Who do you want to play in the first round? - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Zki41 · 03-13-2009, 12:01 PM

Which of the following teams would you want to play in the first round of the playoffs and why?

Phoenix won't be making the playoffs unless a miracle happens for them, but considering that they may have been in this position even with Amar'e, highly unlikely.

tcat075 · 03-13-2009, 12:05 PM

Portland. We've got their number, for some reason.

TheMaverick · 03-13-2009, 12:15 PM

Realistically.

Lakers
Spurs
Rockets
Hornets
Jazz
Nuggets
Mavericks
Blazers

1st round
Spurs

2nd round
Nuggets

3rd round
Lakers

I don't want any part of the Jazz, Hornets, or Lakers.

GermanDunk · 03-13-2009, 12:21 PM

Clippers

SMC0007 · 03-13-2009, 12:32 PM

Teams in order I DON'T want to play:

Lakers
Hornets
Utah
Denver
Houston
S.A.
Portland

sphincs · 03-13-2009, 12:36 PM

I think that it will be impossible to take Portland.
Maybe we will end 7th or 6th taking Spurs or Rockets...and we could have some chances with Spurs

GermanDunk · 03-13-2009, 12:55 PM

^I think we have a 0% chance against the Spurs ( in a series )

MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs · 03-13-2009, 12:56 PM

I would prefer a first round bye, we have bad luck in the first round but seem to do pretty well in the 2nd round. (yes I know there's no byes)

Underdog · 03-13-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sphincs

I think that it will be impossible to take Portland.

Seriously???

We swept the Blazers for 3 wins this season, 2 of them in Portland...

purplefrog · 03-13-2009, 01:14 PM

I'd take the Lakers in Round 1 because JJB is the Kobe stopper

dalmations202 · 03-13-2009, 02:10 PM

Let's see, the Order I don't want the Mavs to have to face them

Los Angeles Lakers
New Orleans Hornets
Denver Nuggets
San Antonio Spurs
Utah Jazz
Houston Rockets
Portland Trailblazers

I like Dallas's chances really up to the Spurs, and they have a chance (albeit small) against them. Denver has Dallas' number, LA is too good and too balanced, NO is too balanced, and Dallas has no way to stop CP3.

On too who wins it all..........

Best for the business world if LBJ gets his this year, so that is my pick to win it all. Makes interest extremely high in the NBA determining where LBJ will go, and where all these players be in '10.

sphincs · 03-13-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

Seriously???

We swept the Blazers for 3 wins this season, 2 of them in Portland...

I wanted to say that it's impossible to match up Portland because they are 6th and we 8th now.
So I think that to match up Portland, one of us have to reach 3th or 4th spot but it's very difficult to happens...
I don't think that Portland could reach 3th or 4th and I think that we could reach 7th or 6th spot..so we can't match up Portland

Flacolaco · 03-13-2009, 02:18 PM

The likelihood that it will be the Lakers is high enough that any discussion otherwise is probably not the best use of our time.

dalger · 03-13-2009, 02:18 PM

Portland is the only team that we could reasonably "expect" to beat in a playoff series, even though there are certainly no easy opponents.

I would be neither hopeless nor optimistic if we had to go against Denver, Houston, or San Antonio, yet I wouldn't be surprised at all if we didn't get it done against them. We would have to be very good.

And I truly hope that we won't see the Lakers, Hornets, or Jazz in the first round.

corel · 03-13-2009, 02:20 PM

I want the Lakers! The only way to make up for 2007.
In Dirk I trust.

fluid.forty.one · 03-13-2009, 02:21 PM

yeah, I'd love to take Portland in the first round but I doubt that seeding would end up happening.

jacktruth · 03-13-2009, 02:27 PM

We either play Lakers or the Spurs. You can remove everyone else from the list.

tsar · 03-13-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jacktruth

We either play Lakers or the Spurs. You can remove everyone else from the list.

Debbie downer. We play whoever we want.

fluid.forty.one · 03-13-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jacktruth

We either play Lakers or the Spurs. You can remove everyone else from the list.

Yeah 1-1.5 games seperating like 5 different seeds.. we're definitely locked in the 8th seed with 18ish games to go.

AxdemxO · 03-13-2009, 02:38 PM

I want the Lakers in the First round. If we have to face them later on anyway, then why not in the first round when we will have a little more energy.

But I see us moving to the 4th or 5th spot and not facing LA, I think its gonna be Houston

Dtownsfinest · 03-13-2009, 02:50 PM

If the Mavs face the Lakers and actually beat them I think you've added about 2 or 3 more years to this teams playoff run. I still think this team is being haunted by the Golden State Warriors debacle. All of those post season where we underachieved would be thrown out the window beating the Lakers. That being said, even without Bynum that's going to be hell to get done.

Underdog · 03-13-2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sphincs

I wanted to say that it's impossible to match up Portland because they are 6th and we 8th now.

