Nash last year, now Nellie

Is it me or does every Mavs playoff series lately have a link to the past. Nash, Finley, Antoine Walker and now Nellie. As Cuban was working the stairmaster before the game, some Bay Area writers asked what this series was like for him compared to the Phoenix one last year.

"I have to listen to all the Nellie nonsense," Mark said. "I had to listen to all the Nash nonsense. Same story, different jersey."

-- Art