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Originally Posted by Zeus
Looking at the betting odds at the outset of the Knicks-Hawks series the Knicks were the favorite as were the 76ers in the 2nd round. Let me get this straight - a coach (Nate McMillan) can win series where his team wasn't the favorite? In fact string 2 series in a row together as underdogs? I was told many times over the past few years in this forum that we couldn't expect Rick and the Mavs to win a series because after all they were never favorites in any of those series.... Very strange. Somebody forgot to give Nate McMillan the memo that it is an impossibility to win a series you are not favored in. One by one, this post season destroys delusional Mavs fans narratives.
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This logic is frankly embarrassing.
1) Absolutely no one is saying that it's impossible to win against a favored team. It's a total strawman/fake gatekeeping meant to prop up your weak argument
2) A single team overperforming isn't evidence of anything other than the strawman that you created that it is 100% impossible to beat a better team. Exactly one lower-seeded team won of the eight in the first round. One.