Every season, the Warriors try to limit Baron Davis' playing time, but this might be the one where it actually happens.

"I think so," Davis said. "I know it's going to be tough in the beginning with Stephen Jackson being out. I'm going to be called upon to play a lot more minutes.

"But I hope to play somewhere in that 30-, 35-minute range, sort of like Steve Nash, and be used in key stretches of the game."

"I think that Dallas series kind of reminded him what type of player he is, how good he is," forward Al Harrington said. "And now, instead of him talking about making the All-Star team, he's talking about being the MVP of the league, kind of like how Nash did it."