April 28, 2011

STOP ROY AT ALL COST

The Dallas Mavericks will surely go for the kill in game six against the Portland Trail Blazers in their Western Conference first round playoff series. The Mavs are up 3-2 as the series shifts back to the Rose City. The last time they were in Portland was not a good one for Dallas. It gave them a big heart-breaker of a loss when they squandered a 23-point lead in the third canto and eventually allowed the Blazers to level-up the series at two-games apiece. Brandon Roy was their biggest headache in that game. The Mavericks went to work in game five as they checked Roy defensively, who finished with a measly five points. Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle says they will continue to have a defensive game plan against a great offensive player like Roy in game six, according to the Star Telegram.

“He's a great player, and great players are capable of big games at any time. We did a better job [Monday] night than we did in Game 4. That's obvious. Look, he's a priority, particularly after the fourth game. We view him as an All-Star player that's extremely dangerous, and so we'll continue to game plan for him that way.”

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