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Preview: Mavericks vs. Nuggets

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, April 30, 2009

OK, let's get right to the big question for the Mavs-Nuggets series: How much of their Round 1 success was them, and how much was their opponent? We have to ask this in the case of Dallas and Denver, who will kick off their conference semifinal series Sunday afternoon after each blew past an injury-riddled opponent with surprising ease. Denver embarrassed New Orleans in their five-game series, winning by margins of 29, 15, 58 and 21. Dallas, meanwhile, dispatched the Spurs in five despite ha ...

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