NBA Playoffs Rd 1: Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs

[King Taharqa]

(2) Dallas Mavericks (54-27)

STARTING 5

PG #2 Jason Kidd

6'4 210 lbs

California '94

10.2 PPG 9.1 APG 5.5 RPG 1.8 SPG 42.3 3PT%

SG #4 Caron Butler

6'7 228 lbs

UCONN '02

16.2 PPG 6.2 RPG 2.1 APG

SF #0 Shawn Marion

6'7 228 lbs

UNLV '99

12.0 PPG 6.4 RPG 51.2 FG%

PF #41 Dirk Nowitzki

7'0 245 lbs

Germany '98

25.1 PPG 7.7 RPG 48.2 FG% 42.0 3PT% 91.4 FT%

C #25 Erick Dampier

6'11 265 lbs

Mississippi State '96

6 PPG 7.4 RPG 1.4 BPG 62.4 FG%

BENCH

PG-Jose Juan Barea

SG-Jason Terry

SF-DeShawn Stevenson

PF-Eduardo Najera

C-Brendan Haywood

HEAD COACH

Rick Carlisle

[King Taharqa]

(7) San Antonio Spurs (50-31)

STARTING 5

PG #3 George Hill

6'2 190 lbs

IUPUI '08

12.4 PPG 2.9 APG 39.9 3PT%

SG #20 Manu Ginobili

6'6 205 lbs

Argentina '99

16.5 PPG 4.9 APG 3.8 RPG 37.7 3PT%

SF #24 Richard Jefferson

6'7 225 lbs

Arizona '01

12.3 PPG 4.4 RPG 2.0 APG

PF #21 Tim "The Big Fundamental" Duncan

6'11 260 lbs

Wake Forest '97

17.9 PPG 10.1 RPG 1.5 BPG 51.8 FG%

C #34 Antonio McDyess

6'9 245 lbs

Alabama '95

5.8 PPG 5.9 RPG

BENCH

PG-Tony Parker

SG-Keith Bogans

SF-Malik Hairston

PF-Matt Bonner

C-Dejuan Blair

HEAD COACH

Gregg Popovich

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Dallas take care of the San Anton in 6 hard fought games and advances to Round 2.

[tarheelblue89]

This series could go either way, especially with a healthy Parker.

But I'll take the Mavs in 6.

[carpanfan96]

I'm a go with an upset that's not really an upset. Spurs in 6.

[CarolinaPride5]

Mavs in 5. Yup, I said it.

[klumme]

Mavs in 6...

BTW Parker is french. He is only born in Belgium.

[King Taharqa]

Dirk and the Mavs handling Timmy so far.

[King Taharqa]

DALLAS (AP)—Dirk Nowitzki opened the playoffs in a high gear, making 12 of 14 shots and scoring 36 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 100-94 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.

Caron Butler scored 22 points and Brendan Haywood added 10 in their playoff debut for Dallas. Both were part of a major trade in February that turned a good Mavericks team into a much better one. They came into the playoffs having won eight of 10 and five straight.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2010041806

13 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds, 4 steals for 37 year old future HOF point guard Jason Kidd.

[King Taharqa]

Spurs up by 10 going into the 4th in Game 2. Pretty good game so far.

[King Taharqa]

SPURS TAKE GAME 2, SERIES TIED 1-1

[King Taharqa]

SPURS GO UP 2-1

[King Taharqa]

bump! Game is on TNT right now.

[HeatCheck]

Can't believe Spurs made the comeback.

[King Taharqa]

SPURS GO UP 3-1