European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes tuesday april 24 2007 it a or sports Detroit tigers rally past White sox to end losing Streak Page 36 warriors come out to play mavs squander Home advantage in playoff opener by Jaime Aron the associated press Dallas Don Nelson figures the Dallas Mavericks will eventually figure out How to Stop his Golden state warriors until they do Hes going to savor every moment Baron Davis scored 19 of his 33 Points in the third Quarter carrying nellies smal Ball lineup to a 9785 Victory Over the Dallas Mav Ericks on sunday night in game 1 of their Western conference series it was really a super win for our team Nelson said it was something that was unexpected and that makes it that much better Well it want a total stunner at least not As much As a no 8 seed beating a no 1 seed Usu ally is after All this was Golden states sixth straight Victory Over Dallas and the fourth in a Row since Nelson ended a decade Long tenure with the mavs to rejoin the warriors Nellie did his Best coaching in recent weeks squeezing out a 91 finish to get Golden state into the playoffs for the first time in 13 years his task now is to stretch the Streak As Long As possible although Hes the first to say it probably wont end with a ticker tape Parade through the Bay area we dont expect to be world champs at the end of the playoffs Nelson said but every time we play in a High intensity game like these Are going to be we gain experience in really Happy about that Davis nearly had a triple double with 14 re Bounds and eight assists his leadership throughout showed Why the warriors went 165 Down the stretch after he returned from an injury we Knewt we could keep it close we could have a Chance he said this win gives us a lot of Confidence but this team has been to the championship Andonelos is not going to affect them Stephen Jackson added 23 Points and Jason Richardson scored 13 helping Golden state pick up its first playoff Victory since april 25 1992 and its first playoff Road Victory since May 81991 the Mavericks made the Aba finals last year and Are expecting to get Back again especially after winning 67 games in the regular season but All that earned them for the play offs was Home court advantage arid Treyve now squandered it game 2 is in Dallas on wednesday night obviously the pressure is on us All the Way said mavs Star Dirk Nowitzki who was 4for16 for 14 Points with 12 rebounds no body expects them to win shooting 35 percent on our Home court wont get it done weve got to get better shots and go from there Nelson coached the warriors the last time they were in the playoffs but Hes More be loved in Dallas for orchestrating the Maver icks Rise from the Bottom of the league to the top he brought in Nowitzki and left behind coach Avery Johnson As his successor perhaps trying to be too much like Nellie Johnson started a smal Ball lineup even though hed insisted for Days that his centers would be key figures this series i laughed when they said they would play a big Center Nelson said the 7foot Nowitzki was supposed to make Donna Golden state warriors guard Baron Davis celebrates in the second half of a playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas on sunday Davis scored 33 Points in the warriors 9785 win it work but he failed to take advantage of his size against a Golden state starting lineup Fea Turing no one taller than 6foot9 he settled for outside shots Early and was often frustrated by double and triple teams with Nelson knowing better than anyone How much Small Quick Guys tend to bother the big German Nowitzki want the Only one who struggled Josh Howard was 8for21 for 21 Points with 13 rebounds Dallas got Only four Points from its reserves All from Center Demagana Diop Jerry Stackhouse was ofor6 with five turn overs it was one of those games you just want to forget Stackhouse said we thought wed handle things better than we did Dallas biggest flaw was its inability to con Tain Davis see mavs on Page 34 red sox Pound 4 straight homers sweep Yankees Page 35 report second tests turn up positive for cyclist Landis Page 39 nil playoffs redwings extinguish flames in 20t devils Advance Page 32