Well, it's over now, and the Mavericks have won 119-111, but what a great series it was. It was only fitting that it couldn't even be decided in regulation, needing an overtime period to decide the winner. These are two great teams who both played hard and with a lot of heart. As Popovitch said before the game, if they played 20 games it would probably finish 10-10. In fact, these may be the two best teams in the NBA - it's too bad they had to meet this early in the playoffs.
The Spurs have been there before, but this is a really big deal for the Mavs. It was like the Spurs were the 500 lb monkey on the Mavs back. They could not claim to be a great team until they had taken the Spurs 4 out of 7. Now they have done it. And now they must win two more series.
It would be easy for the Mavs to let up after such a hard-fought series, but I don't think Avery Johnson will let that happen. He's really done a great job so far. Can a coach really win the NBA championship in his first full year as coach? It's going to be fun to find out.
It's sad San Antonio is out for this year already, but they played great and they're a class organization. There's no doubt they'll be back among the best next year. I look forward to the future Mavs/Spurs battles.
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