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Originally Posted by Spurred1
Didn't Dallas blow out Miami when Wade was healthy and played? Did Hollinger account for the fact that the team is thin on the bench-missing Dampier/Thomas and had no Butler for a couple of those games?
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Yeah that's another big flaw. Hollinger's stats aren't accounting for some pretty critical injuries. The fact that the Mavs have been able to do this without any backup center is a pretty big, and then you throw in the couple of games Caron missed. When you add it all up, that's a pretty big accomplishment. When Hollinger relies on last 25% of games played stats and a good chunk of those were played without Haywood and a healthy Dampier, it throws a bit of a wrench in his argument that the Mavericks won't be a force in the playoffs when those two should be healthy (not to mention Caron in for Josh as well).