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Mavs face Denver after 0-4 season series (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

To get ready for a second-round series against the Denver Nuggets, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle watched film, analyzed matchups and studied statistics. One thing jumped out at him. "That we were 0-4," Carlisle said, "and struggled with them." Gulp. While that's not exactly the kind of line to put on T-shirts or billboards, it's also no reason for alarm, as Carlisle explained.