This isn't your typical one-eight matchup. Subplots abound when the Dallas Mavericks host the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 Sunday, April 22 at 9:30 p.m. EDT on TNT. The Mavericks won 66 games this season, the ninth-best record of all time, and have a top MVP candidate in Dirk Nowitzki, but their opponent might make the better storyline. The Warriors ended the longest playoff drought of any team in the league, using a late-season surge and the tutelage of new coach Don Nelson to get to play in Game 83 for the first time since '94. Nelson meets his former team, led by protege Avery Johnson, and Nellie's familiarity with the Mavs' personnel paid off this year.
Golden State was the only team to beat Dallas three times this season, as it swept the season series. Ten out of the 11 teams with 65-plus wins in the regular season have gone on to win the title, but is the stage set for an upset?
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