It’s Spring severe weather season in Texas. More importantly, it’s NBA playoff season. In a nod to the clashing of these two seasons, The Smoking Cuban gives you the Mavericks/Rockets round 1 forecast:
1.) MARGINAL – a chance we’ll see some James Harden flopping. Isolated severe flopping possible.
The league’s front-runner for MVP is also the series’ frontrunner to be the MVP of flopping. While it was a toss up – it’s almost guaranteed we’ll see more Harden flops than defense stops. Fans in the viewing area should expect strong falls, hard fouls, and a general Jello-like stance from Harden … all overtly exaggerated!