Mavs season is over, 97-87

SAN ANTONIO _ Closing time came early for the Mavericks, just like it has most seasons lately.

This time, they fought the bouncers to the bitter end. But they still got pitched out the playoff door by the San Antonio Spurs.

The Mavericks fought as hard as they have all season, but a hard-edged San Antonio defense at crunch time and another large game by that unknown Spur George Hill doomed the Mavericks' season.

The Mavericks went down 97-87 Thursday night at AT&T Center. The Spurs had a 22-point first-half lead and, though they lost it all by the third quarter, they held on to put the Mavericks out of their misery with a 4-2 series win in the best-of-seven first round.

If you're counting, that's three of the last four years that the Mavericks have failed to win a playoff series. They beat a banged-up Spurs team in the first round last season before getting hammered by Denver.

A mudslide of questions about the makeup of this team is sure to come quickly. In fact, they probably started before halftime when the Mavericks were getting blistered by the Spurs.

Who will stay and who will go as another season of Dirk Nowitzki's prime has slipped away? Those answers won't come for weeks or months.

For now, they know this was another upset as the seventh-seeded Spurs took down the No. 2-seeded Mavericks.

Comments

[mhintz@pacbell.net]

Ha- the trashiest city in Texas beat the Texas' snobbiest city full of Thirty Thousand Dollar Millionaire douche bags.

Dallas must be chocking on its bile after getting ball punched by trash! ha.

[mickey from sandiego]

IT'S SIMPLE, STOP SIGNING THESE OLD PLAYERS, AND LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE....I WOULD RATHER GO YOUNG AND SUFFER TO GOOD 2 YEARS TO GET A CHAMPIONSHIP THEN TO KEEP SIGNING THESE OLD PLAYERS OR PLAYERS THAT IS ONLY MAKING THIS TEAM WORSE....GO GET DWAYNE WADE...AND BRING BACK DREW GOODEN & NAJARAH...I HOPE THAT CUBAN HAS REALLY SEEN WHAT IS HURTING HIS CHANCES OF GETTING THAT RING.

[MAVS = CHOKER]

yup its OVER

[me]

How did Baby Cuban become a billionaire? Did he whine his way to his fortune. Blame yourself for not understanding how to run a sports franchise. Stop being the uber nerdy fanatic sports owner who complains the league and everyone else is against your team. If anything they are against you because you're an idiot.