The Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks are set to meet in the second round starting Monday. It's their first playoff meeting since 2006.
The Suns swept the season series with Dallas, 3-0, with two of the games coming two days apart, Nov. 17 and 19, at Footprint Center. The Suns took those games 105-98 and 112-104, respectively. The only game in Dallas was on Jan. 20, with Phoenix prevailing 109-101.Dallas rallied late on Thursday to defeat the Utah Jazz, 98-96 in Salt Lake City, to take the series 4 games to 2. The Mavericks won in the first round for the first time since since winning the 2011 NBA championship.
Of course, these series had extra juice because Nash, originally drafted by Phoenix, had played in Dallas for six seasons. He became a free agent after the 2003-04 season and was offered a six-year, $65 million deal. Nash gave Dallas owner Mark Cuban a chance to match it. He didn't, and came to deeply regret it.The Suns just got done facing one familiar face in New Orleans coach Willie Green, who was one of their assistants before taking the Pelicans' top job this season.
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