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    Default 2011 Playoffs second round preview of Lakers vs Mavericks

    Finally for the very first time we'll see Kobe vs. Dirk in a playoff series.

    Any update on Caron Butler? Will he play in this series?

    Predictions?

    I got Lakers in 6. I don't think Terry will be as effective as he was against the Blazers...and Kidd won't be able to continue his 3 point hot streak. Also, I think Odom will average 15&10.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Mavericks in 6.

    Don't trust the Laker bench. The L.A. starting five can't do it all on their own- Mavs are deeper in reserve. They have proven to be highly vulnerable at times.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    First game is Monday night at 10:30 on TNT.

    This is the first time the Mavs and Lakers have met in the playoffs since the WCF in 1987!


    Does anyone remember the team of Derek Harper, Rolando Blackman, Sam Perkins, Sam Donaldson and Mark Aguire?

    How about Roy Tarpley coming off the bench?

    I can't believe I remembered that team off the top of my head.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Lakers in 6.

    Pau step up their game.

    Barea and Terry will have a starring role.

    Chandler will foul trouble every game.

    Bynum will have a lesser role and Odom will grow.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    What really kills Dallas is that Dirk and Gasol are fairly even. For Dallas to win the series Dirk would have to be, by a wide margin, the best player and I think he'll simply break even with the Lakers' second best player (maybe even third).

    Jason Kidd and Derek Fisher is a bit of a wash, but the real intriguing match up might be DeShawn Stevenson vs. Kobe. Trevor Ariza did a really nice job on Kobe and I think Stevenson could give Kobe similar problems.

    Dallas really needs a second scorer and it's what makes not having Caron Butler so costly.

    I've got Lakers in 6.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Finally a Dirk vs Kobe matchup... a shame this didn't happen when they were at their peaks!

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    prime kobe would avg 40 in a series against dallas
    30 would be enough

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisKreager
    Mavericks in 6.

    Don't trust the Laker bench. The L.A. starting five can't do it all on their own- Mavs are deeper in reserve. They have proven to be highly vulnerable at times.
    I think this is a joke. Laker bench looked pretty good and getting hot in the last few games, especially defensively. Kidd vs. Fish, pretty much a wash. Kobe vs. Terry/whomever = huge LA advantage, Dirk vs. Odom, decent advantage Dirk, but not huge; Pau Gasol vs. Brendan Haywood/whomever = big advantage LA; Andrew Bynum vs. Tyson Chandler, big advantage (especially offensively) for Lakers

    that's better at 3 starting positions, 1 tie (perhaps slight advantage Kidd - though Fisher's clutch shooting and D make it even to my mind), and Nowitzki who is Dallas' only advantage. We'll see, should be a good series, but I don't see how Dallas comes close to stacking up to the Lakers.

    Lakers in 5.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Quote Originally Posted by macpierce
    prime kobe would avg 40 in a series against dallas
    30 would be enough
    In a series where Kobe has to average 40, LA is f*cked.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Quote Originally Posted by t-rex

    How about Roy Tarpley coming off the bench?
    N!gga had mad game, even when he was smoking more crack than Glenn Beck!

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    funniest shit is i can't call this series, i've never watched them play each other this season.. i guess chandler/haywood/dirk/terry are supposed to cancel out bynum/gasol/odom/kobe's production ???

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurosawa0
    What really kills Dallas is that Dirk and Gasol are fairly even. For Dallas to win the series Dirk would have to be, by a wide margin, the best player and I think he'll simply break even with the Lakers' second best player (maybe even third).

    Jason Kidd and Derek Fisher is a bit of a wash, but the real intriguing match up might be DeShawn Stevenson vs. Kobe. Trevor Ariza did a really nice job on Kobe and I think Stevenson could give Kobe similar problems.

    Dallas really needs a second scorer and it's what makes not having Caron Butler so costly.

    I've got Lakers in 6.
    Shawn Marion and Deshawn Stevenson are the ones who need to guard Kobe.

    Shawn Marion actually does a pretty good job on him.

    If Deshawn Stephenson gets burned, we could also try Corey Brewer.

    His length and athleticism could bother him.

    But honestly, I'm not worried about Kobe that much. The Mavericks have done a pretty good job on him in the last 2 seasons.
    Last edited by Basketball Dirk; 04-29-2011 at 01:37 AM.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Quote Originally Posted by Basketball Dirk

    But honestly, I'm not worried about Kobe that much. The Mavericks have done a pretty good job on him in the last 2 seasons.
    Brave call, but comon man? Its Kobe. Its Playoffs.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Lakers in 6. They could win in 5 but this team always does things the hard way.

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    Default Re: Second Round Preview - Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

    Quote Originally Posted by Basketball Dirk
    Shawn Marion and Deshawn Stevenson are the ones who need to guard Kobe.

    Shawn Marion actually does a pretty good job on him.

    If Deshawn Stephenson gets burned, we could also try Corey Brewer.

    His length and athleticism could bother him.

    But honestly, I'm not worried about Kobe that much. The Mavericks have done a pretty good job on him in the last 2 seasons.

    Brewer will not even be dressed now that Roddy is healthy.

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