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After Atlanta tonight we have a few days off before playing Dallas on Thursday and then two must wins against Milwaukee and NJ on the weekend. The Dallas game will be HUGE in seeing where we're at for rest of the season. We need two wins. Hopefully those extra days off will give parker even more rest to be ready to battle Kidd and make him our bitch again.

The Dallas game should be very interesting. They lost 2 of the guys that really gave us fits in Harris & Diop and added Kidd, who's never really given us much trouble before. Logic tells me that the Mavs are no longer a threat to us, but reality may prove differently.

Dallas is of course a big game, but I'm just not too worried about them. Naturally less than before the Kidd trade, too.

I don't think the Dallas game is going to determine the rest of our season. Still have several other significant games, too. Including another against Dallas.

I guess i meant as in it's a 2 pointer game. 1 win for us and a 1 loss for them put us 2 GB's ahead if we win, which goes along way with only 38 games left.

Ah, okay

Dallas isn't a team that we need to worry about anymore..Parker should be able to have his way with Kidd because of his quickness, and Duncan will play even better than he usually plays vs. Dallas now, without Diop..

we should make a run though..I want to see a winning streak..I'm expecting the 1st or 2nd seed with the Lakers..

HarlemHeat37 wrote:Dallas isn't a team that we need to worry about anymore..Parker should be able to have his way with Kidd because of his quickness, and Duncan will play even better than he usually plays vs. Dallas now, without Diop..

we should make a run though..I want to see a winning streak..I'm expecting the 1st or 2nd seed with the Lakers..

I agree...

We are 9-1 in our last 10 games but I want a long winning streak.

I hope you guys start losing a couple so the Lakers can contain the 1st spot and I have a feeling we'll face Spurs in WCF and home-court will be big. And Hopefully we'll have Bynum & Ariza back for start of April!

You guys have a tough March/April coming up: 14 games

Fri 7 @ Denver
Sun 9 @ Suns
Mon 10 v Denver
Wed 12 @ Hornets
Mon 17 v Boston
Sun 23 @ Dallas
Tue 25 v Orlando
Sun 30 V Houston

April

Tue 1 V Golden State
Fri 4 @ Utah
Sun 6 @ Portland
Wed 9 V Suns
Sun 13 @ Lakers
Wed 16 V Utah

Lakers Remaining Tough Schedule from March/April: 12 games

Lakers March:

Sun 2 V Dallas
Fri 14 @ Hornets
Sun 16 @ Houston
Tue 18 @ Dallas
Thu 20 @ Utah
Sun 23 V Golden State
Mon 24 @ Golden State

April

Wed 2 V Portland
Fri 4 V Dallas
Tue 8 @ Portland
Fri 11 V Hornets
Sun 13 V Spurs

I think we have the potential to really smash the Mavs. Those three days will be great for giving the Spurs a chance to practice, allowing Thomas to get some familiarity going with this team. He looked so good tonight as far as being in the right place to grab a rebound, and finding the open spot to get his jumper, that with a little familiarity, I think he's going to be huge. So if he gets some more minutes on Thursday, we could have an opportunity to seriously destroy the Mavs on the boards.

One thing i'm certain of that i've never been confident to say in the past 5 years, we're gonna smash the mavs on the boards with kurt in the lineup.