Round 1: Game 6, April 29: Dallas Mavericks (2-3) vs San Antonio Spurs (3-2)

[HisAirness3]

Time: 8:00 PM ET
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010
Coverage: TNT
Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX

(2) Dallas Mavericks (2-3) vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs (3-2)

Home court advantage: Dallas Mavericks


Projected Starting Line Up:
Jason Kidd - Caron Butler - Shawn Marion - Dirk Nowitzki - Erick Dampier


Projected Starting Line Up:
George Hill - Manu Ginobili - Richard Jefferson - Antonio McDyess - Tim Duncan


SPURS LEAD SERIES 3-2

[Kiddlovesnets]

Spurs 101-96 Mavericks, the oldman team is back. XD

[STATDunksOn]

Who will be the closer for the Spurs? Manu? Duncan? HILL?!

[swe_suns]

either spurs in 6 or mavs in 7. probably spurs in 6 though

[icemanfan]

Pressure is on the Spurs. It is up to them to close this series out. Dallas can let it all hang out.

[Andrei89]

Originally Posted by STATDunksOn

Who will be the closer for the Spurs? Manu? Duncan? HILL?!

Tony parker. He is too fast for Kid

[snipes12]

wtf is going on with dallas

[niko]

I just have a feeling we will have a toss-up game 7 that i wouldn't be surprised to see the Spurs win. Dallas wins this somehow.

[brooks_thompson]

i expect this one to be a lot like games 3 and 4. 1 of duncan or ginobili has to have a big game, duncan has slacked off enough already. dallas will give them a run for their money, it's just a matter of the spurs weathering the storm and countering them one more time.

if one of blair (8-10 pts, 6-8 reb) or bonner (3 threes) has a strong game, then i think dallas is toast.

oh and if it does go back to dallas, i think it will be a 50-50 game, not doom for the spurs as has been predicted. they won't be rattled. tony parker has been especially impressive in that respect

[ILLsmak]

Betting on the Mavs in this one.

HOpefully Butler will show up again. He's not gonna get 40 obviously but just not completely scrubbing. Terry usually shows up in big moments and I think Dirk will, too.

Even if the Spurs win this, I imagine it will be close.

-Smak

[creepingdeath]

Originally Posted by swe_suns

either spurs in 6 or mavs in 7.

Think so, too.
Make it happen, Dirk!

[Basketball Dirk]

There is no way Rick Carlisle is starting Erick Dampier today. No way. Brendan Haywood has demonstrated last game that he's the superior center.

Originally he started Dampier because he guarded Tim Duncan well, but Brendan Haywood has played excellent D on Tim Duncan the last two games as well. He pretty much shut him down entirely in the last two games.

[Arti]

This game will go depending on how role players step up (guys like Butler/Terry and Jefferson/Hill)

[spoonhoops]

I expect the game will stay close for the first 3 quarters, then the Spurs will take over in the 4th and win by 11.

[BarberSchool]

Spurs are going to come out focused and serious.
Dallas needs to match that energy, and push tempo.
We need 2 more big defensive efforts from Marion & Haywood.
Cannot wait until tipoff.

Originally Posted by Basketball Dirk

There is no way Rick Carlisle is starting Erick Dampier today. No way. Brendan Haywood has demonstrated last game that he's the superior center.

Originally he started Dampier because he guarded Tim Duncan well, but Brendan Haywood has played excellent D on Tim Duncan the last two games as well. He pretty much shut him down entirely in the last two games.

I agree that it is very likely Carlisle will start Haywood.