Dallas Current ‘Offs Notes

Five games into both Dallas current playoffs teams quarterfinal series, the (Great Friday night CBS show with Larry Hagman’s seminal performance as “J.R.”) teams lead 3 games to 2.

In both the Dallas Mavericks/Oklahoma City Thunder NBA “quarter” and the same round, NHL Dallas Stars/Colorado Avalanche, the first 5 games were played on the same day, with only the Saturday May 11th, third games having complete time separation.

Contrast that with the 3 other cities with a team in both the NHL and NBA playoffs, (New York, Boston and Denver,Colorado/Denver/Colorado) whose team’s 10 quarter, minimum 12 and maximum 14 games have all been or would be, contested on separate nights/days from the city’s other ‘offs team.

The ‘Lanche (3-0) in final round play (an ad said “finals” as), which I believe, is second only to the Chicago Bulls, (remember Mr. Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman/Horace Grant among others including 13 time NBA champion, (11 as a coach, 2 more than Arnold “Red” Auerbach) Phil Jackson) made 6 NHL semi-final rounds in their first 7 seasons in Colorado as they moved from Quebec where they were the Nordiques, for the ’96 season, but only one in the 20 completed NHL seasons (’03-2023, with no season in ’05).

That “semis app” was in 2022 when they won their third Stanley Cup, having done so in ’96 and ’01.

I believe there have been two “semis” clashes between the Avalanche and Stars (they were in ’99 and 2000), each resulting in 7th game, home Stars’ wins.

The ‘Lanche (2-4) in those 6 semis from ’96-2002, lost to eventual Cup winning Detroit (Red Wings) twice (’97 and ’02) while the Stars “titled” in ’99 but lost in the 2000 NHL Final.

The video above pays tribute to a great Avalanche player, Joe Sakic as well as the legendary “Hockey Night In Canada,” broadcaster, Bob Cole, (it is his play by play, with I believe Harry Neale providing commentary) who died recently at age 90.