Warriors Make History!

Thursday night history was made. The 8th seeded Golden State Warriors defeated the #1 seeded Dallas Mavericks 111-86 in one of the best playoff series I have ever seen. This game was a blowout. The so-called MVP, Dirk Nowitzki, had 8 points and was terrible the whole series as the double teams and physical defense played on him by Jason Richardson and Stephen Jackson shut him down. The series was won 4 games to 2 games in favor of the Warriors and was the third time a 1 seed had beaten a 8 seed, but this was the first time in a seven game series that it had happened. The Warriors won 42 games and 10 of their last 13 to close out the season while the Mavs won 67 games and rested their starters to close out the season. The Warriors definitely had all momentum because of this, coming into the series. Stephen Jackson was 7 for 8 shooting on a playoff career night with 33 points. Jax hit 4 three balls in the third quarter when the Warriors where going on a 24-3 run to get up big in the game. Baron Davis went down early with a strained hamstring, but then would return, and had an amazing performance as he willed and helped shoot his team to victory with 20 points. Let me add that J-Rich also had 15 big points for G-State. The crowd, which is the best in basketball, went absolutely crazy for every big play the Warriors made whether it was on D or on offense. After 13 years, Golden State Warriors basketball is back and is in full force once again. Next up for the Warriors are the Utah Jazz who I think the Warriors will take care of in 6 games. However more on that later. Let me add that in my playoff predictions post I predicted a Warriors series win in 7 games and this series ended in 6. More will come on my preview and predictions for the Warriors second round match-up with the Jazz. Watching this series the Warriors have turned me into a believer and I strongly support their playoff motto of "We Believe". I have been hooked by the way the Warriors play as a team and how exciting their style of play is. So, Let's Go Warriors.