**** Western Conference Finals Thread ****

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Pahdz
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Thunder front court is garbage? Alllllright

Keep thinking that Perkins and his "6 rebounds" is all that trade did for us. That deal created a whole shift in the Thunder's line up that allowed us to not play a 3 at the 4, and a soft Euro at the 5. Plus adding Mohammed, this front court is much, much better than the ones the Mavs previously faced.
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Plus adding Mohammed, this front court is much, much better than the ones the Mavs previously faced.

Tap the brakes. I still think LA has/had the best front court in the west. It's easy to, in hindsight, say Pau had a terrible series and therefore their front court is garbage. Bynum actually had a pretty good series, Odom is the SMOTY. Granted they didn't get much contribution from whoever was jacking up bricks at the SF, but at the very least Artest and that retard Barnes contribute defensively.

That's not to say that the OKC front court isn't very, very good. For obvious reasons I don't even need to address KD. Perk, Ibaka, Nazr, and Collison all play great defense. Of those 4, nothing really scares me offensively. But they're going to make rebounding/post offense extremely difficult.

Mavs handled the size of LA very well. Almost turned that size into a disadvantage at times. Handling the scrappiness of OKC's front court is going to be a completely different beast.
NickNaylor
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Ahh... so refreshing to see Mav fans not predict their demise so they can win as the underdog or have the copout "They weren't supposed to win anyway." That would be the little girl thing to do.
helgs
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30 posts? Who are you?
MSCAg
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My heart says the Mavs in 6, my head doesn't know.


I feel like this game is more on OKC. I think the Mavs will play pretty consistently and its going to depend on whether or not Durrant and company can rise above that or not.
Pahdz
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My bad Judge, when I said "the ones" I meant the various combinations the Thunder used in those games.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Mavs in five.
Judge
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My bad Judge, when I said "the ones" I meant the various combinations the Thunder used in those games.

Makes much more sense.
Original Toad Boy
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mavs in three
CFTXAG10
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Going to be a great series!
Prediction: Thunder in 7
birdman
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Mavs in 6. The big rest will really help the Mavs. The grueling series for Thunder didn't help them.

Dirk vs Durant is a wash. Westbrook will have edge. The other positions are even or slight lean to Dallas. The bench of Dallas is huge advantage. Carlisle is pushing all the right buttons now, good advantage. Bench and home court will be the difference.
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Other predictions:

Too many shots of Cuban after a questionable call.

Kendrick Perkins won't believe he just got called for a foul. He'll scowl at the refs. Everytime.

Several references to the Red River Rivalry.
Pahdz
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Don't sleep on the Thunder bench...those guys are usually responsible for coming in and cleaning up the starting 5's mess.
Ulrich
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If the Mavs are on fire like they were against the Lakers they will win. However, in the little bit of the LAL/DAL series I saw, the Lakers weren't trying to protect the perimeter.

The Thunder have more depth in the post, and they have a nice variety in the style of post players they can put out there.

The Thunder are young enough that I doubt the Memphis series will cause that much of a hangover.

The Mavs have no one to counter Westbrook.

For those reasons, I predict Thunder in 6 or 7.


The Mavs bring more experience, a lot of rest, and great shooters. As a Spurs fan, I have a hard time right now thinking those are important factors.
Danny Vermin
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You're an idiot who has been wrong about everything basketball related all year long.
Phat32
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Predictions for tn's game 1?

I think Mavs 103 OKC 95
Muy
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Silly Mavs fans, another great regular season then you'll get knocked out in the first round again. So typical....

Wait, Mavs are in the WCF for the 2nd time in the last 6 seasons? Nevermind.

Mavs in 6.
Head Ninja In Charge
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I really hate when the broadcast is on ESPN. The HD feed is significantly worse than TNT's and the crew (Magic Johnson(!), Jon Barry, Mike Wilbon and a woman) is horrible.

The only redeeming quality is Jackson/Van Gundy/Breen calling the game and even they get annoying after three quarters.

Rant over.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Funny how that travel never gets called when LeBron does it.

[This message has been edited by GetThoseKeysMilo (edited 5/17/2011 8:10p).]
birdman
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My pet peeve. I like the Mavericks handing out t-shirts to all the fans. But it's really annoying when the home team is wearing different color than the fans. It happened in OKC too.

But it's really dumb tonight. The fan's new shirts look very similar to Thunder jersey color.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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What a terrible double tech there. Wow. It's the effing playoffs not dinner with grandma.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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The Thunder also have those dark blue shirts for the fans at home. I like the whiteout for the Mavs as well.
Head Ninja In Charge
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Two minutes in and Perk is already going in on Chandler.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Mavericks made about 12 extra passes there...hahaha.
birdman
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After ten years and Van Gundy still doesn't understand how to pronounce "Nowitzki"?
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Perkins v Chandler is going to be FUN to watch.
birdman
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It might not be. Perkins was close to being sent to locker room.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Dirk.
InternetFan02
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Is Dirk vs Ibaka a mismatch?
InternetFan02
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Stevenson looks at the clock and sees it's almost time to come out so he starts trying to score
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Stevenson driving me nuts so far.
Muy
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Stevenson has been useless these playoffs, don't let him see the court again.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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Cory Brewer in the game quite early here. Defensive priority I guess.
GetThoseKeysMilo
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OKC impressive on the pick/roll defense.
Pahdz
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Espn - advantage with commentators

Tnt - advantage everything else

Tnt's hd feed has always been second to none
 
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