Mavs-Cows Game Blog

[Findog]

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[Findog]

Any word on Noah, Deng and Rose for tonight's game?

[Ghazi]

3 days off and coming off of an ass kicking... Mavs are ready and Mavs roll against the depleted Bulls.

[Findog]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2010031706

Mavs get Jet back, Noah is likely out, Rose and Deng are game-time decisions.

[Cane]

Without Rose, the Ponies should be able to trample over the Bulls.

[badfish22]

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nba/news/story?id=5003232

Rose out as Bulls try to snap skid

DALLAS -- The Chicago Bulls will try to snap their eight-game losing streak on Wednesday against the surging Dallas Mavericks without Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah.

Taj Gibson will play despite suffering from plantar fasciitis.

[Findog]

Mavs have no excuse for not blowing these fucks out.

[badfish22]

Mavs win by 16, Pargo goes for 48

[in2deep]

Mavs have no excuse for not blowing these fucks out.

what was their excuse vs. the Knicks?

[Ghazi]

what was their excuse vs. the Knicks?

fluke game.

[Muser]

Mavs should go balls deep.

[Findog]

what was their excuse vs. the Knicks?

What is the Spurs excuse for being 15-20 against +.500 teams?

[in2deep]

What is the Spurs excuse for being 15-20 against +.500 teams?

-they suck
-they are not contenders
-dick jefferson

still waiting on the mavs excuse...

[badfish22]

What is the Spurs excuse for being 15-20 against +.500 teams?

CIA Pop luring playoff teams into a false sense of security.

[badfish22]

still waiting on the mavs excuse...

Shit happens. Mavs were just going through the Motions and D'antonis Knicks couldn't miss. Knicks had revenge on their minds as well. Rick attempting to match small ball with even smaller ball hurt us too. Basically got outperformed in every facet of the game.

[Findog]

-they suck
-they are not contenders
-dick jefferson

still waiting on the mavs excuse...

They played like shit with no energy and got beat down for it.

[in2deep]

cool

[lurker]

+1 for the Phantom Of The Opera music when Jet entered the game.

[Mr.ChugDynasty]

Can we stop running plays for Marion please? The guy's hands are worse than Damp's

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Why isn't Kidd playing? Please tell me he's not injured.

[Mr.ChugDynasty]

Great job by Butler getting to the line thus far

[Findog]

Kidd with the half-court buzzer beater!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm guessing Kidd is sitting because Barea and Roddy are a better matchup on Pargo?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Chug - who is that in your sig picture with that picture-perfect arse?

[Ghazi]

waived off.

[Mr.ChugDynasty]

I'm guessing Kidd is sitting because Barea and Roddy are a better matchup on Pargo?

Wish I knew man. Found her on a Detroit Message Board of all places.
Don't know who she is though.

[Amarelooms]

Dirk is so goddamn annoying on D...not even trying and giving up layups. I would slap the shit out of him if he did that and I was his teammate busting my ass on D

:elephant

[mavsfan1000]

Take Dirk out of the game for that shit.

[mavsfan1000]

_irk is playing tonight.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Wish I knew man. Found her on a Detroit Message Board of all places.
Don't know who she is though.

Mmmmmm-mmmmmm. She is tasty.

I think I need to get laid! :lol

[Ghazi]

gettin a little too close for comfort

get Kidd back in there imo

[sribb43]

typical mavs game at the AAC :lmao

[Findog]

Mavs choking this one away

[mavsfan1000]

Get Barea the fuck out of there.

[Ghazi]

nvm

[sribb43]

I guess Caron doesnt need to see the floor in the 4th bc JET is back

[mavsfan1000]

Nevermind. :lol

[Findog]

The Puerto Rican Smurf is closing out the Bulls!

[sribb43]

small ball

[Phillip]

what the fuck is going on? can anyone grab a fucking rebound? what the hell is haywood doing tonight? seems like his mind is in outer space

[sribb43]

a shit bulls teams dropping 100+ on the mavs :bang

[mavsfan1000]

what the fuck is going on? can anyone grab a fucking rebound? what the hell is haywood doing tonight? seems like his mind is in outer space
No shit. What the hell is wrong with him?

[Amarelooms]

What a HORRIBLE half by DIRK.....LAZY ASS on D....:elephant

[Ghazi]

a shit bulls teams dropping 100+ on the mavs :bang

:sleep

[Phillip]

complete lack of focus on defense in the second half. Haywood was shit tonight. lets see how they come out against Boston. Mavs tend to play down to competition.

