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why would u guys start playing with confidence now?
The Mavs have only taken down 1 game and that was with Baron and SJ ejected.

I don't buy the whole its over for GS if it goes to Game 7.
They are a #8 seed vs. a #1. If they get blown out in Games 5 and 6 then yeah maybe..but if they lose two close games they have a great chance to take Game 7 still given there is no pressure on them.
If they lose it will be like the Lakers last year...good effort/great series but the better team won.

Plus Dallas doesn't have the takeover/gamechanger like a Kobe/Wade/etc who can do it all by himself in the last minutes.


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It's not that the Mavs as a whole haven't been playing with confidence. It's Dirk specifically. His shot wasn't falling in Game 1 and ever since then, he's been hesitant with his shot and hasn't been getting involved in the offense properly. I was thinking that those two threes he hit at the end of the game (when the Mavs did still have a chance to win) will give him his personal confidence back and get him to come out firing the rest of the way.

And I don't see how you're using last year's Lakers as an example of a team who came out loose and played well in a Game 7. They came out tight as they could possibly be, played terrible, and go destroyed. If Golden State plays anything like LA did in Game 7 against PHX last year, they're worse than toast. Besides, I didn't really give Dallas that much better of a chance of winning Game 7 at home than I did of winning Game 5 at home and the Game 5 percentage is right in line with the betting market.

Finally, what do you mean Dallas "doesn't have a player who can take over in the 4th quarter like Wade or Kobe". They have the MVP of the league! A man who carried the Mavs in a Game 7 against San Antonio last year. A man who went off for 50 when Dallas was looking like they were in trouble against the Suns last year. A man who's been leading playoff comebacks for a good 6 or 7 years now. Just because he's been playing bad for the last 4 games doesn't mean he doesn't have that ability.