There are 1.5 games separating the 3rd seed from the 8th (4 games between 2nd and 8th) with 17 games left to play in the season - none of the playoff spots are set in stone aside from LA sitting at #1...

left texas · 03-13-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by corel

I want the Lakers! The only way to make up for 2007.
In Dirk I trust.

Heavy poster, joined in 2004 and now makes his second post. LA fan?

Murphy3 · 03-13-2009, 04:08 PM

The Mavs at least play the Spurs tooth and nail almost regardless of the situation... And the Spurs have never really had a good answer for Dirk.

Sportstudi · 03-13-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SMC0007

Teams in order I DON'T want to play:

Lakers
Hornets
Utah
Denver
Houston
S.A.
Portland

I agree completely. Portland would be perfect, the Spurs are not impossible to beat. Same with Houston. Denver is difficult and the other three are almost impossible. We can't stop Kobe, we can't stop Paul and the Jazz have their homecourt whistles. We can't be sure to have homecourt-advantage against the Jazz. Well, even if, it's not guaranteed to win every home game against them and finally they are a good team.

Zki41 · 03-13-2009, 05:13 PM

San Antonio just began incorporating Gooden into the rotation, and don't forget Ginobili will probably be back soon and playing his normal minutes by the postseason. I think they would be just as bad as the Lakers/Jazz/New Orleans

DavidDaMonkey · 03-13-2009, 05:13 PM

I know this isn't really the question, but I want to play Portland in the second round. Portland seems to have LA's number, and I'd love if they could knock them out in the first round, and then we could take Portland next.

corel · 03-13-2009, 05:16 PM

Man, I just want KIDDIRK to beat the crap out of the Lakers. This is the year, I know it. Like coach RC said, never underestimate greatness.
A little bit more of fine tuning over the next weeks, get Josh back into the mix and we are ready for crunch time.
Go MAVS!

LonghornDub · 03-13-2009, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

The likelihood that it will be the Lakers is high enough that any discussion otherwise is probably not the best use of our time.

I disagree with this. I'd say the likelihood that it's the Lakers is less than 50%. The Mavs are half a game out of the 6th spot and 1.5 games out of the 3rd spot. They could easily fall anywhere in between.

fluid.forty.one · 03-13-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by corel

Man, I just want KIDDIRK to beat the crap out of the Lakers. This is the year, I know it. Like coach RC said, never underestimate greatness.
A little bit more of fine tuning over the next weeks, get Josh back into the mix and we are ready for crunch time.
Go MAVS!

So why underestimate Kobe and Gasol?

Bayliss · 03-13-2009, 06:03 PM

Why is there no Pismo Beach Panthers option? This poll is seriously lacking.

ghazi · 03-13-2009, 06:39 PM

I swear to GOD a 3-4-5 seed is right there for the taking.

It'll just require the Mavs to beat the teams they're supposed to beat, and even steal a few games on the road against teams they're not supposed to beat.

Games like tonight, if we have any plans of getting a higher seed, cannot be lost.

Just gotta show some of the consistency we've been lacking all year.

Re-Dirk-ulous · 03-13-2009, 06:51 PM

We'll beat all of them! Who's next!

MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs · 03-13-2009, 07:46 PM

L.A. Lakers 52 13 0.800 -
San Antonio 43 21 0.672 8½
Houston 42 24 0.636 10½
Utah 41 24 0.631 11
New Orleans 40 23 0.635 11
Portland 40 24 0.625 11½
Denver 41 25 0.621 11½
Dallas 40 25 0.615 12

Seems silly to say we're locked into 8th. Also 5 of the last 6 games of the season is played at home. I predict we finish 51-31. We'd have to go 11-6 from here out for that to happen. Usually 51 wins is not an 8th seed but how crazy the West has been the last few years its possible. The 3rd and 4th last games of the season are back to backs against New Orleans, that should be interesting.

left texas · 03-13-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Re-Dirk-ulous

We'll beat all of them! Who's next!

Life is just a fantasy, can you live this fantasy life

fluid.forty.one · 03-13-2009, 07:52 PM

Seeds 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 are all within one loss of each other. That's incredible.

horse900703 · 03-13-2009, 08:27 PM

I think we want to play the Spurs in first round, there is no way we can beat the lakers~

sphincs · 03-13-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

There are 1.5 games separating the 3rd seed from the 8th (4 games between 2nd and 8th) with 17 games left to play in the season - none of the playoff spots are set in stone aside from LA sitting at #1...

Yes, but there are 4 teams between us and the 4th spot. This means that we should win always and all the teams ahead of us shouldn't win!
I hope to happen but do you think really possible?

TheMaverick · 03-13-2009, 09:01 PM

We have 4 tough road games left. The other 13 games I consider winable.

If we go 13-4, we will have homecourt. You heard it right here first.

Tokey41 · 03-13-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs

I would prefer a first round bye, we have bad luck in the first round but seem to do pretty well in the 2nd round. (yes I know there's no byes)

Playing Housten is kind of like a first round bye.