[sribb43]

:sleep

i guess your not a fan of defense and how important it is to win games against quality teams

[Ghazi]

i guess your not a fan of defense and how important it is to win games against quality teams

lol, they started scoring when the Mavs stopped caring.

[sribb43]

lol, they started scoring when the Mavs stopped caring.

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[peteee]

you retards are deeply pathetic. It's just a regular season game, and your team are promenading around the top of western conference despite where this game heads. What a bundle of assholes.

[monosylab1k]

no killer instinct whatsoever. the mavs get a lead and then sit on their ass until the other team cuts it too close for comfort. rinse, repeat.

until the Mavs grow a set of balls and develop a desire to motherfuck their opponent, they're nothing better than 2nd round fodder for the Nuggets.

[peteee]

no killer instinct whatsoever. the mavs get a lead and then sit on their ass until the other team cuts it too close for comfort. rinse, repeat.

until the Mavs grow a set of balls and develop a desire to motherfuck their opponent, they're nothing better than 2nd round fodder for the Nuggets.
agreed. what mavs are capable of is spanking some weaker teams and all. Whenever their opponents are tough ones or have turned tough after getting spanked in the 1st or 2nd quarter, Mavs have no idea how to evade being inundated, and ultimately have to take the results of a lost game which often includes tons of lambasts from you whining fans.

[monosylab1k]

^sup Rogue

[Ghazi]

no killer instinct whatsoever. the mavs get a lead and then sit on their ass until the other team cuts it too close for comfort. rinse, repeat.

until the Mavs grow a set of balls and develop a desire to motherfuck their opponent, they're nothing better than 2nd round fodder for the Nuggets.

sup Hollinger

[Colombiano972]

It really irks me how RC always gives Barea so much pt when Bobo is playing waaay better than him in less minutes. Oh well, hopefully we kick some Celtic ass on Saturday.

[WESTACKED]

no killer instinct whatsoever. the mavs get a lead and then sit on their ass until the other team cuts it too close for comfort. rinse, repeat.

until the Mavs grow a set of balls and develop a desire to motherfuck their opponent, they're nothing better than 2nd round fodder for the Nuggets.
Carlisle just chose to rest his first team regulars when he knew the game was well under control, does it mean his team lacks a set of balls or whatsoever? Genuinely I don't think it's bad strategy to make some provident reservations on the 36-year-old Jason Kidd.

[Findog]

Whatever, Barea played the entire 4th Quarter while Kidd sat. It's not surprising they cut an 18 pt lead down to 7. I'd rather Kidd get the rest than stay out there to maintain a 20-pt lead.

[WESTACKED]

Whatever, Barea played the entire 4th Quarter while Kidd sat. It's not surprising they cut an 18 pt lead down to 7. I'd rather Kidd get the rest than stay out there to maintain a 20-pt lead.
:tu

20-pt also turns one win counted in season standing and even if you lost it you wouldn't see any visible elevation/relegation of rank in the western conference standing.

[Shank]

No need to style-point, just get the Ws.

[WESTACKED]

sup Hollinger
sup sycophant. I don't see any mono's writing that resembles Hollinger's so I'm only assuming that's an act of flattering him, which seems pretty weird though considering what a worthless dull wanker mono is.

[monosylab1k]

Whatever, Barea played the entire 4th Quarter while Kidd sat. It's not surprising they cut an 18 pt lead down to 7. I'd rather Kidd get the rest than stay out there to maintain a 20-pt lead.

So everyone is going with the "Kidd was being rested" excuse?

You're telling me if Chicago cut that lead to 2 or 3 pts that Kidd still would have sat? If that's the case, I got news for you - Kidd is hurt, not being "rested".

and tbh I don't give a fuck about that. This was a Bulls team without Rose, Deng, or Noah playing on the 2nd night of a back to back. And they didn't make their push in "garbage time" as you'd like to assert. They made their push in the late 3rd/early 4th quarter. They got back in the game before garbage time ever happened. With Dirk/Caron/etc out there on the court. It happened because the team got lazy and started playing shitty defense. That's absolutely inexcusable.

What happens if they go up big on Denver in Game 1? Suddenly a magic switch is going to be turned on and they're going to learn to snuff out the opponent? Highly doubtful.

