Thoughts on our boys in blue tonight.

[mavsluva]

Whoa whoa whoa, the Mavs are bad against good teams this year but let's not just make up

Nobody's tooting anybody's horn, just beat a team we're supposed to beat tonight. Our boys are probably 1st round fodder regardless, but if we're not allowed to enjoy a win over a divisional rival when the boys were hitting shots and showing some "energy", than what's da point of bein a fan.

Not making anything up as the data doesn't lie.

[Ghazi]

What two good teams have the Mavs beaten this year.

Spurs twice, Blazers twice, Magic, Jazz, Rockets, Suns.

That's 8 wins against what I'd consider "good" teams...should be more if not for flukes.

Compared to 17 losses which is bad indeed, but yeah.... 8 > 2

[j-money24]

good job mavs.
il put my money on the mavs if they were to play the spurs in the first round.

[Spursmania]

You have nothing to be nervous about. There is quite literally a zero percent chance of the Mavs beating a WC playoff-bound team on the road on the 2nd game of a B2B. There's a better chance that Tim Duncan will pawn all of his 4 rings tomorrow in exchange for a hobo's cheese.

Well said.
Sorry Ghazi, you're team will not beat the Hornets tomorrow.
Kidd's worn out...

[Spursmania]

good job mavs.
il put my money on the mavs if they were to play the spurs in the first round.

You mean you'd love to play them first round. Don't we all want to play them first!

[ehz33satx]

All that passion and energy we saw tonight against the Spurs and their 4 rings, it will be completely gone by tomorrow night, and we'll be right back where we started when Golden State beats us by 25.

That is the only intelligent thought given by a Mavs fan that I have ever read in my several years hanging around in this forum.

[mffl89]

A lot of Spurs fans can't seem to ever give the Mavs credit.

If we lose: "HAHA YOU ALL SUCK! YOU WILL NEVER MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! WE BEAT YOU WITHOUT GINOBILI!"

Since we won it's like this: "YOU STILL WON'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND! YOU GUYS BEAT US WITHOUT A HEALTHY TEAM! (it's not like we had a healthy team either...2 key players were playing injured). oh and how can I forget...4 RINGS GOT!"

[mavs>spurs2]

A lot of Spurs fans can't seem to ever give the Mavs credit.

If we lose: "HAHA YOU ALL SUCK! YOU WILL NEVER MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! WE BEAT YOU WITHOUT GINOBILI!"

Since we won it's like this: "YOU STILL WON'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND! YOU GUYS BEAT US WITHOUT A HEALTHY TEAM! (it's not like we had a healthy team either...2 key players were playing injured). oh and how can I forget...4 RINGS GOT!"

That's a pretty accurate assessment.

[Shank]

How the is Matt Bonner even in the NBA?

[rayray2k8]

Mavs wanted it more..
Period..
Guess the spurs were waiting for Gooden?

Savior.

[Agloco]

We Mavs fans shouldn't be too excited about this win, we just beat a team we're supposed to beat. We should reserve excitement if ever we're to beat the Cavs, Celtics, or Lakers, but not the Spurs.

But I'll credit our boys in blue for positive energy and better ball and body movement. It's weird, and I wonder if it's just a matter of making shots, but we simply looked more energetic out there.

A good game by our beloved J-Ho, Terry, Dirk, and Kidd. When the 4 horsemen of any team play well, they will be tough to beat. And such held true tonight.


I wish we could replicate such shooting and energy on the road, but it just hasn't been there this year. Many teams experience this problem such as the Rockets, Jazz, Blazers, Nuggets, and I'm vexed we're one of them.

Let us enjoy this win, but not be too excited because again, it was just an expected win. NOLA tomorrow will be tough. Back to back, road game, and matchup nightmare with CP3. I'm just hoping for a good effort, we need to eliminate the culture of getting blown out from our system, although unexpected as what you see in the first 60 games from your team is simply what you are.

I wonder if Cubans motivational speech had anything to do with it.....

[timaios]

How the is Matt Bonner even in the NBA?

You're right, the best 3-points shooter has no reason to be in the NBA.
He was +13 when he was on the floor yesterday, but he only played 21min because of fouls troubles.
Without Bonner, the Mavs bigs were all over Tim Duncan.

[dirk4mvp]

You're right, the best 3-points shooter has no reason to be in the NBA.

Over half of the players in the league could shoot his % if all of their shots were wide open spot ups off of double teams on Duncan.

[monosylab1k]

At least Bonner is good enough to knock down all those 3's. Teams give Devean George a 15 foot cushion and he still bricks them all. and the spurs have 4 rings.

[lurker]

I wonder if Cubans motivational speech had anything to do with it.....

Dirk said most of the team wasn't aware Cuban made any comments.