Back In the Second Round, And It Feels So Good

There's nothing I fear more than a 20 point first half lead. Because you know it won't last, especially against a team as good as the Mavs and a player as good as Dirk. And then when Dirk picked up his 4th foul in the first half, I just had this sense of dread: "Uh oh; this is way too easy. We're being set up for a massive comeback."And it came. It came on the back of Roddy Beaubois. It came on the back of Dirk Nowitzki. It came on the heels of an understandable Spurs letdown. But it came early, and once the Mavs neutralized the game, it was easy to get over, move on, and play out the game like we all knew it would be: super competitive and down to the wire.We won the game as we've won so many in the last 13 years, with poise, execution, and solid D down the stretch. I can't say enough about the job McDyess did on Dirk, nor the emergence of George Hill as one of our top scorers and crunch-time performers. We knew we needed a 4th scorer and star...