(#10) Mavericks - (#2) Spurs Series

I don't know if I made enough of a ruckus about how stunned I was that the Mavericks upset the Rockets. I mean, I know it was just a 10-seed beating a 7-seed, but really... just look at the size of that Rockets team. Hakeem Olajuwon. Moses Malone. Yao Ming. All starting. And Ralph Sampson coming off the bench. All at their peaks. I don't know how the Mavericks pulled it off. Is Dirk Nowitzki that good? Is Steve Francis that poisonous to a team? Even a fictional superteam that doesn't hang out or (probably) doesn't smoke weed in between tip-offs? Or were the Rockets just too big and slow for the Mavericks quickness and sharp shooting? I don't know. These are the quandaries that keep me up at night. Looking at this matchup, however, the Spurs still have the size advantage on the Mavs (Duncan & Robinson, naturally) but also the speed and shooting to balance it out (Gervin, Parker, Ginobili.) I just think Duncan and Robinson will be opening up a nightly carpentry/construction business with the number of boards they'll be tearing down. Of course, that's what I thought about the Rockets, too, so who knows. Still, I'm taking the Spurs in 5 here.



Game 1: Mavericks 90 - Spurs 126

Ultimate Mavericks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Dirk Nowitzki*	44	5/14	2/5	0/0	0	10	1	0	0	4	3	12
1983-84  Mark Aguirre*	35	6/16	0/0	2/2	0	6	1	0	1	2	1	14
1983-84  Rolando Blackman*	32	3/10	0/0	1/4	0	3	3	1	0	3	2	7
1999-00  Michael Finley*	31	8/14	1/5	4/4	2	4	4	0	2	1	3	21
2006-07  Erick Dampier	21	1/2	0/0	1/2	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	3
2007-08  Josh Howard*	19	4/10	0/2	3/5	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	11
2006-07  Jason Terry	17	4/5	3/4	2/2	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	13
1989-90  Derek Harper	13	2/4	0/1	1/1	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	5
1985-86  Sam Perkins	13	1/2	0/0	2/2	1	4	1	1	0	0	3	4
1981-82  Brad Davis	12	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1998-99  Shawn Bradley	3	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		34/78	6/17	16/22	6	38	20	3	5	15	19	90
Ultimate Spurs
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1993-94  David Robinson*	44	12/22	0/0	1/2	2	9	7	4	1	1	1	25
2001-02  Tim Duncan*	41	9/13	0/0	3/4	3	14	4	0	1	3	4	21
1979-80  George Gervin*	32	6/13	0/0	3/3	2	6	4	0	1	1	3	15
2007-08  Manu Ginobili*	25	10/16	3/6	1/1	0	7	3	0	0	2	4	24
2005-06  Tony Parker*	25	3/6	0/0	1/1	0	2	6	0	1	1	1	7
1985-86  Alvin Robertson	17	4/6	0/1	2/2	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	10
2005-06  Bruce Bowen	13	2/3	1/1	0/0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
1975-76  James Silas	12	1/3	0/0	1/1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	3
1995-96  Sean Elliott	12	3/3	2/2	2/3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	10
1995-96  Avery Johnson	8	1/3	0/0	0/0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	2
2002-03  Malik Rose	5	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
1976-77  Larry Kenon	5	1/3	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		53/92	6/10	14/17	10	50	37	5	4	10	16	126
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
David Robinson (Ultimate Spurs)

Game 2: Mavericks 101 - Spurs 138

Ultimate Mavericks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Dirk Nowitzki*	44	6/19	2/5	1/2	1	9	4	1	1	0	2	15
1983-84  Mark Aguirre*	38	12/25	1/3	4/6	2	5	6	0	1	4	3	29
1999-00  Michael Finley*	31	5/11	1/1	2/2	3	5	4	0	0	0	2	13
1983-84  Rolando Blackman*	26	3/9	0/0	0/0	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	6
2007-08  Josh Howard*	23	5/11	1/2	0/0	3	5	2	0	0	0	2	11
2006-07  Jason Terry	17	3/4	3/4	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	9
2006-07  Erick Dampier	17	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	6	0	2	0	1	3	2
1989-90  Derek Harper	14	3/6	0/0	2/2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8
1985-86  Sam Perkins	14	0/2	0/1	1/2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
1981-82  Brad Davis	11	1/1	1/1	1/2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4
1998-99  Shawn Bradley	4	0/0	0/0	1/2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
1986-87  James Donaldson	3	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
TOTALS		40/91	9/17	12/18	13	43	25	6	2	13	13	101
Ultimate Spurs
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Tim Duncan*	44	14/23	0/0	1/1	4	18	4	6	0	3	1	29
1993-94  David Robinson*	39	10/16	1/1	6/8	3	12	8	6	1	1	3	27
1979-80  George Gervin*	32	5/9	0/0	2/2	0	3	3	3	2	0	1	12
2007-08  Manu Ginobili*	31	6/12	2/5	0/0	1	5	12	1	1	0	2	14
2005-06  Tony Parker*	26	11/14	0/0	5/5	2	5	2	0	1	2	1	27
1975-76  James Silas	16	5/9	0/0	1/1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	11
1995-96  Sean Elliott	12	2/4	1/1	1/1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	6
1985-86  Alvin Robertson	11	3/5	0/0	0/0	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	6
1976-77  Larry Kenon	9	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	2
2005-06  Bruce Bowen	8	0/2	0/2	0/0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1995-96  Avery Johnson	8	1/4	0/0	0/0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
2002-03  Malik Rose	4	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS		59/102	4/9	16/18	13	55	42	16	9	6	12	138
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
David Robinson (Ultimate Spurs)

