re: 5/03 NBA - philabuck's Cavs at Diamond Dog's Magic; SDV's Clip Show at Ghazi's Mavs - ESPN

OKC is a much better match up for Dallas than LAC, DEN, or MIN. Young, yet talented guards for OKC will have to be great every single game vs Kyrie and Luka.

Dallas has a few guys who can give Shai a hard time with PJ, Jones, Green.

Gafford and Lively should be able to get their looks inside against Chet. They should overpower him, but he will stretch them out for an occasional 3.

There are two guys on OKC that Luka can guard and not be a complete mismatch against him...Neither Dort or Giddey will go right past him at will. LA had George, Westbrook, Harden, Mann, Powell...all those guys were really difficult for Luka to guard (he played pretty dang good defense overall though).

If Dallas makes it through OKC, I think they lose to either Denver or Minnesota. Denver is too complete. Great defenders, shooters, playmakers. Minnesota is just so big and long...they will disrupt Luka and Kyrie off the dribble.