In The Lane: April 17, 2008
Playoff Storylines - Round 1: Dallas vs. New Orleans
Dallas |
vs. |
New Orleans |
| Dull city Nickname |
Cool city Nickname |
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| Big D |
Big Easy |
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| Yesterday’s news |
Today’s headlines |
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| Last season’s SW Division winner Last season best team record ever |
This year’s SW Division winner This season best team record ever |
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| First Round Failure |
1st Round Rookies |
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| Lost to Golden State last yr 3rd time ever #1 lost to #8 |
1st playoffs since 2003-2004 1st ever for Paul, Armstrong, Wright |
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| Defending MVP |
MVP hopeful |
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| Dirk Nowitzki Scoring, Rebounding, Shooting avg. down |
Chris Paul Scoring, Assists, Steals, Shooting up |
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| Very happy just to be in |
No respect for getting in |
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| 7th seed after nearly being ousted |
Everybody wants to play them |
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| Aging point guard |
Emerging point guard |
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| Jason Kidd (35) |
Chris Paul (22) |
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| Forced exit from NJ |
Forced exit from NJ |
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| Jason Kidd, this season |
Byron Scott, in 2004 |
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| Former steals leader |
Current steals leader |
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| Eddie Jones 192, ’99-’00 |
Chris Paul 217, ‘07-‘08 |
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| Former Coach-of-the-Year |
Hopeful Coach-of-the-Year |
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| Avery Johnson, 2006 |
Byron Scott, 2008 |
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| 5th All-Time made threes |
8th All-Time made threes |
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| Eddie Jones |
Peja Stojakovic |
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| New Orleans native |
New Orleans resident |
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| Avery Johnson |
Byron Scott |
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| Happy about… |
Happy about… |
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| Playing LA not L.A. |
Playing sea level D(Dallas) not above sea level D(Denver) |
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| 1st Playoff since… |
1st Playoff since… |
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| The Golden State Warriors storm |
The Katrina storm |
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| League Leaders |
League Leaders |
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| Team FT % (.814) |
Assists (11.6) - Chris Paul Steals (2.76) - Chris Paul FT % (.929) - Peja Stojakovic Off. Rebounds (321) - Tyson Chandler |
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| Championship Rings |
Championship Rings |
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| A. Johnson – 1 Lue -2 George – 3 |
B. Scott - 3 Ely - 1 James - 1 |
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| Losing streak in New Orleans |
Losing streak in Dallas |
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| 2-straight |
13-straight |
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| Nicknames |
Nicknames |
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| “The Jet” (Terry) |
“Birdman” (Andersen) |
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| Best Foreign Player |
Best Foreign Player |
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| Nowitzki (23.8 ppg) Germany |
Peja Stjokovic (231 threes) Serbia |
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| Homecourt Advantage |
Homecourt Advantage |
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| Had home court vs. Golden State |
All-Time 1st round winning pct with home court (.749) 11 of 15 Game 1 winners last season won the playoff series |
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| Consecutive 50-win seasons |
Total 50-win seasons |
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| 8 |
4 |
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| Louisiana influence in Texas |
Texas influence in Louisiana |
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| Brandon Bass – Baton Rouge Avery Johnson – New Orleans |
Chris Andersen, Iola |
