Article: Nelson really wanted series against Mavs

OAKLAND -- With a handful of games left in his team's surge to the playoffs, Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson brushed aside any questions about which team he'd like to face in the postseason.

"We just want to get there," Nelson said. "You can give us the Pismo Beach Panthers. We'll take them in a seven-game series."

But after listening to his coach deliberately use the media to "decoy" his players this week, Warriors forward Al Harrington knows better than to believe that his coach wanted anything other than to face the Dallas Mavericks, Nelson's former employer of eight years, in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

"He's playing low-key with it, but I'm sure inside, ...

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