even though Terry/Barea/Peja played like dog , it's Dirk's job to demand the ball and keep these morons from taking bad shots.
Dirk played like Terry usually does by racking up the points when the game is out of reach. Dirk put up a decent statline but he was not nearly as aggressive as he needed to be.
lol @ running plays through Shawn Marion in crunchtime
I'd still blame Terry and Barea, but I agree that Dirk was too passive..he stat-padded in the last 2 minutes of the game, other than that, he didn't even attempt to take over..Miami was making an effort at sending help, and he seemed content to accept the help and get others involved, which won't work, when your teammates are mediocre..
Dirk could have been more aggressive and it still would not have mattered when 'bron and D-wade are both playing out of their minds.
I think it's the battle on the boards that cost them, they gave out 10 extra possessions to Miami. That's huge in a game like this. They did more than enough on both offense, and especially defense, to win the game even with all the wide open shots that Terry and Peja missed. Chandler but also Dirk have to fight harder down there.
Yeah, he shot like...39%? He was missing shots that he usually makes. We'll have to see if it was a bad game or if the Heat's defense is bugging him. I'm inclined to say defense was bugging everybody, except James. Pretty poor shooting % from both teams.
we win as a team, we lose as a team.
Dirk will be more aggressive Game 2
Mavs bench lost the game.
That simple
Dirk let people take shots away from him. He strayed from the ball. It looked like 2006/2007 all over again. He looked like Bosh looked against Boston, until the last minute when it was already over.
If he plays like this the rest of the finals there's nothing he will ever be able to do to live down the choker label. We were all ready to give him his due and anoint him after the West playoffs, even after all his past failures. He looked ready to give it all back.
Long series though. I'm hoping he can get back to " you" mode cause if he doesn't it will be disastrous for the Mavs and his legacy.
Great take.
Exactly.
Don't get me wrong, there were times where he looked like the player he is capable of being, but just too passive down the stretch. If this was a regular season game, I probly wouldn't care but this is the ing Finals and you've got to really elevate your game and make your mark on NBA history. It's not gonna be easy. I've seen plenty of times where Dirk would take over games (pretty much the entire 09 Denver series, game 6 last year vs SA) and his team literally gave him nothing. Tonight, he didn't even try to take over when it mattered.
I have no idea if it will be good enough anyway, but there's no way this series will go past five if we get the same complacent Dirk the rest of the way
oh yeah and i didn't even mention Dirk's defense. One of the worst I've seen him play in a big game since the _Irk/Don Nelson days
its a shame suddenly terry and barrea realized they are scrubs and started to play like it. in the west playoffs they were playing out of their minds
They are trying to hide Dirk on defense and if they do that, he has to rebound. If just improves that (he has been just awful on the glass), Dallas will be in a good spot.
This loss was not on Dirk.
It was on the absolute e play of Peja, Barea, and the rest of the role players. Rebounding for the Mavs was horrendous as well, and Miami isn't even that great of a rebounding team. No excuse for a team with Chandler in the middle to be giving up that many rebs.
What is Tyson supposed to do when he is the one that has to guard Bosh and Bosh sucks him out of the paint?
and did you see who it was that was giving up a lot of those offensive rebounds?
I don't think Dirk played as passive as people say, he played like he ussually does (within the rythm of the offense), he just didn't shoot the ball like he has done during this season.
It's good to see a fellow like Bosh deny Media their onions like he has. They were gonna high tech lynch his ass, but, he double crossed 'em, left 'em with their in their hands.
Bully. Bully for Bosh.
Yeah, I made a mistake. What else is new? All the Dirk and Mav haters are ing tonight. I just took a xanax so I'm kind of mellowing down. And I've recently started to reconsider suicide. And before you me out or call me a pussy, this has nothing to do with the Mavs. I'm miserable right now in my life and I'm starting to come to a breaking point. I'm stuck at a dead end job with ty pay and I get treated like a piece of too there. No respect at all. I am a hopeless piece of and prick. I wasted 5 and a half years in college in the hopes of possibly getting a good paying job or at least a decent paying job. I've been stuck in retail for almost 3 years making a whopping 15K a year. How am I ever going to be happy making ty money like that? Sorry for the rant, I think it's the xanax kicking in.
dirk has a torn tendon
Yeah, I made a mistake. What else is new? All the Dirk and Mav haters are ing tonight. I just took a xanax so I'm kind of mellowing down. And I've recently started to reconsider suicide. And before you me out or call me a pussy, this has nothing to do with the Mavs. I'm miserable right now in my life and I'm starting to come to a breaking point. I'm stuck at a dead end job with ty pay and I get treated like a piece of too there. No respect at all. I am a hopeless piece of and prick. I wasted 5 and a half years in college in the hopes of possibly getting a good paying job or at least a decent paying job. I've been stuck in retail for almost 3 years making a whopping 15K a year. How am I ever going to be happy making ty money like that? Sorry for the rant, I think it's the xanax kicking in.
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