by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–The Golden State Warriors had the Dallas Mavericks number all season and for that matter several seasons going back to the playoffs. The “We Believe” team that beat them although the Warriors were an eighth seeded team and the Mavericks were number one that season. The W’s have been doing well this season against the Mavs and have had a traditional great game.

The Mavs are kind of a centralist team with center Tyson Chandler this season but they don’t play the half court game, they don’t run a half court offense. The Mavs are kind of a moving target just like the Warriors are and the Warriors excel at that. The W’s really have taken it to the Mavs and if you look at the standings there’s a shot that the Warriors could end up playing the Mavs in the first round of the playoffs.

It could take a little bit of shuffling at the back end of that playoff rotation in the west and the Mavs are a team that the Warriors could face. If Golden State played Dallas in the opening round of the playoffs it would be heaven for the W’s because they match up really well against them.

Dallas got out to a very quick six point lead but after that it was all W’s they were up as much as some 20 points. They were up by double digits at the half and it wasn’t even close in the fourth quarter. The Warriors really had that really rough February where they have two home games spaced out by two weeks with the All-Star break in the middle.

The W’s spent almost the entire month of February on the road and it was one of the worst stretches for any team in the NBA, what that means the Warriors through those crazy road games in February the rest of the season between now and the end of April it’s almost all home games. They have a few road games here and there and a legitimate road trip with a three game set with all the Texas teams.

Aside from the three game trip to Houston, San Antonio and Dallas your talking about a road trip to Portland, L.A., Utah, your talking about road trips and one long flight maybe two games at most. The Warriors are looking mostly at home games as we all know the Warriors are really tough to beat at home. The Warriors have only lost two games all season and their 27-2 at Oracle Arena that’s huge.

David Zizmor does commentary on Warriors basketball each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to the podcast below