[Phillip]

krofl at the explosion of chode over a superior team playing down to competition. yeah, its irritating, but most elite teams tend to do that, including the Lakers. there are plenty of Laker fans that will admit they play down to competition badly. about the only teams that dont, are elite offensive teams like the Nuggets and Suns (and both teams wont win shit because they cant defend, and the nuggets have zero BBIQ), and the Spurs for some odd reason. thats pretty much how it always has been, and always will be. all I care about is how the Mavs play against other elite opponents, and all year, they have proven to be up to the task, even before the trade happened.

[Findog]

So everyone is going with the "Kidd was being rested" excuse?

If Carlisle had a boner to keep the lead at 20-25 points, he would've put Kidd back in.



You're telling me if Chicago cut that lead to 2 or 3 pts that Kidd still would have sat? If that's the case, I got news for you - Kidd is hurt, not being "rested".

I'm saying Kidd would've only re-entered the game if the outcome was in doubt - which it never was.


and tbh I don't give a fuck about that. This was a Bulls team without Rose, Deng, or Noah playing on the 2nd night of a back to back. And they didn't make their push in "garbage time" as you'd like to assert. They made their push in the late 3rd/early 4th quarter. They got back in the game before garbage time ever happened. With Dirk/Caron/etc out there on the court. It happened because the team got lazy and started playing shitty defense. That's absolutely inexcusable.

I don't care. A team is not going to play with urgency and energy for 82 games/48 minutes.

[Phillip]

If Carlisle had a boner to keep the lead at 20-25 points, he would've put Kidd back in.




I'm saying Kidd would've only re-entered the game if the outcome was in doubt - which it never was.



I don't care. A team is not going to play with urgency and energy for 82 games/48 minutes.

:tu

It really doesnt matter how they play against garbage teams. Just against the good teams. I just want them to rack up wins and get that 2nd seed. Then the playoffs are a whole new story.

[Findog]

:tu

It really doesnt matter how they play against garbage teams. Just against the good teams. I just want them to rack up wins and get that 2nd seed. Then the playoffs are a whole new story.

The last time the Mavs treated every game with Game 7 urgency was 2007, and they flamed out in the first round after peaking in March.

[monosylab1k]

So let me get this straight - you guys are saying that in Game 1 of the second round (assuming the Mavs get there).....start of the 4th quarter Dallas has a 20 point lead on the Nuggets....you guys are telling me that after AN ENTIRE SEASON of treating 20 point leads as an indicator to pull out the beach chairs and sip on pina colada's until their opponent cuts it to 5....that magically in the playoffs a switch will flip and they'll decide instead of crush their opponent?

First off, I don't believe the Mavericks have that switch to turn on and off. Second, they haven't earned the right to switch it on and off. They've proven jack shit thus far.

[Findog]

So let me get this straight - you guys are saying that in Game 1 of the second round (assuming the Mavs get there).....start of the 4th quarter Dallas has a 20 point lead on the Nuggets....you guys are telling me that after AN ENTIRE SEASON of treating 20 point leads as an indicator to pull out the beach chairs and sip on pina colada's until their opponent cuts it to 5....that magically in the playoffs a switch will flip and they'll decide instead of crush their opponent?

I'm saying if that happens, Kidd will play the lion's share of minutes at the 1 instead of Barea playing the entire 4th Quarter. Carlisle was trying to get the W without treating it like a Game 7.


First off, I don't believe the Mavericks have that switch to turn on and off. Second, they haven't earned the right to switch it on and off. They've proven jack shit thus far.


What have the Nuggets proved? That they can lose to the Lakers in the Conference Finals?

[Ghazi]

First off, it's a league of runs... a 20ish point lead dwindling to 7 isn't THAT "inexcusable"... happens to a lot of teams. Mavs just missed a few free throws and had a few in and outs.

Second off, Mavs were up by 15 with 3:35 left.

Third off! the time at which the Mavs have been blowing leads is typically during late 3rd/early 4th... this also to me correlates with when barea play. Barea has the worst +/- stats on the team.

Barea's role will be drastically reduced if not entirely gone come playoff time.

[Phillip]

So let me get this straight - you guys are saying that in Game 1 of the second round (assuming the Mavs get there).....start of the 4th quarter Dallas has a 20 point lead on the Nuggets....you guys are telling me that after AN ENTIRE SEASON of treating 20 point leads as an indicator to pull out the beach chairs and sip on pina colada's until their opponent cuts it to 5....that magically in the playoffs a switch will flip and they'll decide instead of crush their opponent?

