Buzz kill: Hornets swarm Dallas Mavericks for 2-0 lead

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The Internets are alive: Mavs at Hornets, Game 2
Published 4/23/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Eddie Sefko, Dallas Morning News: Only 12 times in NBA history has a team come back from a 2-0 hole to win a best-of-7 series. On the bright side, the Mavericks did it against Houston in 2005 after dropping two games at American Airlines Center in the first-round series. Also, the Hornets haven't won a game in Dallas since Jan. 24, 1998. But these are different bees. They sting hard. ...

Surveying the Damage
Published 4/23/2008 by Wes Cox at Mavs Moneyball: Front Page Posts
... the Hornets drop the next two -- and braking the skid in Dallas appears a lot more doable today than it ever has -- the Mavs haven't done a thing to suggest they can beat the Hornets in New Orleans. In the last three halves, New Orleans has shredded Dallas for 64, 67 and 60 points. The crowd helps, but making plays matters even more. ---------------------- David Moore says the Mavs are too old and too slow. ---------------------- Dirk with some calming words after the game. "We've been ...

Game 2 Aftermath: Wednesday news wrap
Published 4/23/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
... Mike McKenzie from his courtside seat to apply press coverage on the mercurial third-year wunderkind. And nothing worked. Bradley Handwerger of WWL-TV quotes Byron Scott, who's not getting too far ahead of himself despite two impressive victories... "We've just held serve," Scott said. "We've done what we were supposed to do as far as keeping home-court advantage. That's the only thing we've accomplished in this series." Dirk Nowitzki doesn't believe the series is over either. From Eddie Sefko in the Dallas Morning ...