So we managed to beat the Spurs on their home court. This is the first time the Spurs lost in the first round of the playoffs in their history as a franchise. That's some good bragging rights to have and keep for a team.

So here comes Denver, a team we lost 4 times to during the regular season. Let's hope that the Mav's are a different team like they've been displaying since the All-Star break, only losing once at home and with them defeating the Spurs who had home court advantage, I think we can take Denver if they have it in their heart. We just have to stop Anthony, he's the only one that scares me because we really don't have anyone that could put the heat on him defensively.

Perhaps we should just have one of our bench players that sees zero playing time take him out in the first quarter and first game.

Here's they're schedule:

Game 1 - Sunday at Denver 2:30 p.m. ABC
Game 2 - Tuesday Denver 9:30 p.m. TNT
Game 3 - Sat., May 9 at Dallas 4 p.m. ESPN
Game 4 - Mon., May 11 at Dallas 8:30 p.m. TNT
Game 5 * Wed., May 13 at Denver TBD TNT
Game 6 * Fri., May 15 at Dallas TBD ESPN
Game 7 * Sun., May 17 at Denver TBD TBD

Mavs are up 2-1 with a blowout at their first home game in the series against the Spurs. The statistics are on their side now to take this series away from the Spurs.

80% of teams that win the 3rd game in a first round playoff series go on to win the series or something like that. They're also up 2-1 with another home game, if they win at home, that means they'll be up 3-1 which also increases their odds.

Why should the Mavs beat the Spurs to probably lose in the next round against Denver most likely? Well, this would be the first time the Spurs lost in the first round of the playoffs and that's bragging rights in my opinion.

Mavericks came up with a surprise win against the Spurs last night in game one of their playoffs. It was worrisome in the first half when the Spurs were up as much as 13 at one point and Dirk was on the bench with 3 fouls early in the game.

Who is the MVP for the Mavs though that helped come back? I'd say it has to go to Little Jose and Bass. Without those two we couldn't have pulled off this crucial win if we want make it to the second round.

Thanks to Terry, the Mavericks avoided a possible loss to the Timberwolves in the close race to where you're placed in the playoffs.

Terry hit a 2 point buzzer beater (0.2 seconds left) to push the Mavericks over the Wolves 96-94.

This is good since the Rockets pummelled the Hornets 86-66, which now makes them tied once again for the 6th seed. Hopefully the Mavericks can pull a win out against Houston while the Hornets lose in San Antonio.

So who will the Mavericks play in the first round? There's a likely chance they could be the 6th seed if they win their final two games and the Hornets lose their final two games. This means depending on the outcome of the other seeded teams that exclude the Lakers who are the first seeded team, the Mavericks could be going up against the Nuggets, Trailblazers, Spurs or the Rockets.

Let's hope however the result may be that it is the Trailblazers which is the only team they have beaten all 3 meetings during the regular season.

Let's also hope they pull out two more wins to keep their 50 plus wins per season alive and well.

So the Mavericks beat the Hornets at home, now they just need to win Sunday against the Hornets being on the road to move up to 5th place for the playoffs.

This win tied them for 6th place with the Hornets in the West. Chris Paul had a terrific game but the rest of the Hornets fell flat.

With this type of momentum from the Mavericks, let's hope they can keep it up going into the playoffs with a better spot than 7th or 8th to increase their chances of getting past the first round.

On a side note, there seems to be some talk about the likelihood of maybe Chris Paul becoming a Maverick. In my opinion, I would welcome Paul with open arms. Just as long as the Mavericks keep Dirk and Terry, I'd be happy with such a trade. Well, I still like Bass as well and think he should be kept. I have this feeling he's only going to get better as the years pass and he gets more experience.

The Mavericks creamed the Jazz last night, handing them their worst loss of the season to date. Now that they are tied for 7th place in the playoff picture and knocking the Suns playoff hopes out of the picture, the Mavericks need to get two critical wins against the Hornets in hopes they can move up on the playoff berth.

Although I would actually love to see the Mavericks play the Lakers for some odd reason. After seeing last nights game against the Jazz, I think this is a confidence booster for this team and I feel they could get past the first round if they really have it in them.

Four more games to go and we'll see what the Mavs are up against.