As long as they get the win in the end, thats all that matters. Crushing a team is nice, but anyone can get hot and crush someone. Even shit teams can get hot and crush elite teams, the way New York did to the Mavs the other day. Or the way the Bobcats always pound the Lakers. It happens. What matters more is how they finish their opponents, and every time an opponent has made a late push against the Mavs, the Mavericks always knuckled up and made a bigger push right back to win the game. And you can't say they only have done it against bad teams, because they did it against elite teams as well, including the Lakers, despite being massively shorthanded.

[Phillip]

What have the Nuggets proved? That they can lose to the Lakers in the Conference Finals?

and that they can get pounded in the first round a bunch of times prior to that. Nuggs havent proved any more than the Mavs, other than that they have zero BBIQ, and piss poor defense.

[Phillip]

this is a pointless argument. we already know that mono debates with more emotion in his thoughts than even the worst of spurfans here do. he changes his opinions every other day. one day, the mavs choked. the next, the refs stole it. one day the nuggets are overrated and were an antoine wright foul away from losing to the mavs, the next the mavs are gonne get swept by them. one day the mavs are elite, the next the mavs are gonna get upset in the first round. it never ends. then again, probably about 95% of sports debaters debate heavily off of emotion.

[monosylab1k]

this is a pointless argument. we already know that mono debates with more emotion in his thoughts than even the worst of spurfans here do. he changes his opinions every other day. one day, the mavs choked. the next, the refs stole it. one day the nuggets are overrated and were an antoine wright foul away from losing to the mavs, the next the mavs are gonne get swept by them. one day the mavs are elite, the next the mavs are gonna get upset in the first round. it never ends. then again, probably about 95% of sports debaters debate heavily off of emotion.

I guess that's better than blowing your load over a 7 point win against a Rose-less, Deng-less, and Noah-less Bulls team playing on the 2nd night of a back to back. Those wins are so bad ass and prove that Dallas has what it takes to win a championship.

[monosylab1k]

Mavs just missed a few free throws and had a few in and outs.

die

[Findog]

They've blown big leads with Kidd in the game too.

I'm not happy that they got curbstomped by New York, and I'm not happy that they let the Hornets make a game out of a blowout, but last night's game doesn't concern me in the least...or belong to the list of worries with this team.


And I never said the Nuggets have proven anything. But I don't see them blowing 20+ point leads on a regular basis either. Anyways, I don't give a crap about what the Nuggets are doing. I'm concerned with what the Mavericks are doing, and honestly I think it's ridiculous to assume that the Mavs will change their entire way of doing things come playoff time, especially when they've given no indication of that thus far.

It was clear once they got the big lead last night that they took the foot off the pedal and played with much less intensity. The Bulls at one point cut it to 7 but the outcome and game was never much in doubt. I'm pretty much fine with that. There's a difference with easing off the gas pedal against a depleted Chicago team and doing it against LA, Cleveland, Orlando or Denver. If they lose to the Nuggets in the playoffs, it will be because they're not as good as them. I guarantee you they won't play so half-assed like that against an elite team.

[monosylab1k]

Nothing says "we're championship material" better than winning by 7 against D-League Talent!

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:: lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::l obt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[Phillip]

I guess that's better than blowing your load over a 7 point win against a Rose-less, Deng-less, and Noah-less Bulls team playing on the 2nd night of a back to back. Those wins are so bad ass and prove that Dallas has what it takes to win a championship.

except no one blew their load over it. in fact, we werent really happy, but at the same time, we werent going nuts saying they suddenly have no shot at beating the nuggets in the playoffs. a win is a win, and any one of us will take it, and hopefully they turn this into another nice winning streak. thats all.

[monosylab1k]

It was clear once they got the big lead last night that they took the foot off the pedal and played with much less intensity.

obviously


There's a difference with easing off the gas pedal against a depleted Chicago team and doing it against LA, Cleveland, Orlando or Denver.

the difference being, while a shitty Bulls team will cut that lead to 7, an elite team will keep the run going and steal the game.


I guarantee you they won't play so half-assed like that against an elite team.

how do you know this? what basis do you have for making a guarantee like this? almost every time the Mavs get a big lead they half-ass it. How can you guarantee that attitude will change? When have the Mavs ever proven they can switch it on and off once the playoffs roll around?

[Findog]

I want all of our 30+ veteran starters to play 45 minutes against a depleted Bulls team so we can beat them by 30 in a mid-March game

[monosylab1k]

The Mavericks won't surrender big leads in the playoffs because they'll play with more intensity. For example, game 3 of the 2006 Finals.

