1 ting 4 sure is tat tis season NBA champ wont b da east division..

uhh, my friend did told me abt a program...but not sure abt the name...haha...yea, i hope Astro does show more NBA games...our country is not having much B/Ball games...all they do is football, golf...no offence to those other players, but NBA is also as exciting as other sports....

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There will always be a possibility no matter what, but Dallas is in a sense having a bigger advantage compared to GSW.

About Davis, i think he is not that bad of a player.. iirc his assists numbered up pretty well so it is no doubt that he is one of the key players to the GSW.. remember on his comeback after injury, he beat the hell out of the Pistons

Warriors vs. Mavericks
Backcourt     Baron Davis must dominate for Warriors to have a shot
Frontcourt    Dirk Nowitzki will show why he is this season's MVP
Bench          Buckner, George will play key roles against small lineup
Coaching     Avery Johnson is a great coach, but Nelson was his mentor
Intangibles   No one knows Mavs better than Nellie; pressure's on Dallas

Mavericks Bottom Line: Throw out Warriors' 3-0 record against Dallas - playoffs are a different animal ... Mavericks in five

Wade played and he got 22 points.......

Edit: Last year Suns played without Amare...so 7 games this year ? Even me Lakers fan will think that is not possible to create an upset. Unless Kobe comes out with another superhuman effort. And having Raja Bell on your tail, Kobe's gona have a hard since there's no player of his calibre that he can depend on. It'll be very difficult, can't see a different result than Suns winning

The beauty of the NBA playoffs -- if you're a fan of the favored team, anyway -- is that there are no flukes. A seven-game series provides plenty of opportunity for adjustments, including mental ones, and that's exactly what the Spurs and Mavericks will experience heading into Game 2 on Wednesday. The nerves will be more familiar, the edge will come back and players will more easily settle in and play the game without fear.

I'd be shocked if both clubs didn't bounce back with victories to tie their respective series. Still, both Dallas and San Antonio have a lot of work ahead of them.

* Player of the Day: Baron Davis. The Warriors point guard was unstoppable in leading his band of athletic and ultra-quick teammates and making life miserable for Dallas.

* The Mavs actually changed their lineup to match up with Davis, starting Devean George in place of Erick Dampier. When was the last time the league's No. 1 seed altered its starting lineup to match up with an 8 seed? That's the respect that Dallas coach Avery Johnson has for Davis, who is incredibly strong and is Golden State's best post-up player.

* George did what he could on Davis, but it wasn't anywhere near enough. It will be interesting to see if Johnson goes back to his usual starting lineup for Game 2.

* If Johnson does return to his regular lineup, the problem is that either Jason Terry or Devin Harris will have to cover Davis. Both are too small to handle the Warriors' powerful guard. Also, the Mavericks face a mismatch on the perimeter with Dampier trying to cover Al Harrington, Golden State's "center."

* Therein lies the problem for Dallas: The Mavericks are looking at mismatches in two spots, and if Dampier or DeSagana Diop comes off the floor to fix one matchup, there's no interior defensive presence. And at the offensive end, Dallas doesn't have an inside player who can make the Warriors pay for going small.

* The usual strategy against a small lineup is to pound the ball inside, but Dampier and Diop aren't offensive players. Dirk Nowitzki would rather play on the perimeter, too. This is a nightmarish situation for Johnson, but he's smart and competitive and has a versatile roster. He and his team have a lot to think about as they try to solve the Warrior riddle.