I STARTED THIS POST WEN DALLAS LOOKED INVINCIBLE BUT NOW THEY ARE IN THE VERGE OF MAKIN AN INFAMOUS HISTORY BY BEING ONE OF THREE EIGHTH SEEDED TEAMS TO BOW OUT IN THE 1ST RND PLAYOFFS. WEN IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD BE PLAYING THE EIGHTH SEEDED WARRIORS, EVERYONE KNEW THAT IT WAS'NT GOING TO BE A STROLL IN THE PARK(LIKE LAST YEAR WEN GRIZZLIES GOT WHITEWASHED) FOR THE MAVS TO REACH THE CONF SEMIS. EVERYONE WAS AWARE THAT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS WOULD GIVE MAVS A FIGHT, FRANKLY GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS WERE THE LAST TEAM WE AS FANS WANTED MAVS TO GO THRU IN THE 1ST RND, SPECIALLY CONSIDERING OUR 5 GAME DROUGHT. BUT I DUNNO EXACTLY IF AVERY JOHNSON THOUGHT THE SAME WAY AS HE DID NOT EVEN TRY TO AVOID IT AS HE PLAYED A SECOND STRING SQUAD AGAINST THEM IN MAV'S PENULTIMATE GAME WEN THE PLAYOFFS STARTED WE WERE INTRESTED TO WATCH SEE MAVS PLAY NOT REALLY WORRIED, AT THE MAXIMUM WE THOUGHT WE WOULD CLOSE OUT WARRIORS IN 6 GAMES. NOW SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW .NO MAVERICK COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED IN THE REGULAR SEASON THAT 10 DAYS INTO THE PLAYOFFS, HAVING PLAYED JUST 4 GAMES, WE WOUD BE AT THE RISK OF GETTING ELIMINATED AT OUR VERY OWN AMERICAN AIRLINES. BUT REALITY HAS STRUCK, I'D BE LYING IF SAID I WAS'NT TENSE, WORRIED. BUT AGAIN IF GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS CAN BELEIVE WE CAN TOO! WE WILL BE DISCOURAGED BY THINKING THAT VERY FEW TEAMS MAKE IT AFTER GOING DOWN3-1..BUT WILL TAKE COURAGE FROM THE FACT THAT 8 TEAMS HAVE OVERCOME THE DEFICIT AND WE COULD VERY WELL BE THE 9TH COME 8:40 THIS EVENING I WILL SATART BITING MY NAILS..I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BITE ALTHOUGH THE MATCH MAY NOT BE A NAILBITER!! GO MAVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!