the Spurs. It will be an interesting series but I have a hard time seeing how the Mavs pull this one out.

yeah, i hate bill walton also.

i remember before a game, they showed this prediction from walton before the season, he was like "with jordan, the wizards would surely make it to their conference finals and blah blah blah"

that was pretty funny, he got crushed on natl tv.


anyway, i love dallas, they have such an international group there!

Would it be wrong of me to gloat? It's not like I like the Mavs, but I sure dont like the Kings.

Go Mavs!!! This should be an interesting series. I hope it goes 7 games. Probably set some scoring records, too.

im not a mav fan...but they play great offense and theyre the best team money can buy.

Yayyy! It's great to see the Mavericks win against all odds. It may not be Cinderella, but it sure is a pleasant surprise. They actually played solid defense in 2 games during the series with the Kings.
Now it's down to two Texas teams. Noone could have seen that coming a few years ago. Yeehaw!

ok it took them 7 and for crying out loud chris webber was injured

i will be impressed if they beat the spurs

The Mavericks came through with another victory. Still, all the media can talk about is how good the Spurs were - as they lost. And of course, when the Mavericks effectively adjusted their defensive approach, it was just "a few defensive gimmicks." Whether they win the series or not, the Mavericks deserve a little respect.

i've loved the sport of basketball for some time now. i rooted for the lakers before they sold out and turned into the bulls with gold jerseys. my fav player was nick van exel and was crushed when the lakers traded him. so i'm rooting behind him and the mavs all the way.

however, since i have not had a fav team since the lakers --> bulls transition, i've just been a fan, and watched the game. good going directv.

sorry, was happy that dallas won :D

Well, tonights game two, any new predictions?

not really, besides the fact that it's gonna be a good game. i think it's kinda balanced in some sense.

true, dallas has no one to guard duncan and lacks on the defensive end. however, dallas has lots of hot streaky shooters. finley, nowitzki, la frentz, van exel, nash. these guys put up numbers quick. so it kinda boils down to a shootout between duncan, ginobli, bowen (not from the charity stripe tho) of san antonio and the above listed from dallas.

in game 1, i think nelson out coached poppavich when they started fouling bowen. at first i was uber disappointed, but he played the stats well, and managed to take the crowd out of the game. hell i was out of the game for a bit and would have shut off the tv if i had not been laughing so hysterically.

and man, san antonio has to be able to shoot free throws. god damn, what were they? like 31 of 48, while dallas was 49 of 50 making 49 straight? god damn, that won't do it for you. they had an 18 point advantage, but the free throws alone, which stops the clock, gave dallas 18 points alone over san antonio.

well, we'll see. it's gonna be a good game. go dallas! go san antonio!

Is it possible that referee Joey Crawford made a few biased calls in Game 2? There was something strange about his explanations in the postgame interview.