What will it take to make them believe?

1. Steakhouse
   
2. Harris

1. Paul Westphal

Watching a few of their games, they seem to have considerably more movement on offense than before. They brought him in to boost the playbook, and it seem he's had an effect. The Mavs staple used to be a pretty predictable pick and roll, isolate Dirk or someone on the elbow and go from there. Now, they have more off-ball movement and shots for...

2. Josh Howard

He's an athletic wing player that's getting more of a role in the offense. Last year everyone was content to watch Dirk flail miserably; now, I expect them to go to Howard more. It's considerably harder to stop Howard than Dirk, especially if Jack is occupied guarding the 7 foot German. Conceivably we could go small and put Barnes/Pietrus/Buike or even Baron on Howard.

3. Brandon Bass

And here's probably the biggest problem: a 6'9, active, athletic, rebounding, shotblocking big man that also hits a midrange J. That's the anti-Warriors right there. Before we could swarm Dirk because we didn't have to respect Damp or Diop or George. Now they put Bass on the floor, and that's one less guy we can double off of. Defensively, he's also going to be a disruptive force. Damn the Hornets.

4. Terry off the bench

Now they don't play Terry and Harris at the same time as much, so that's one less size mismatch. Eddie Jones and Stack aren't exactly shutdown guys, but they're not the tiny shrimps we normally post up.

Plus we're on the road.

NOTE: Reposted from murqitua's "Facing the Mavs" diary.

Also remember...Brandan Bass dropped 10/12/2 on us last time we played in 32 minutes. Not too shabby for a minimum salary signing.

A Golden state of mind Indeed.

AIM: Jetforze

W's by 4.

Nothing better than "The City".

Monta will just treat Dampier as a "Traffic Cone".

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dallas already has 100 with most of the 4th quarter left to play.

And WTF is up with Baron tonight? Missing layups, chucking up air balls.

He plays older than his age...

In the future, when he begins his decline as a player, his skills will vanish QUICKLY

Mimicry is the highest form of flattery.

Dallas is hitting us in the jaw prison-style this quarter

The Mavs will beat us with or without Jackson. They've figured the Warriors out.

Baron obviously partied too hard over New Year's. Let him recover a bit.

We're 0-2 against Dallas this season.

We kicked you fake-tough b***s back to Oakland. Have fun at the strip clubs shooting whores, you human garbage.

Like Tim n Chris Burger said, this could become a real rivalry. It's not fun not being challenged once in a while, right?

EVERYONE will always remember how the dubs beat the mavs in the playoffs last year, though...  

Mav fans gloat all you want about this insignificant game, we'll always be the first to beat a #1 seed in the first round of a 7 game series.

Best duo since...