Game 3: Spurs 110 - Mavericks 101

Ultimate Spurs
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Tim Duncan*	48	6/16	0/0	4/4	1	9	4	3	1	3	2	16
1993-94  David Robinson*	48	14/22	1/1	5/7	3	15	6	3	1	3	3	34
1979-80  George Gervin*	35	5/12	0/0	4/4	0	1	5	1	1	1	1	14
2007-08  Manu Ginobili*	33	5/7	1/2	0/0	1	5	6	0	3	1	0	11
2005-06  Tony Parker*	32	9/15	0/1	3/3	0	3	9	0	1	4	1	21
1995-96  Sean Elliott	14	1/3	0/2	0/0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2
1985-86  Alvin Robertson	13	4/4	1/1	1/1	2	3	1	0	2	2	1	10
1975-76  James Silas	8	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
2005-06  Bruce Bowen	5	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995-96  Avery Johnson	5	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		45/82	3/8	17/19	8	43	34	7	9	14	8	110
Ultimate Mavericks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Dirk Nowitzki*	48	9/18	1/4	0/0	1	14	7	1	3	2	1	19
1983-84  Mark Aguirre*	38	12/21	0/0	2/3	3	6	9	0	0	6	2	26
1999-00  Michael Finley*	35	6/12	0/1	0/0	3	6	1	0	2	1	1	12
1983-84  Rolando Blackman*	32	7/15	0/0	0/0	1	2	3	1	0	1	4	14
2007-08  Josh Howard*	22	3/9	0/3	1/1	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	7
2006-07  Erick Dampier	16	3/4	0/0	0/1	2	5	1	0	1	1	0	6
1989-90  Derek Harper	15	2/4	0/1	0/0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	4
1985-86  Sam Perkins	12	1/1	0/0	2/2	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4
2006-07  Jason Terry	12	2/4	1/2	2/2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	7
1981-82  Brad Davis	11	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS		46/90	2/11	7/9	10	40	31	2	6	14	16	101
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
David Robinson (Ultimate Spurs)

Game 4: Spurs 129 - Mavericks 93

Ultimate Spurs
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1993-94  David Robinson*	47	7/15	0/0	3/4	2	11	16	6	1	1	0	17
2001-02  Tim Duncan*	41	14/25	0/0	5/5	5	17	3	3	1	1	3	33
1979-80  George Gervin*	33	8/10	0/0	0/0	1	4	1	1	0	3	1	16
2007-08  Manu Ginobili*	30	9/13	3/5	2/3	1	7	6	1	1	1	1	23
2005-06  Tony Parker*	28	7/12	0/0	3/4	1	8	5	0	1	3	0	17
1995-96  Sean Elliott	17	5/7	1/3	0/0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	11
1985-86  Alvin Robertson	13	1/2	0/0	0/0	3	5	1	1	0	2	0	2
1975-76  James Silas	11	1/3	0/0	0/0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
1976-77  Larry Kenon	6	2/3	0/0	2/2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6
2005-06  Bruce Bowen	6	1/4	0/1	0/0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
1995-96  Avery Johnson	5	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2002-03  Malik Rose	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
TOTALS		55/96	4/9	15/18	16	64	38	12	5	13	9	129
Ultimate Mavericks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Dirk Nowitzki*	46	9/20	1/3	6/6	1	11	6	0	1	2	2	25
1983-84  Mark Aguirre*	34	8/15	1/1	2/2	0	3	3	0	1	1	3	19
1999-00  Michael Finley*	33	5/13	0/0	0/0	1	8	5	1	0	3	1	10
1983-84  Rolando Blackman*	31	2/8	0/0	0/0	0	2	2	0	0	2	3	4
2007-08  Josh Howard*	21	3/12	1/3	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	7
1989-90  Derek Harper	19	2/6	0/1	0/0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	4
2006-07  Jason Terry	13	5/11	3/5	1/1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	14
2006-07  Erick Dampier	12	1/1	0/0	0/1	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	2
1981-82  Brad Davis	12	1/2	1/1	0/0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
1985-86  Sam Perkins	11	1/3	0/0	1/1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	3
1986-87  James Donaldson	6	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1998-99  Shawn Bradley	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
TOTALS		38/93	7/14	10/11	8	35	27	2	7	12	15	93
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
David Robinson (Ultimate Spurs)

Yeah... that was a beatdown of Hawks-Magic proportions. Wouldn't have been even remotely fun to watch. Unless you were a Spurs fan... Or someone who despises the Mavericks for some reason, I guess. Or I suppose someone who appreciates truly dominant performances by big men. Look at David Robinson's Game 4: 17 points, 11 rebounds, 16 assists (!) and 6 blocks. Yeesh. Or his Game 3 with 34/15. The Spurs will have either the Warriors or Nuggets *cough*Warriors*cough* in the next round.