Mavs Win!
Timing and bad weather have enabled me to see much of the Mavs-Spurs series and so today I was lucky enough to see the second half of Game 7. It seems the only time my blood pressure has really elevated on this vacation, its been during one of these games. What a series!
I am very proud of the Mavericks for winning this one. I felt like they were the better team throughout the series and said so even after the Game 1 loss.
Many may not know this, but my home town is San Antonio and the Spurs were my first NBA team. I grew up with George Gervin, Larry Kenon, Louis Dampier, and James Silas as my basketball idols. But after moving to Dallas in 1986, my allegiance quickly changed. Trouble is, short of one or two of the Tarpley years, I’ve consistently been upside-down on the exchange. And to make matters worse, I family still in SA that remind me every year. I’ve never enjoyed any of the SA championships as they didn’t come under my watch. So now, maybe its Dallas’ turn.
I truly believe the best team won this series and maybe I’m a homer for making this next point. Tim Duncan gets every call and believes he’s never committed a foul or traveled. He’s an amazing talent, for sure. But man, he gets all the calls from what I can tell. Our guys, Dampier and Diop, looked to me like they were playing good defense, but Duncan would run over them and draw a foul. It was amazing to watch.
When my SA family used to complain from time-to-time about SA not getting the calls during a game, I always figured that they had a point. SA is a small-market team and conspiracy theorists would have you believe that they weren’t the NBA’s pick to advance. But what I think now is that they were used to getting all the calls and lost the games that somehow got called fairly. My family will surely disagree with this, but there are film highlights and boxscores with overwhelming foul advantages for SA as evidence.
I’m getting off track here, just wanted to say that I’m glad the Mavericks gutted it up and won. Game 7 was incredible. This series was incredible. Now let’s see what happens next in the Dallas playoff run.