Seattle @ Dallas

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  1. Sir Desmond

    Sir Desmond JBB Stig!

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    Who: [​IMG] (35-42) vs [​IMG] (48-28)
    Where: American Airlines Arena
    When: Tuesday, April 6th, 5:30pm
    TV: KONG

    Projected Lineups:

    [​IMG]
    PG: Luke Ridnour/Brent Barry/Antonio Daniels
    SG: Ray Allen/Ronald Murray/Brent Barry
    SF: Rashard Lewis/Ansu Sesay
    PF: Reggie Evans/Calvin Booth
    C: Vitaly Potapenko/Calvin Booth

    Coached by Nate McMillan

    [​IMG]
    PG: Steve Nash/Marquis Daniels
    SG: Marquis Daniels/Josh Howard
    SF: Michael Finley/Josh Howard
    PF: Antoine Walker/Antawn Jamison/Danny Fortson
    C: Dirk Nowitzki/Shawn Bradley

    Coached by Don Nelson

    [​IMG] Injury List:
    Nick Collison: shoulder, season.
    Vladimir Radmanovic: right ankle sprain, on IL.
    Jerome James: abdominal sprain, doubtful

    [​IMG] Injury List
    Tariq Abdul-Wahad: left knee tendinitis, on IL.
    Tony Delk: sprained left ankle, on IL.
    Jon Steffanson: sprained left ankle, on IL.

    Notes:

    Dallas lead the season series 2-0, with another game to come after this one. Rookie Luke Ridnour is likely to get the start here, after impressing in the Sonics' victory over New Orleans on Sunday. For Dallas, Michael Finley enjoyed the last meeting, scoring 20 af his game-high 35 in the last quarter, while undrafted rookie Marquis Daniels went close to a triple double. Dirk Nowitzki has enjoyed playing Seattle this season, scoring a career high 43 in their first match-up and averaging in excess of 30 a game overall.

    Post your thoughts, comments and predictions for the game here.

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    Sir Desmond, Apr 6, 2004
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  2. Quyen

    Quyen JBB JustBBall Member

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    maybe we'll pull off a winner against Mavericks like last year...that was pretty cool... [​IMG] I say Sonics by 4.
     
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    Dallas has too many offensive weapons for the Sonics, therefore they should easily take this one.

    For the Sonics to stay in this game, they need to defend Dirk. He always plays well against the Sonics.
     
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  4. Shard

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    I think it'll be close because the Sonics have been playing well lately. But i'll say Mavs by 3.
     
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    The Mavericks took this one, it was a good game. I liked the intensity level of the Mavs fans!
     
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  6. Sir Desmond

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    Not too much to take out of this game. Ansu Sesay, Luke Ridnour and Richie Frahm all played at least 20 minutes, with Sesay getting 30. Ron Murray had a career high 11 assists, Sesay had his first career double double while Ray and Brent Barry had a team high 20 points each. Frahm added 14.

    Dallas played their regular rotation so it would be a shock to me if they had dropped this one. The game was lost in the first quarter with Dallas scoring 34-21, but on the whole it's good to see Nate emptying his bench in what I suspect is a view to the expansion draft.

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    Next Game: @ Spurs, Wednesday April 7th
     
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