Mavericks Open 2010 With Tough Schedule, Something To Prove

January 7th, 2010 by Alex McVeigh Leave a reply »
Well, here we are: 2010. Before this year is over, Dr. Heywood Floyd will go out in search of David Bowman and before long an extra-terrestrial intelligence will finally convince us and the Russians to end the Cold War. At least, that's what happened in this documentary I saw.

But for the Dallas Mavericks, 2010 opens with their chance to prove they belong in the league's elite.

They entered the year with a good bead on the No. 2 seed in the West, which according to the experts, gives them the privilege of losing to the Lakers last.

The game Sunday night gave us no indication that these experts were wrong, as the Lakers avenged their earlier defeat (as well as about five other defeats), by destroying the Mavs in the most inhumane way possible.

But every team has bad games throughout the year, and the Lakers are the team that is most often on the other ends of those games.

What the game did show is that the Mavericks will need size to battle the Lakers, and without Erick Dampier to grind it out with Andrew Bynum, they might as well be facing Shaq in his prime.

The Mavs clearly failed the Lakers test, but they h ...

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Mavericks Open 2010 With Tough Schedule, Something To Prove

January 7th, 2010 by Alex McVeigh Leave a reply »
Well, here we are: 2010. Before this year is over, Dr. Heywood Floyd will go out in search of David Bowman and before long an extra-terrestrial intelligence will finally convince us and the Russians to end the Cold War. At least, that's what happened in this documentary I saw.

But for the Dallas Mavericks, 2010 opens with their chance to prove they belong in the league's elite.

They entered the year with a good bead on the No. 2 seed in the West, which according to the experts, gives them the privilege of losing to the Lakers last.

The game Sunday night gave us no indication that these experts were wrong, as the Lakers avenged their earlier defeat (as well as about five other defeats), by destroying the Mavs in the most inhumane way possible.

But every team has bad games throughout the year, and the Lakers are the team that is most often on the other ends of those games.

What the game did show is that the Mavericks will need size to battle the Lakers, and without Erick Dampier to grind it out with Andrew Bynum, they might as well be facing Shaq in his prime.

The Mavs clearly failed the Lakers test, but they h ...

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