How on earth do the Mavericks manage to go from leading the Hornets all (mostly, at least; I had to miss the first part of the game) through the first half, only to fold like a bad hand of poker in the second half?

They were leading when the half began and are now down 15 points. Of course, when the Mavericks make just 6 baskets out of 28 attempts in that half, it explains quite a bit.

The announcer just said that it's bidding fair to wind up being the lowest scoring half in playoff history.

There's a statistic to be proud of.

Don said he thought this would be a replay of last year's playoffs for the Mavs, and I fear he's right.

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Anne Ivy
Christ Chapel Bible Church
Fort Worth, Texas

Married to Don, mother of six, grandmother to an ever-increasing brood.

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Switch to hockey. The Dallas Stars are up 3-2 on the Anaheim Ducks.

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Rev. Daniel Kok
Pastor of Grace Reformed Church (URCNA)
Leduc, Alberta CANADA
Church Blog

"there is no creature, either in heaven or on earth, who loves us more than Jesus Christ"
Belgic Confession, Article 26

You may not join in the celebration if you don't join in the agony of the playoff run!

I am upset that Phoenix did the same thing. The Phoenix/SA game was a headache to watch, 1 because SA won and 2 at every whistle there was whining.

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Brian Vandenburg
Attend Intown Presbyterian Church (PCA)
"The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, and obeyed, depends not upon the testimony of any man, or Church; but wholly upon God (who is truth itself) the author thereof: and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God."-Westminster Confession of Faith
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all I have to say is ... AAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

But I still have faith that the Mavs will win the series.

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Joel S.
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Orlando, FL)
M.Div. Student, RTS Orlando, Oviedo, FL

It's a girl thing.

May there be three more depressing playoff games for the Mavs in this series! It won't be the first choke job for the Mavs in the playoffs. There was last year and there was that series they lost to the Sonics in the late 80's as well in which they were heavily favored.

The other day the reverse happened when the Hornets controlled the action for the first 3 1/2 quarters only to allow Jason Kidd hit a bunch of threes and allowed Jason Terry to take over the game.

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C.P. --Attending Grace Community Baptist Church, Mandeville, LA

"Where is the young man who fears the judgment to come? What is the breath of an enemy of God to the blast of the soul by the breath of the Almighty? If you fear the frowns of a fellow worm, how will you stand in judgment with an angry God?" --Asahel Nettleton

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And the fact that Duncan hit his first 3 pointer of the year to send the game into double overtime doesn't help matters either

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Devin Brian
1689er
Attending Trinity Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA.
Vivian, Louisiana, USA

"The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it." - George Whitefield