My oh my. Look what we have here. NBA Finals!!!!! I'm very nervous/excited/anxious. I've been to  3 mavs games in my short existence and all have been away from home (spurs, rockets spurs). I would love to get tickets and have this be my first home game.

I was wondering if anyone here would have an idea how much tickets will be. Of course there are the different level of seats, but due to my status as a student with little means of paying hundreds/ thousands for lower bowl seats, what would you think upper deck tickets would go for? This should be fun. 100, 200, 300 over 9000!!!!!

In this week of latency, I've been indulging in video replays of anything Mavericks related. One common thread I've noticed is that good old brian cardinal has been doing an exemplary job wrestling Tyson Chandler, holding him back whenever a fracas erupts.

Item 1: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6526827

watch this clip and at the 55 second mark you can see, as the camera pans to bynum, that in the background Brian C. is bent over trying to hold someone (TC) back. Clearly not a simple task.

Item 2: 

Artest flagrant foul on Barea - Lakers v. Mavs (Gm. 2 2011 NBA W. Conf. Semi-finals) (via ddoug01)

forward to the 43 second mark and you can see a slightly comical expression on Brian C's face as he grabs Chandler in an attempt to restrain him.

I believe Mr. Cardinal should get a trophy or something for his valiant efforts. That, or I'm terribly bored due to the lack of mavericks basketball. Western Conference Finals, please come sooner!

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