At the start of the playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks have high hopes of having another run, DEEP in the playoffs.
They ended the regular season having the NBA’s Best Record of the Season with a 67-15 win-loss record and a 81.7% winning percentage.

Everybody expected Dallas to cruise past Golden State in the 1st Round of the Western Conference, But Golden State had other plans. The Golden State Warriors own a 42-40 win-loss record and had to win their last regular season game to enter the playoffs, nobody expected them to demolish a team that’s lead by the league’s leading MVP candidate, Dirk Nowitzki.

After 13 years of being out of the playoff picture the Golden State Warriors was opening the playoff series at Dallas. Golden State started with Al Harrington 6′9" at center position. This move by Golden State head coach Don Nelson was clear that he wanted his team to be faster and quicker on the floor. Although many thought that this move would backfire at Golden State, they managed to win game 1 with a 12 point lead. Upsetting the crowd in Dallas and adding some more confidence in them.

Game 2, still at Dallas. Dallas looking forward to even the series and get back to their winning form. Jason Terry led the Mavs with 28 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 23 to even their series with Golden State. Emotions got out of hand during the game as Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson got ejected, in different occassions. Venue for game 3 will shift to Oakland California.

20,629 people gather at the Oracle Arena for the Golden State Warriors 1st playoff home game since May 4, 1994. Jason Richardson erupted for 30 points 12 of 19 from the field and 8 rebounds, teammate Baron Davis added 24 points on 50% shooting to give Golden State a 2-1 series lead over Dallas.

Game 4 had a different story with Dallas leading for most of the time in the 4th quarter. But a great performance in the last 3 minutes of the game by the Golden State Warriors point guard Baron Davis sealed the Warriors 3rd win in the series. Golden State can complete an upset if they beat the Mavs in Dallas and can make history by being the 3rd 8th seeded team to beat a no.1  seed. Dallas looks shock as they try to go home for game 5.

Mavericks showing pride in game 5 as they win it behind Dirk Nowitzki’s 12 points in a 15-0 run over the last 3:07 minutes. After seeing Baron Davis hit a 3 pointer for a 112-103 lead, Dallas looked like they were going down after blowing a 21 point lead after three quarters. Mavs looked to their superstar Dirk Nowitzki to lift them out and live for another game in the series. Nowitzki showed up like an MVP. 

Back to Oakland for game 6. Another sell-out crowd of 20,677 fans gathered to witness one of the NBA’s biggest upsets in playoff history. As the 1st half ended, it was a close match with Golden State leading with 2 points. Nowitzki was noticeably off due to the defense that Golden State was putting on him. Nowitzki shot 2 of 13 from the field and 0 for 6 from beyond the arc. Nowitzki was limited to only 8 points in the entire game. Josh Howard and Jerry Stackhouse had 20 a piece but not enough to stop the inspired Warriors team. Baron Davis had 20 points 10 rebounds and 6 assists even with an injured leg. Teammate, Stephen Jackson had a monster game with 33 points, 7 of 7 from beyond the arc. Golden State got a nice 2nd half start, as they held dallas to only 9 points going midway of the 3rd quarter. The game was already decided with still 8 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, since Dallas coach Avery Johnson started to play his role players and sat his starters.

Cheers for the "Underdogs!"
Golden State Warriors played like a champion team all series long…