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Originally Posted by croco
The underdog card now ? Umm... ok, not sure why you bring that up in conjunction with Dallas, they aren't getting preferable treatment from the refs either.
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i actually hold the posters here at bbb.net at a higher threshhold than most all analysts, and all you have to do it count up the tallys of the playoff poll and see the final standings as 35-22, in favor of the mavs winning the series. how often do you see such a lopsided vote when talking about a #2 seed versus a 7 seed? i know hollinger and kenny smith have the hornets advancing to the second round, but almost all other journalists and analysts have picked the mavs to win.
How long did it even take when the hornets WERE leading the SW division for it to even be talked about? and when it eventually was discussed, everyone essntially felt that they would fall off some time or another, and even using past post-allstar break performances as an example of them melting down in feb-march.
Regardless of what happens in the playoffs and this series, the hornets took the throne atop the toughest division in the NBA, and have proved they are no fluke, whether the general nba fans wanna pony up and admit it or not.