IM all late but im still gonna do my preview <div align="center"> at </div> <div align="center"><u><font color="Green">Boston Celtics</font> @ <font color="Blue">Dallas Mavericks</font></u></div> When: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX Time: 7:30 Central Standard Time TV: FSSW Probable Starters <div align="center"><font color="Blue">Dallas Mavericks: </font> <font size="1">PG: Jason Terry - SG: Michael Finley - SF: Josh Howard - PF: Dirk Nowitzki - C: Erick Dampier</font> <font color="Green">Boston Celtics</font> <font size="1">PG: Gary Payton - SG: Jiri Welsch - SF: Paul Pierce - PF: Mark Blount - C: Raef LaFrentz</font></div> <u>Injury List:</u> <u>Boston</u> Tom Gugliotta Michael Stewart Delonte West <u>Dallas</u> Didier Ilunga-Mbenga Pavel Podkolzin Tariq Abdul-Wahad <div align="center"><u>Key Bench Players:</u> <font size="1">Jerry Stackhouse vs Walter McCarty</font></div> <u>X-Factor:</u> Jerry Stackhouse, out the last four games because of a sore right hand, practiced with the team and is expected to be back in action tonight. Stackhouse bruised his shooting hand in a fall Dec. 9 and aggravated it twice in practices when he took spills and tried to brace himself. Stackhouse is second among NBA sixth men at 14.4 points per game. Credit to Dallas News <div align="center"><u>Key Matchup:</u> <font size="1">Josh Howard Vs Paul Pierce</font></div> Keys to the game <u>Dallas:</u> Feed the ball inside Defend the transistion You lead the league in rebounds, show the Celtics why Feed the ball to Dampier and Howard(the way they are playing) Containt Paul Pierce <u>Boston:</u> Contain Dirk Nowitzki Double Josh Howard Keep Dalls way from the 3pt Play Hack a Bradley Predection: Well so far Dallas is winning... this preveiw is late, Dallas in a blowout
At the Half: Mavs 73 Celtics 49 Mavs Jason Terry- 4 Points, <font color="Red">12 assists</font> He is the only Maverick to get more then 10 assists this season and this is his second time. Dirk Nowitzki- 20 points 7 rebounds 4 assists Celtics Raef Lafrentz- 10 points Jiri Welsh and Paul pierce have 9 points What a game this has been everyone on the Mavs are contributing offensively led by Jason Terry's 12 assists.
^^^ Not to mention Dampier having a dunk fest against our old do nothing of a center Lafrentz. at least in the first half. I told some idiot at D-M.com that Terry can play if you give him the chance.
^Dampier was being guarded by Mark Blount. If you feel that it's imperative to take an obligatory shot at LaFrentz, you could've at least found something accurate to pick on him for.
I'm sorry... Looking back at the highlights LaFrentz was only under their 2wice out of the 7even Dampier dunks. The rest of the night he was getting destroyed by his former teamate Dirk Nowitzki a.k.a. "Big Tymer"(Steven A. Smith) My mistake.
Stackhouse did his thing with the singing! I had no idea he could sing. I just saw it on sportcenter not too long ago. That really inspired the team.
