OFFICIAL 2022 Playoffs round 1 Jazz and Mavs

[G-Man]

Last year, the Mavs opened the playoffs on Saturday. Game 2 was the following Tuesday, and game three not until the next Friday. If the same scheduling holds this year, game 1 will come 6 days after Luka's injury. Game 2 would be 9 days after and game 3 would be 12 days after. Game four, on Sunday would give him 15 days to heal.

If we got to game 4 down 2 to 1, I'd give the Mavs even odds to win 3 out of 4.

Extra incentive for Brunson...talk about a prime time audition for him to show how he'd play as the lead guard in a playoff series, heading into free agency. Every game he wins probably adds 2 million to his next contract.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by G-Man

Last year, the Mavs opened the playoffs on Saturday. Game 2 was the following Tuesday, and game three not until the next Friday. If the same scheduling holds this year, game 1 will come 6 days after Luka's injury. Game 2 would be 9 days after and game 3 would be 12 days after. Game four, on Sunday would give him 15 days to heal.

If we got to game 4 down 2 to 1, I'd give the Mavs even odds to win 3 out of 4.

Extra incentive for Brunson...talk about a prime time audition for him to show how he'd play as the lead guard in a playoff series, heading into free agency. Every game he wins probably adds 2 million to his next contract.

Maybe it's just me but I don't see Dallas winning more than 1 game in Utah doing this series and that's if they win a road game at all.

Let's not forget they have lost like 15 straight games up in Utah so it'll be imperative that Dallas maintains HCA throughout this series.

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by Dallas41

Maybe it's just me but I don't see Dallas winning more than 1 game in Utah doing this series and that's if they win a road game at all.

Let's not forget they have lost like 15 straight games up in Utah so it'll be imperative that Dallas maintains HCA throughout this series.

Since the 2015-2016 season. Mavs can get one game at best imo

[G-Man]

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Originally Posted by Dallas41

Maybe it's just me but I don't see Dallas winning more than 1 game in Utah doing this series and that's if they win a road game at all.

Let's not forget they have lost like 15 straight games up in Utah so it'll be imperative that Dallas maintains HCA throughout this series.

I'm not nearly so worried as you are about the Mavs playing in Utah in the playoffs. During the regular season, they play all the games pretty close to sea level. Then, 3 or 4 times a year, they jump up to nearly 5000 ft altitude to play in Denver and Salt Lake City. They fly in in the wee hours, play that night and leave. They have no time to acclimate to it. In the playoffs, they can come in a couple of days early to get used to it.

Last year, the Jazz beat the Clips the first two games in Utah, but lost the last two.

More importantly, after being embarrassed by the way Gobert defended him, Luka got better. In the 2nd game, they held him to 24 points, shooting 8 of 24 with Gobert switching on him a lot. Next time they met, Luka scored 35 and seemed to be hunting Gobert to prove he could beat the big guy, just like he did with Giannis last week. So if Luka is playing by the time they get to Utah, I say advantage Mavs, no matter what the altitude.