[Findog]

how do you know this? what basis do you have for making a guarantee like this? almost every time the Mavs get a big lead they half-ass it. How can you guarantee that attitude will change? When have the Mavs ever proven they can switch it on and off once the playoffs roll around?

Because they didn't respect the Junior Varsity Bulls last night, and it informed Carlisle's strategy to go with JJB the entire fourth quarter instead of playing Kidd. They DO respect any team they'll see in the playoffs. I'll eat my shoe if Barea plays an entire 4th Quarter in the playoffs.

[Phillip]

the difference being, while a shitty Bulls team will cut that lead to 7, an elite team will keep the run going and steal the game.

they wont be losing focus like that against elite teams. two VERY different situations. we've seen it all year long. the mavs PLAY DOWN TO THEIR COMPETITION. not saying its what we want to see, but it is what it is. as long as they beat bad teams, play up to good competition, im happy. and they have done just that.

[Findog]

We got Kidd for late-game management to avoid repeats of Game 3 of the Finals. I was wrong and you were right about that trade.

BTW, the Mavs are 16-3 in games decided by 3 or less with Carlisle/Kidd. Do you see Avery stalking along the sidelines and Devin "Jesus Christ" Harris wearing the blue and green?

[Ghazi]

why are there so many whiners in our beloved fanbase. amarelooms, sribb, mono seems to have reverted back to his old ways.

[monosylab1k]

why are there so many whiners in our beloved fanbase. amarelooms, sribb, mono seems to have reverted back to his old ways.

I'm optimistic when there's reason to be optimistic, I'm pessimistic when there's reason to be pessimistic, I praise the team when they deserve praise, and I criticize the team when they play lazy. I've done that from the beginning.

I never have been, nor will I ever be, a blind cheerleader homer like you.

[Ghazi]

I'm optimistic when there's reason to be optimistic, I'm pessimistic when there's reason to be pessimistic, I praise the team when they deserve praise, and I criticize the team when they play lazy. I've done that from the beginning.

I never have been, nor will I ever be, a blind cheerleader homer like you.


:cheer :cheer

[mavsfan1000]

I'm optimistic when there's reason to be optimistic, I'm pessimistic when there's reason to be pessimistic, I praise the team when they deserve praise, and I criticize the team when they play lazy. I've done that from the beginning.

I never have been, nor will I ever be, a blind cheerleader homer like you.
Exactly how I feel nowadays. Especially when seeing the homerism at other mavs sites makes me appreciate fans like you who tell it like it is.

[WESTACKED]

obviously



the difference being, while a shitty Bulls team will cut that lead to 7, an elite team will keep the run going and steal the game.

The Mavs only rested their ass on bulls because they though bulls weren't a team worth any seriousness, which was exactly the viewpoint you demonstrated but now you're offering a presumption that Mavs would lose the game playing against an elite, on the basic proviso that Mavs would rest asses the same way on elites which rashes against your original viewpoint.


how do you know this? what basis do you have for making a guarantee like this? almost every time the Mavs get a big lead they half-ass it. How can you guarantee that attitude will change? When have the Mavs ever proven they can switch it on and off once the playoffs roll around?
profoundly the Mavs would take on the Spurs in first round, I don't think they would take any glittering respite against the Spurs even though they are quite an ass-sucking team and always act as preys every time they confront the Mavs.

[WESTACKED]

I'm optimistic when there's reason to be optimistic, I'm pessimistic when there's reason to be pessimistic, I praise the team when they deserve praise, and I criticize the team when they play lazy. I've done that from the beginning.

I never have been, nor will I ever be, a blind cheerleader homer like you.
you are a sissy wanker because you truthfully are, you sedentary crappy ass.

[Phillip]

http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=2746

I think this article puts it perfectly. While we would like to see at least a little more focus from the Mavs, at the same time, its not a huge deal as long as they get the win, and all year they have proven that they can turn it on when they need to, and there are stats to prove it.

[sribb43]

http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=2746

I think this article puts it perfectly. While we would like to see at least a little more focus from the Mavs, at the same time, its not a huge deal as long as they get the win, and all year they have proven that they can turn it on when they need to, and there are stats to prove it.

Db.com never posts anything negative about the mavs.... Im surprised fish didn't write an article after the knicks game like, "why a blowout loss at home makes the mavs title contenders?".... Homerism at it's finest

[Phillip]

krofl