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Yeah, the Mavs shot 35 percent and the Blazers shot 50 percent from the field.Great defense there Mavs!
That pretty much tells the storyim a moron
Dallas: 35%
Portland: 50%
ty defense + terrible shooting = Mavs loss
Yeah, the Mavs shot 35 percent and the Blazers shot 50 percent from the field.
I think I could have made some shots against the Mavs tonightYeah, the Mavs shot 35 percent and the Blazers shot 50 percent from the field.
Do you really think the Mavs are going to lose sleep over 1 loss? Is the NBA games like these happen. Although Dirk should have made the Blazers pay for putting small defenders on him. Outlaw? Come on Dirk your 7 feet tall take him down on the post.
I haven't watched the Hornets much this year. I will have to watch them before I can judge them. I have watched the Blazers a few times and they gave the Spurs trouble, so who knows.
No, but after the last 2 years, I think a little bit of doubt creeps into the back of their minds with each disappointment
Dirk needs to hit the weight room, he's been getting manhandled so far this year
Don't get me wrong Paul is great but I like Portland's roster more then the Hornets. They played the Spurs pretty well on opening night.
This is true. They are an exciting team that seems to play good defense and they seem very athletic.
You shoot 35% from the floor, you don't win. Still, something about us seems off so far. I don't understand some of the minutes guys are getting (why is Ager seeing the floor if it's close?), the rotation decisions Avery is making, and I think guys shuffling in and out of the lineup on a nightly basis isn't helping due to injuries.
Our defense so far this year is ty, and that's Dampier being out. Laugh all you want about a guy that gets paid $10 million to post up 7 and 7, but he's a big part of what we do.
I thought we missed Devin tonight, and not having a true C that can play 30+ minutes a night is taking its toll. Blazers got whatever shots they wanted, just like everybody else. I think Dirk will be fine when he can slide back to PF and not have to worry about manning the middle.
Portland?
Nowitzki has been having lots of bad games so far...i mean its hard to top his FG% from last year..but he looks uncomfortable out there and his shots aren't falling. I think Avery's trying to make him into something he's not and it's not working out...all the better for the rest of us!
I think part of the problem is that with Dampier out, and Diop foul-prone, is that Dirk has to play a lot of C and frequently guard an opposing team's best big. He's basically playing out of position, just like he did in the Warriors series, and that's probably Dampier's biggest contribution when he comes back...he'll allow Dirk to slide back to the four and play at his usual spots on the floor.
To me, it looks like Dirk's problem is Nelly showed the world how to guard him. You play physical defense on him (with a shorter defender who can rebound) and let him do anything other than go to his left. Once he dribbles the ball, you send a double-team from his blind side.
Rinse. Repeat.
The AP recap said he looked "tired." I wonder if he's physically sick, because he had all of the signs of that tonight - he was going out of his way to give up the ball, hung back on the arc like a decoy, and passed up a lot of shots. His teammates didn't seem to actively try and feed him either, almost like they knew he wasn't feeling well and didn't want him to have to shoulder the load.
I thought we missed Devin tonight a lot too.
^True but he had many pretty open shots the last couple of games that aren't going in. The first half he was 3/3 and then no one gave him the ball again...and all the other mavs were chucking up brick after brick. I personally think its adjusted defense of other teams but mostly him playing out of position and Avery trying to make him a post type player. He obviously needs to take some shots to start his offense flowing but now he's passing more and more and getting his teammates involved...which works when they're hot. Anyways it'll be interesting to see the Mavs this season..I think I see a downhill progression.
Well, they're not winning 67 games again, so they have nowhere to go but "down." I personally feel like if they start playing below .600 ball, Avery is going to have to go back to last season's distribution of minutes and start putting guys in their usual spots. This team will go as far as Dirk takes them, and right now he's "good" instead of "franchise" caliber, which is where he should be.
Mavs still have zero inside presence. Once teams shut down Dirk, as athletic teams seem to do well, the rest of the team doesn't have a good shot against a good team. Dirk looks passive, pass-first, and awkward.
That's what I mean when the mavs are going downhill, obviously still too early to say but that's just my opinion.
Avery just follows Pop's way of shuffling the rotation early in the regular season, to really learn his team players -esp. ones other than key members of the team- character & capabilities. He seems to finally understand that fantastic regular season record means jack if he can't make adjustment in the post season with the personnels that he has got.
Relax man. We didn't have Harris either. Both are needed for a championship run.
I think Mav fans should be like Spur fans after a loss and start 27 threads saying we need to trade so and so and fire somebody. A few emotional breakdowns from a few posters would be nice too.
Does it really matter?
I'll start sweating a Mavs loss when Mark Cuban starts paying my bills. Because at the end of the day, basketball (and other sports) is really like a sitcom. You have some endings that you really enjoy, and you also have some endings that you don't really care for. Period. And if you allow a team that you have NO control over to dictate your emotions and your life, then you're unfortunately jeopardizing your quality of life for no reason.
Should the Mavs win it all this year, then great. If they don't, well then that's cool too.
Thank god, finally Jason Terry's fast start has gone down the drain, look for more teams to beat the Mavs now.D. Nowitzki 36 4-13 11
J. Howard 35 5-15 20
J. Terry 29 5-12 14
I am sorry I just really hate the mavs....
Perfect example of a bandwagoner fan.
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