No one thinks the Mavs can give a top seed trouble in the playoffs?
I have finally found my offensive gameplan(knock on wood). My lineup is pretty much set. Only have to tinker with my defensive plan, of which I'm already one of the top defensive teams in the league. If I improve that a bit I think I can seriously be a threat. I think my ceiling is the 5th seed, my floor is the 8th. Maybe I'm keeping my expectations high again as always but the way I played on the same level as the Sonics and Hornets, that's just not a fluke. I have the offense now to produce 100-115 on any given night. I don't think I get past the 2nd round, but I don't think it's that far fetched to say the Mavs could make it to the 2nd round. I may be a tad bit biased though
And to answer the question...Well it's impossible to answer. All of those teams are just really really good.
I would say it's out of Memphis, Houston, and Seattle though. Wouldn't be shocked if any of those three win the West. No one of course would be shocked if the Lakers won the West. Once they stop toying with the gameplan and taking the Popovich approach by resting Tim Duncan
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, they'll start to shoot back up the standings. And we all know how Golden State started off the season. They fizzled a bit as of late but still wouldn't be shocked to see them pull it off either.