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We can also choke.
but it's good to see the coach worries about them when his players are aged, which contrasts how excessively much the Mavs old legs have been overused. I think the loss last night was just a supposed one in Pop's plan. Tim only played sub-30 and the same with Manu, Tony, etc., which clearly shows Pop's intention of reserving energy. Game 6 will be the real die-survive match and also a close game like game 3 and 4, but I believe the Spurs will win it and qualify.
We can also choke.
You must have some amazing eyes!!
I am surprised to see only a couple of posters mentioning the adjustments that Dallas made. Was it all just the Spurs being self-satisfied or tired, or was there more to it?
Considering Dampier didn't play, I'd say there is something wrong with his eyes.
thankfully Carlisle didn't have anything wrong with eyes last night and he made the right decision in starting Haywood at C.
For me this game is on the spurs not on mavs adjustements. Of course starting Haywood is a damn good idea but even with the urgency, the big lead in the midle of the 2nd quarter and some ing bad lineups, spurs were back to 7 at the end of the first half.
There was room for a mav colapse, mavs were nervous to finish the quarter, Najera stupid fouls as usual some really really bad TOs of Dirk and Kidd. This game was gone after 3 bad possessions to start the 3rd: 2 Manu TOs and 1 bad Tim JS, mavs have been wised to score on it then Pop and the players begun to throw the towel.
Poor spurs effort and props to the mavs.
The lineup for the Mavs was no better. When the Spurs made their run it was Najera, Dirk, JET, Barea, and Kidd.... Dirk was playing the 5! Come on... if that isn't soft as basketball I don't know wtf you were watching. JET and Barea are a defensive liability for the Mavs... Dirk let's people walk by in the lane. I'd chalk this up to the Mavs just outplaying the Spurs starting 5. It is one game. Don't discredit a good team. Worry about game 6 as this one is in the books and you may be getting some rest after 48 more minutes of bball before the Suns.
The Mavs showed they wasn't going to quit and the Spurs decided to just cave. Horrible effort on defense especially on rotations. I expected the Spurs to lose just in that way. The good thing was without a lot of effort they still cut a double digit lead in half with ease before halftime. Roger Mason is useless. Hopefully, having the big three sit and watch the Mavs celebrate like they won the Super Bowl will light a fire under them for game 6.
The Series must end Thursday night.
I had hoped Carlisle would be stubborn and continue to overutilize Barea and Dampier... maybe Mark Cuban made the call dictating that Haywood start.
On resting the starters... I hate doing this in the Playoffs.
Given the Mavs' and their fans' tendency to panic when the chips are down, I don't see any reason why 2 or 3 more minutes for the big three in the final quarter would have been a bad idea. We've seen both Duncan and Ginobili have great fourth quarters after sucking for the first three.
If you can cut that 20 point lead to 10, you create doubt and with the Mavs it often becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy that they will choke it away. If you don't cut into the lead, no big deal, throw in the white towel with 8 or 9 minutes left. So Duncan plays 27 minutes instead of 23.
These are the goddamn Playoffs.
That's exactly what I was thinking. I hoped the Spurs would win last night, but I really wasn't too surprised or disappointed when they didn't. I was, however, quite disappointed with their total lack or urgency or effort.
They said all the right things before the game, but then they just gave this away from the very 1st quarter. That's why I turned the volume down after the 1st quarter, and pretty much stopped watching the game altogether in the 3rd quarter. On to Thursday...
Matt Bonner took home the consolation prize.
I had hoped Carlisle would be stubborn and continue to overutilize Barea and Dampier while underutilizing Marion and Butler. I wonder if Mark Cuban had anything to do with the rotation changes. They reflected pretty much everything Dallas media and fans have been screaming for the past week.
On resting the starters... I hate doing this in the Playoffs.
Given the Mavs' and their fans' tendency to panic when the chips are down, I don't see any reason why 2 or 3 more minutes for the big three in the final quarter would have been a bad idea. We've seen both Duncan and Ginobili have great fourth quarters after sucking for the first three.
If you can cut that 20 point lead to 10, you create doubt and with the Mavs it often becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy that they will choke it away. If you don't cut into the lead, no big deal, throw in the white towel with 8 or 9 minutes left. So Duncan plays 27 minutes instead of 23.
These are the goddamn Playoffs.
Get your fishing poles ready... you just played your last home game.My advice to spurs fans for Thursday night...don't spend your evening watching this game. Go out and get laid,drunk,high, or get tickets for the new Nightmare on Elm Street showing at midnight. Mavs won this game. We are just 47 hours away from sending this series back to Dallas for game 7.
(Sorry for the double post. I can't edit or delete for some reason.)
I thought it was bad from a coaching standpoint from the beginning. When we dont double dirk, we win as long as we can take care of our turnovers and not foul. So as soon as we started doubling dirk on the first possession of the game, something that we MAYBE only do in the 4th, I knew there was something wrong.
Dont see what the point of it is unless pop felt that this wasnt a game we could win so might as well change it up??
I'm not discrediting the mavs performance, they are a ing good team (I was expecting a loss for the spurs in this game 5), I'm just saying the loss is more on the poor spurs effort than mavs outplaying us. Once again there was room for a spurs w IMHO, the risk for us now is this game being a confidence builder for a revigorated mavs squad.
i though the spurs looked a little beat from the every other day schedule of the last 5 days and the mavericks looked desperate. the combination created a predictable outcome. i fully expect the spurst to play their best game of the series on thursday and for the mavs to come back down to earth.
Guys, some here needs to stop finding explanations. Plain and simple, none of the Spurs bet that this was the game to win. We are going for thursday.
Wow, if this was the spurs attempt at a knock out blow, then they are in serious trouble. There was nothing remotely close to resembling an attempt to close a team out.
So, instead of closing it out on Tuesday and getting 5+ days of rest before the next series, they decided to tank it so they can travel and play again in 48 hours?
I'd say it was more of a case of the Spurs playing hard just long enough to see if the mavs were going to put up a fight and then mailing it in once they discovered that they were. Not a very intelligent decision on their part IMO, but I can't think of any other reason why they played with such disinterest.
I wouldnt start tp just yet, stick with what gave you the lead in the series. You can always sub him in early if you want. Dont celebrate too early cause you were up 3-1, and dont panic cause they did what we all knew they were going to do. The odds of a comeback from 1-3 is enormous.
Stick with what made you good and you'll win:
No fouls, dont send them to the line. Although wouldnt mind seeing haywood at the line.
Take care of the ball, so limit TOs.
And here's the sticker: I think we win if we dont double dirk, worked in games 2,3, and 4 although we did it in the 4th of game 4, kinda like what we do to kobe. Get the ball out of their main player's hands when the game is tight. So once I saw we were doubling dirk in game 5, first possession, I knew we weren't gonna win. If I see the same thing early in game 6, I'm gonna have a pit in my stomach. Dirk can have 50 for all I care, keeps the other 4 out of the game.
The Mavs really did not play all that great last night.
It was a PATHETIC effort last night.
I fully expect to see a different Tim Duncan and Company in game 6.
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