Mavs 119 Nuggets 117

[BGMaverick9]

Forget Dwight Howard...Dirk is F'n Superman. What a ballsy game for him...he definitely left everything he had on the court. He wanted that ball every chance he could get. What a metamorphosis of sorts, he was practically wanting it in the post all the time. He'd get it at the elbow or extended and he'd pass it out and get set right in the post. If he keeps doing that and is effective...you can't stop him.

Jet really couldn't get going again. You saw flashes where you would hope that would get him out of the funk but he never really got it together. On top of that, the fouls got him tentative so if someone was attacking he got even more hesitant on defense.

Damp has been pretty much a nuclear bust in this series. He really can't do anything to slow Nene down and he hasn't really been protecting the paint.

No one really could stop Melo tonight. It looks like he went "next level" or something after that shot in Game 3...whatever.

The foul calls just really seemed shoddy for me again tonight. It seemed like Dallas lost composure at times but some of those fouls, especially in the 2nd half were really suspect.

Josh had a real gutty game, he was in all sorts of pain. He was trying to check Melo and he was being aggressive with going for loose balls and for rebounds, it was a good effort for him tonight.

Kidd had to work hard on defense tonight...especially when Billups tried to take it over in the 4th. He did a great job controlling the turnovers...only one! And he did his job...he fed the beast.

This was the kind of win you saw late in the year, a gutsy and man-sized win. It looked rough early and they had to scratch and claw to keep up and they took a lot of good shots from Denver. They could've whined and gave up when they were down 14 but they battled. They send the fans off happy and they live to see another day, that's all I wanted. Anything is possible.

Underdog knows:
If you've got #41, you've got a shot