The Dallas Mavericks' season may be over prematurely, but the Mavs live on, thanks to YouTube.
The Mavs made their first playoff appearance in 1984, against the Seattle Supersonics. The teams were tied at 2-2 in a best-of-5 series, when the series moved back to Dallas. Reunion Arena was booked, as the Mavs were not expected to still be playing. So, the series shifted to Moody Coliseum at SMU. Moody is an old, underrated pit of an arena where the fans are on top of the action. 10,000 fans packed into the old barn to watch the Mavs defeat the Sonics, 105-104 in overtime. This was their first win in a playoff series.
This is a CBS recap of the series, highlighted by a review of the deciding Game 5.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Turn Back The Clock: Moody Madness Edition
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played at SMU ... lol!
Wow, that was quick!
I bet a lot of people would be willing to trade 67 wins for Moody Madness. Those Mavs at least won a playoff series, before running into the mighty Lakers.
In the words of the Old Gray Wolf, Mike Rhyner, the world was a better place then.
Was Reunion booked with a George Strait concert?
LOL!
p.s. still hate the flakers
I'm not sure, but I think it may have been the circus. At least they didn't use the Tarrant County Convention Center as a backup plan. :-)
Of course, three years later, the Sonics returned the favor, with a first-round upset of the Mavs. Both the Sonics' arena and the Kingdome were booked for at least one of those games, so they played at the U of Washington. How ironic.
The NBA has come a long way. The league no longer gets run out of its own arenas.
At least they didn't use the Tarrant County Convention Center as a backup plan. :-)
How quickly you turn on your ol' stompin' grounds. I'm shocked! Shocked, I say!
I've watched basketball games at Tarrant County Convention Center and I enjoyed them!
Actually, the Convention Center's not bad, for what it is. I've never been to a basketball game there, but I've been to other stuff there. I got the name wrong, too. It's now called just the Fort Worth Convention Center.
It doesn't have the basketball atmosphere of Moody, though. Moody may be an old dump, but it's a tough place for a visiting team to play, when full. These days, it's only full when SMU plays a big-time team, or a team that brings its own fans.
Hey, the Mavs could have used the DISD's Loos Fieldhouse!! LOL
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