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Assuming Denver takes care of business against Memphis, tomorrow nights game between the Mavs and 'Bees will decide the 7th/8th seeds.

Hornets win, they face 7th seeded Denver in round 1.

Hornets lose they get 7th seeded Dallas.


Hornets were 2-1 against the Nuggets this year, but haven't played them since January 28th.

A Hornets loss to Dallas will even the season series at 2-2.

A Hornets win combined with a Nuggets loss will give Dallas the 7th seed, but a 1-3 record vs. New Orleans this season.


Which team do you think they match-up better with?

I think they would rather take on Denver, but I'm curious to see if they go all out in the final game now that they have the 2nd seed locked up.

Thoughts?

i think both the lakers and hornets would prefer to face the nuggets. mavs are simply a better team.

Dirk is hawt...

Carmelo is not.

I think any sane person would want ' 'enver

If I'm NO, I'd rather play Denver by a long shot. Not only does Dallas have more talent and experience, Denver has the whole Melo thing to deal with as a distraction as well. I can't see any reason as to why they'd rather play Dallas.

I thought about this a lot, and I'm really not sure, I would favor us in either series, but I wouldn't be surprised if we lost either.

I think I would take the Mavs, just based on how well Chris has done against them, and against Kidd.

Then again, they might be a much tougher match up, they won't want to be ousted in the first round twice, and Denver has a lot of guys hungry to taste the second round.

I think it's a tough match up either way, hopefully we can get our playoff growing pains out of the way, and get to round 2.

If I was them I would want to face Denver given that they have not shown anything in the playoffs, unlike Dallas that despite their choking label aren't really considered 1st round fodder.

mavs/hornets series could go seven and could easily be a toss up. I think they would want much rather play denver.

If I was New Orleans I would want to face the enver Nuggets

they should the mavs imo

mavs have no one inside to bang with west and chandler

and dont get me started with kidd...

i want denver in round 1

they're the only team i can say with confidence that we will beat

The Hornets would trounce Denver, I didn't think so a few weeks ago but the top of the West and certainly started to distance itself from the lowest seed.

David West is balling right now, the Nuggets seem to be falling apart right now.

Not to mention Dallas is playing good basketball.

I would love to see the Hornets face the Nuggets personally, but I don't see Dallas losing and forcing themselves to play the Lakers in the first round.

Dallas has no answer for CP3 since we traded Devin. Denver matches up well

Chandler.......Camby
West.............Martin/Najera
Peja..............Anthony
MoPete..........Smith
Paul...............Iverson

Then it comes down to experience and I would pick Denver over Hornets.

That said, I think NOH would prefer to play Dallas

When Peja was with the Kings, he loved playing the Nuggets, he scores very well against them, and sometimes he was able to contain Carmelo.

New Orleans is going to get upset by Dallas.

easy to answer.

mavericks > nuggets.

bender235 wrote:New Orleans is going to get upset by Dallas.

I don't think it'd be much of an upset.

The Mavs and Nuggets both lost to the Sonics when it counted, so i dont think either can scare the Hornets lol

Either team will be gone in 5 or 6

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I don't think it'd be much of an upset.

Considering New Orleans has played at a consistently higher level and the teams are five seeds apart, it's safe to say that's not accurate.

Dallas WOULD have a solid chance, though, and NO (and every other team in the West) would LOVE to play Denver.

Hornets played pretty bad basketball against Denver in 2 of the 3 games.

First game Denver blew a decent lead late in the 4th.
Second game Denver cruised and won.
Third game in New Orleans the Hornets blew them out.

Not sure who i'd rather face. Greg Popovich pretty much defined the 08 Western Playoffs by saying "There are no 1 seeds and there are no 8 seeds. Every team thats coming this year is scary."

Phoenix Rockets wrote:easy to answer.

mavericks > nuggets.

Mavs or Nuggets? Pretty even. Both beat good teams and lost to bad teams. Both might finish 50-32. Denver destroyed Dallas tho in the season series. Only game they lost was without Melo.