Dallas Versus New Orleans: The Mark Cuban Finally Has A Coronary Series [NBA Playoff Preview]

Basketbawful found this 4/19/2008 on deadspin.com [flag]

Over the next few days, Basket Bawful and Free Darko will be previewing each NBA Playoff series. Basket Bawful looks at the Eastern Conference today, finishing with the series between the New Orleans Hornets and the Dallas Mavericks, which begins Saturday. After Dallas wrapped up their season and secured the seventh seed by beating the Hornets, Dirk Nowitzki went and opened his big ... [link]

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Western Conference playoff previews
Published 4/19/2008 by Basketbawful at Basketbawful
Playoffs, baby! They start today. Go do your last minute prep work by reading the Western Conference playoff previews I wrote for Deadspin. They're better than sex. Trust me. Denver Versus Los Angeles: The Nuggets Are Gonna Get Shelled Series Dallas Versus New Orleans: The Mark Cuban Finally Has A Coronary Series Utah Versus Houston: The "Which Shoe Is Gonna Drop?" Series Phoenix Versus San Antonio: The Rivalry Renewed Series

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