The most exciting of the three, the Rockets, arguably have no chance to get out of the first round without the 7'6'' Chinese fella.
The Mavs, coming off a 65 win season, have been incredibly disappointing most of the season, but arguably have the best shot of getting out of the first round, if they can hold on to the 7 seed, and the Hornets stay in the 2.
The Spurs....basically have no shot of ever winning a basketball game again. And if you were to ask me why, I would have no earthly idea. The talent is there, they just can't win. And I am really sick of the, "their really old" argument. Because, they really aren't. Timmy is 31, Manu is 30, and Tony is like, 14 or something. Sure, they have some older role players, but Mike Finley doesn't have to be a young man to stand there and make open jump shots. So I just don't buy that argument.
The only thing I can come up with is a total and complete lack of focus and interest. Because if you will take a look, you will see in all the recent games against good teams that they have lost, from pretty much March til now, you will notice a trend. They come out strong, play great and with lots of intensity, and are winning at the end of the first half, or its a very close game. (Like tied against the Lakers, up on the Suns by a couple I think, beating the Celtics by 22 at the end of the first quarter and 10 at the end of the half, etc...) But then, something switches off...like they think everyone is just going to roll over and die because they are the World Champs.
Well, they better get out of that habit real quick! Like starting Wednesday night against Utah. Because they should want nothing to do with the Suns or the Jazz in the first round...Because, even as a Spurs fan, I would have to seriously consider whether they could win those series.
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If the Mavs play the Hornets, I really do like their chances compared to the other Texas teams.
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