New Orleans vs. Dallas - Series NOH wins (4-1)

Texas Longhorns · Post #1 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:16 am

( 2 ) New Orleans Hornets (56-26) vs. ( 7 ) Dallas Mavericks (51-31)

Link to game thread 1

Game 1 - Sat April 19 - MAVERICKS 92 @ HORNETS 104 FINAL
Game 2 - Tue April 22 - MAVERICKS 103 @ HORNETS 127 FINAL
Game 3 - Fri April 25 - HORNETS 87 @ MAVERICKS 97 FINAL
Game 4 - Sun April 27 - HORNETS 97 @ MAVERICKS 84 FINAL
Game 5 - Tue April 29 - MAVERICKS 94 @ HORNETS 99 FINAL

REGULAR SEASON SERIES
Tied 2-2
Dec. 1: at Hornets 112, Mavericks 108 (OT)
Dec. 14: at Mavericks 89, Hornets 80
Feb. 20: at Hornets 104, Mavericks 93
Apr. 16: at Mavericks 111, Hornets 98

Projected Starting Lineup

PG - Chris Paul
SG - Morris Peterson
SF - Peja Stojakovic
PF - David West
C - Tyson Chandler

Projected Starting Lineup

PG - Jason Kidd
SG - Jason Terry
SF - Josh Howard
PF - Dirk Nowitzki
C - Erick Dampier

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The Hornets take a commanding 3-1 series lead back to New Orleans for game 5. Can the Mavericks get game 5 and stay alive?

The Laker Kid · Post #2 » by **The Laker Kid** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:40 am

I just saw the NO-DAL highlights.. crazy "block" by Jason Kidd :eek2:

soulhunter · Post #3 » by **soulhunter** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:09 am

Safe to say that Dirk is a trooper. The only player stopping every game being a 50 point blowout

Klinky · Post #4 » by **Klinky** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:31 am

I do feel kinda bad for Dirk. He is the freshest thing on that team. The Mavs are turning from a finely aged sharp vintage cheddar to a very old & moldy stinky cheese, very quickly in this series...

ppp000 · Post #5 » by **ppp000** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:20 pm

Kinda hard to be compeititive when only 3 players on the team showed up for the series (Dirk, and Terry/Bass to an extent).

2poor · Post #6 » by **2poor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:25 pm

J-Ho can come to NOLA in the offseason if he wants. I'm sure he'd be more comfortable with the WF/Prosser connection with Paul/West.

Geaux Hornets!

Post #7 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:25 pm

2poor wrote:J-Ho can come to NOLA in the offseason if he wants. I'm sure he'd be more comfortable with the WF/Prosser connection with Paul/West.

Geaux Hornets!

I've been thinking the same a lot during this series.

Mo Pete and Rasual Butler for Howard. Get it done.

2poor · Post #8 » by **2poor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:11 pm

Soon after, a Hornets' fan was ejected for jawing wildly with Dallas owner Mark Cuban on the sideline.

wrong. it was actually a Mavs fan saying, ehm, "inappropiate" things to Chris Paul. Cuban took exception and had the guy booted.

:clap:

Cuban

Stone · Post #9 » by **Stone** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:23 pm

Anybody think Kidd will get a suspension for his Flagrant 2?

2poor · Post #10 » by **2poor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:03 pm

Stone wrote:Anybody think Kidd will get a suspension for his Flagrant 2?

Already announced by the NBA that he'll be available on Tuesday.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/b ... kidd.foul/

Stone · Post #11 » by **Stone** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:17 pm

2poor wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Already announced by the NBA that he'll be available on Tuesday.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/b ... kidd.foul/

I thought it was more than a hard foul. I mean come on Kidd grabbed his neck and pulled him down while his feet were off the ground. You better believe if it was the other way around there would have been a suspension.

Just as well anyway. I want to see the Hornets beat them full strenth so we won't have to hear excuses.

2poor · Post #12 » by **2poor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:23 pm

I think it looked worse than it was. Now if Pargo hadn't braced himself and actually sustained an injury as a result, you might see the NBA act differently. After the Spurs/Suns fiasco last year, I gather they're shying away from playoff suspensions.

F-2 + ejection was the good call at the time. No suspension necessary...and honestly I imagine the Hornets would love to see Kidd on the floor for game 5, for a variety of reasons.

Texas Longhorns · Post #13 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:48 pm

The Hornets are going to get ready to get thumped by the Spurs. I give them a very little chance to win even though they have homecourt, Spurs have proved it year in and year out, it doesn't matter where they play, they can win.

PT_Lakers_fan · Post #14 » by **PT_Lakers_fan** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:15 pm

Damn!

The hornets won away....now i think the Mavs cant make it..it is really hard to take 2 straight in New Orleans

Not impossible...

GO MAVS

2poor · Post #15 » by **2poor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:27 pm

Texas Longhorns wrote:I give them a very little chance to win even though they have homecourt

says the guy who picked the Mavs in 5 or 6?

Ballings7 · Post #16 » by **Ballings7** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:23 pm

I think the Spurs would (will

) win that in 5 games. Six as a decent possibility.

I just think they'll be too much overall for New Orleans. I would consider it kind of an upset if SA lost.

2poor · Post #17 » by **2poor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:28 pm

I'd consider it an upset as well. I think they'd get a game or two, and at the very worst, it'd be a good gauntlet of sorts for the Hornets to go through.

But my point was really that they've been doubted all season (and playoffs) long, so being underdogs against SA wouldn't be anything new.

Ballings7 · Post #18 » by **Ballings7** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:40 pm

Except it's against the Spurs, hehe

I do know what you mean, but I think that should be expected because they're an up-start, surprise team.

JordansBulls · Post #19 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:44 pm

Well one thing is for sure that the Mavs are not losing because of Dirk. Dirk is averaging 28 ppg and 12 rpg on 50% shooting.

The reason the Mavs are losing is because of Josh Howard and the rest of the cast.

Josh Howard is getting 13 ppg and 6.5 rpg but on 26% fg

Jason Kidd is getting 7 ppg and 7 rpg and 6.3 apg on 37% fg

Stackhouse is getting 5 ppg and 3 rpg on 27% fg

Devean George is shooting 30% fg

Eddie Jones is shooting 33% fg

The supporting cast for Dallas is absolutely terrible this series.

Post #20 » by **King Roosk** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:48 pm

I wouldn't count NO out against the Spurs. They have homecourt, CP3, and a Spurs matchup nightmare in Bonzi Wells.