[purplefrog]

I was appalled by Dirk's comments before game 4. You can chalk it up to honesty or whatever, but the fact is this revealed a lack of confidence that, to me, was surprising. I am not sure if it was a lack of self-confidence, confidence in Avery's gameplan, or a lack of confidence in his teammates, but other teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit. Why not this 67 win Mavs team that went on three double digit win streaks? That being said, I certainly don't blame Dirk alone for losing this series nor would I call him a quitter. Dirk was finding ways to contribute throughout the series. If I had to allocate blame (not a fun thing to do) would give equal blame to Dirk and JET, with the coaches necessarily getting a tad more.