OK, I'm officially surprised

So, it turns out the Warriors were not able to execute down the stretch in any of the close games with the Jazz, and they lost the series 4-1 last night. It was sort of painful to watch all those times when they came so close to winning and weren't able to come up with it. What made it even worse was the fact that the Warriors lost their cool in several situations in the playoffs and got themselves fined or ejected. There's just no excuse for that, regardless of what is happening in the game.

On the plus side, I'm still hoping the Spurs can pull it together and advance past the Suns and then eliminate the Jazz on their way to the NBA finals. Assuming the Spurs are out, I would rather see the Suns in the finals.

Warriors make history

After blowing a late lead in game 5 Tuesday, the Warriors came home to Oracle Arena and put together one of the most dominant third quarters I've seen to close out the series and send the Mavericks home.

Everyone at the game got a yellow "We Believe" t-shirt and sign and the effect of this looked quite intimidating for the visiting team. I hope they continue this in the second round. They even hung a huge version of the t-shirt on the outside of the arena.

Apparently the entire crowd stood for the second half and at times it was so loud that it was difficult to hear the announcers' commentary.

At this point, I think it's fair to say I would be surprised if the Warriors did not make it to the Western Conference finals.