[外電] Rocket signs: Elie sees parallels in Dallas Mavericks

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Source: http://0rz.tw/IlOjn ********************************************************************* Rocket signs: Elie sees parallels in Dallas Mavericks, Houston's '95 champs 12:46 AM CDT on Friday, April 17, 2009 / By EDDIE SEFKO ********************************************************************* Mario Elie can tell the Mavericks a thing or two about being the No. 6 seed. He can show them a ring about it, too. The assistant to Rick Carlisle was a key member of the 1995 Houston Rockets that won the NBA championship out of the six-hole. They remain the lowest-seeded team to win the title. Elie, a valuable sixth man on the '95 Rockets, said Thursday he can see some parallels between that team and these Mavericks, although history guarantees them nothing when the playoffs begin Saturday in San Antonio. "We're floating under the radar, just like our '95 team," Elie said. "Nobody is talking about us, and that's good. It feels like that '95 team. "These are tough-minded guys, and they see an opportunity. Everybody's talking about the Lakers, Cavaliers and whoever. And those are great teams. Nothing's going to come easy. We're going to have to start on the road and earn it. That's when you find out if you can be a champion – if you can go into a rough, hostile place and get a win. That's what a champion does." The '95 Rockets won nine road games in the playoffs to reach the title. They survived five games in which they would have been eliminated had they lost. They went 47-35 in the regular season and ran the table in the playoffs against four teams, all of which had won at least 57 games. The biggest difference between that team and these Mavericks is that Houston had won the title the previous season. The Mavericks have been playoff fodder the last two seasons after getting to the NBA Finals in 2006. Making noise in the playoffs is never easy for a lower-seeded team, even if the Spurs will be missing Manu Ginobili, who is out for the playoffs with an ankle injury. Since '95, no team seeded lower than third (the Spurs in 2007), has won the title. ********************************************************************* -- Only the strong survive- Iverson ⊕ ═█┘ ⊕ ●╱ 　　　Ｗ ● ●︵ ● ●)) ３╯ <３\ /３⊕ ／３﹚ ３ \\ />⊕ >/ ⊕ ╲> >> ========= http://www.wretch.cc/blog/AWEI3 ========= -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 58.114.82.28