Devastated

The Mavs are summarily dismissed by the Warrior's, in six. So, they go from a 67-win season, to this? They completely shied away from the pressure and spotlight. At no time in this series did I ever did I ever sense they shared the stomach for the fight the Warrior's had. The Mavs completely underestimated the Warriors.

Hats off to Nellie. He had a game plan, and his players rose to the occassion. They even played and shot better than their regular season stats would indicate.

They wanted it more.

I thought we had learned from our lessons in last year's playoffs. You know what I mean: Drive to the basket and good things will happen. Instead, the Mavs got "Jumpshot happy", and the jumpshots weren't falling.

So, when the shots aren't falling, doesn't Avery implore them to take it to the rim? Was the Warrior's defense so good that they couldn't?

I find it very hard to believe that Avery didn't have an answer. Was it a lack of game plan or lack of execution? Probably both.

So much was exposed in this series. Avery was exposed. Dirk was exposed (8 points, are you kidding me??) Stack was exposed. Did JET even play last night? Get back to me on that, will ya.

What does Cuban do now? I see him with three options:

1. Trade Dirk. but for who? Who's out there that can lead this thing to a championship? Garnett? Personally, I was hoping Shaq would come here a few years ago. Instead he went to Miami. (I don't even know if a lineup including Shaq & Dirk would work. Need a fearless speedster to mix in).

2. Bring in players to surround Dirk and take some of the pressure off of him.

3. Sell the team, tuck his tail and go make another billion doing something else. I really don't think this will happen. But we've seen his impulsiveness in the past.

I'm still a MFFL. It will be difficult next season. I am going to try to not knee jerk too much. But I already have.