Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Let's Go Mavs!

I think I just saw one of the best 7-game series ever in NBA history!! Even Tim Duncan said, "That was the best series I've ever played in, and I played Detroit in 7 last year." Wow, now that says something. But I do hate being a prophet. Last night, during halftime, Dad came in to see what the score was (I had been keeping him updated). I told him, "64-50, but the Spurs will come back and it will be a close one." He seemed surprised, and honestly, I can't blame him. I actually wish (somewhat) that I had been wrong. But I wasn't, as the Spurs game back to tie the game at 101, then take the lead 104-101 with 32 seconds to go! Luckily, Dirk drove the lane and got a 3-pt. play the old fashioned way, then got his hand on the ball for a block to send it to overtime! As you probably know, the Mavs won 119-111.
So, I don't want to hear anymore of that, "But who won a championship most recently" crap! The Spurs are a great team, but they were just beaten by the Dallas Mavericks. So, thank you's should be hand out. Thanks to:

Devin Harris, for showing the world your potential and that the Spurs are old and slow

Jason Terry, for being willing to shoot and clutch (but don't ever get suspended again)

Adrian Griffin, for being a Man when taken out of the lineup and series, then coming in for 10 seconds in Game 7 with a smile

Desegona Diop, for your great defense at the end of Game 7 and outscoring the Spurs bench BY YOURSELF! Can someone say baseline jumper?!?!

Keith Van Horn, for trying your hardest to defend Duncan (it' ain't easy), and coming back from surgery to hit three 3-pointers in Game 7. Your white, over-paid, but I don't care right now!

Josh Howard, for continuing to improve, playing defense, rebounding, and driving the lane.

Jerry Stackhouse, for looking like a winner for the first time in your career. Good timing, Game 7 in Overtime! You're the real 6th man!

And Last but not Least, the man who needs no last name:

Dirk, for show the world that you deserved the MVP votes you got, showing Billy that you're a winner, and for not settling for threes and taking it to the hole. You proved a lot of people wrong.

I think the Mavs are the favorites going into the Conference finals, and that's well deserved.

One last thing, Tim Duncan is a great player. But he complained more than any player this whole series, and that's sad because he truely is better than that.

6 Comments:

At 12:20 AM, Blogger Jeremiah said...

Thanks for commenting on my blog about this. I think the Spurs as an organization lost a lot of respect in my eyes because of their constant complaining. The players, the coaches, even the fans, I have much less respect for the Spurs now. Hope you're doing great in Paducah! Go Mavs!

 
At 7:12 AM, Blogger Heather said...

whoa. two posts. slow down nate, you don't wanna hurt yourself!

looks like this series is gonna go to 7 as well. man, what an ending! too bad it didn't go our way!

 
At 1:08 PM, Blogger Heather said...

Okay, so last night's game definitely left me disappointed. They battled for the lead the whole game, finally got it, looked like we had it, then somehow we lost it. Dang you Steve Nash!!

Btw, have you checked out my blog recently?? bloggy

I'm getting a car (tomorrow hopefully)!!

 
At 7:26 PM, Blogger Lesli said...

Yay!!!! You're back!! Funny that now I can keep up with you a little better when you're 10 hours away! Oh well. I guess that's the way it works.

And...I'm proud of you for remembering how far along I am. I guess you, Ryan, and Gpa are all on the same side (wanting a boy). We'll find out in 3 weeks & 5 days if you get your wish.

Love ya!

 
At 5:58 PM, Blogger Katie said...

Glad to see your blog back up and running - though I must confess I usually ignore all that NBA junk. I hope things are going well for you this summer at home. Abilene misses you! Blessings!

 
At 1:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hahaha!! One year later, Spurs for rings, Mavs 0. :(

 

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