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Dick Harter has long been regarded as one of the top defensive minds in basketball. Harter, who was the first head coach of the Charlotte Hornets franchise, was most recently an assistant coach for Larry Bird in Indiana. Harter will be NBA.com's Playoff Correspondent throughout NBA Playoffs 2001. The opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs has come and gone, and several series have gone according to plan. San Antonio did what they had to do by holding the home court advantage and sending the series back to Minnesota up 2-0. After a tough first game, San Antonio came back, played very strongly and won in business-like fashion Monday night. Utah's experience prevailed and that got them a Game 1 win over Dallas on Saturday. Now the series becomes interesting as Utah tries to protect their home court against a very good Dallas team. And the Lakers certainly got off and played well, while Portland continued to unravel. So I guess you could say some things stayed normal. Some things, though, are turning into typical postseason craziness.
The most surprising series of the first round has been between Miami and Charlotte. Going in, Miami was one of the favorites to emerge from the Eastern Conference, but they ran into a Charlotte team that turned it on at the right time and is playing really well. I think that can be attributed to Paul Silas and his very calm demeanor. Sometimes in the playoffs, it's a tremendous advantage to have your team play with confidence and calmness. This was not noticeable during the regular season as the Hornets were a very erratic team. When they're good, they're very, very good. When they're bad, they're very, very bad. But right now Charlotte is playing very strongly. Right now they've got to be considered a threat to anybody in the East because I don't know The fact that the Pacers beat the Sixers in the playoffs the past two years didn't come into play going into this series, but I would think it is starting to now. Going in, Philadelphia said it's a new year, but now after losing a big lead at home, they've got to be saying to themselves, "Can we ever beat this team?" They swept the Pacers
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