Ballin’: Let sulking Dirk’s lie
Uncategorized May 4th. 2007, 9:21am
Golden State Warriors 111
Dallas Mavericks 86
ESPN already has the huge front page graphic for this one, but let’s keep this in perspective. Repeat after me: this is not the biggest upset in NBA history. Surprising, yes. Shocking, no. The Warriors implemented the time-tested “steal one on the road and win your home games” theory to perfection in this series. Stephen Jackson was an absolute beast with 33 points (7-8 on 3’s) and his menacing defense continued to take Dirk out of the game. Baron Davis showed some excellent leadership, playing through a hamstring injury and hitting a huge, leaning three-pointer in the 1st half when the game was still close. Why Dallas didn’t exploit him on D by isolating Devin Harris on him, I’ll never know. Dirk continued to pout his way through this series like he was planning on starting a German Dashboard Confessional cover band. He was more off than the time stamp for this website. Look at the bright side, more time to play Peyton and Kenny Part 2 with Hasselhoff.
Utah Jazz 94
Houston Rockets 82
This series has been pretty lackluster so far. For the most part, the basketball has been less than entertaining and there haven’t been many good storylines either. Hopefully after tonight that will change with Juwan Howard, Mehmet Okur and Charles Barkley’s worst nightmare Dick Bavetta getting a little fiesty. Game 7 should be solid, as Game 7’s have the habit of being: T-Mac vs. AK-47: Will T-Mac win a Playoff series? Howard vs. Okur: Could this be our 1st Playoff fight? Regardless of who wins, I don’t think anyone wants to play the GSW hoop right now.
I’m off to bed. See you with some more in a few hours.
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May 4th, 2007 at 9:33 am
[...] Original post by TheBigLead2 [...]
May 4th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Do you believe in miracles?!?!
Yeah, but San Antonio or Phoenix will crush Golden State. This was just Obi-Wan Nelson outsmarting Darth Avery. There was I line I heard once about master vs. student – “He taught him every thing he knew, but did he teach him everything he knew?”. I guess not.
May 4th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
The refs are calling games so that the White Dirk Nositzki and his team moves on.
This just in, hockey refs are statistically more likely to call fouls on white guys with no teeth and broken knuckles.
May 4th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
An 8 seed that made the playoffs on the final day beating a 1 seed that almost had 70 wins is the biggest upset in NBA history.
May 4th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
[...] Bench agrees, vv too, Sportszilla says don’t hate on Dirk, while True Hoop hates on Dirk. The Big Lead just says let sulking Dirks [...]
May 4th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
What is the biggest upset on NBA history? I think this is pretty close no? A 42 win team beating a 67 win team and NBA runner-up..
May 4th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Couldn’t agree with rs27 more. If this isn’t the biggest upset, than what is? Denver over Seattle?
Two of the GSW starters last night, Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, were not first round picks. They scrapped and swaggered their way to this win, over the defending Western Conference champs no less.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
This has to be the greatest upset. I want to see an argument against it, not just ‘this isn’t the biggest upset’, and not explain why. A team that barely scrapes into the playoffs whipping a team that won 67 games? This wasn’t like the Warrirors barely beat the Mavs-they straight up beat the shit out of them, and it shouldn’t have even gone to six games.
May 4th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
I’m glad so many people brought this up. It was a bigger upset on paper than anything else. The Warriors were better (post-trade) than their record indicated and the Mavericks were a flawed one-seed. They don’t have a consistent crunch-time scorer or a strong leader and as the 2006 Finals proved, they hang their head rather quickly. Add that to the fact that Golden State matches up really well them basketball-wise, Don Nelson was essentially the architect of this Mavericks team so he knows them really well, and that Oakland crowd and you have a formula for disaster for the Mavs. They also swept the season series.
Did I predict it? Of course not. But this seemed inevitable after Game 3, which I lowered the shock factor for me. Surprising, yes. Shocking, no.
May 4th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Good – it’s hate on Dirk time. Too bad the 7 foot dumkopf lives in a state where guns and god go hand in hand cuz he talked some big-time shit when Miami dumped on his choken, soft, yellow-belly, spineless ass that the Mavs gave away the championship to the Heat. What does squirrel nuts have to say now about why he didn’t drive to the basket when his jump shot failed him or he let a one-legged Byron Davis punk him like a three year old boy? Here’s an MVP salut for you. Dirk, you stunk like a five day old diaper!
May 4th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Yeah Dirk choked it away again… that MVP ceremony is going to be extremely awkward. I cant wait.
May 4th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I heard that they’re gonna sell tickets in Dallas for the award ceremony. Stern’s gonna hand the trophy to Dirk, and Dirk’s gonna hold it over his head for all the Mav fans to see.
Then everyone’s gonna quietly file out of the building. Last one out turn off the lights!
May 4th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Ok, TBL2, but I still want to know what you think the biggest upset is, then? You make some valid points-but still, I think it’s a greater upset than when the Nuggs or the Knicks did it, basically because for most of the series, the Warriors owned the Mavs, even in the Warriors loss the other night. I just can’t remember a time when an eight seed seemed so in control of a series right from the beginning, even if it was over a flawed one seed.
May 4th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Best Dirk diss i’ve heard all day from a caller on The WWL in sports radio….
Skirt Nowitzki
May 4th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
I think the Sonics-Nuggets series was the biggest upset. That Sonics team had two legitimate superstars entering their prime (Kemp and Payton) and the same nucleus that made a Finals run a few years later. Those Nuggets had Mutumbo, a great defender, but zero difference-makers.
On the other hand, the Warriors have Baron Davis, a superstar when healthy and Stephen Jackson, a proven playoff performer challenging to be the next Robert Horry-type.