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Wut i loved was the defense by the Mavs in the fourth qtr.Still proves defense still owns offense, plus we held them below 99 points. The last time they scored below 100 was on Nov 24 against the Nets(99 as well)
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that was an awesome dunk...i thought he was getting tired because his last three games, his minutes have dropped and it showed in the last couple of free throws he took but that dunk, i was like !!!!!
Wut i loved was the defense by the Mavs in the fourth qtr.
Dallas' pesky defense should be credited for many of the Suns turnovers. Those turnovers cost the Suns the win. Tough breaks... Dallas made the big shots down the stretch. All I can say is obviously the Suns can defend. Any Mavericks gonna claim differently now? Suns still have some issues on the boards, but they battled. Can't take anything away from them for their effort.
Dallas won this game after I thought they'd lost it. I thought the Suns were on the verge of a double-digit win in the fourth. Shame they couldn't hold on. Thought the refs were a little too ticky tack towards both teams. Let them play. Too many free throws. Really slowed down the game. Too many touch fouls down low. Contact happens, let the players down low work through it. Like I said, both way. For every Diaw and Marion there was plenty if touch fouls called on Dampier and Diop.
I do believe homecourt was the deciding factor. Amare missed many, many FTs because of the noise and "bricks" being waived in front of him.
Great game. Playoff intensity. Suns need to work on staying with solid play late when they have their opponant down, rather than going for the crazy pass or killer three.
Long post to basically say good game to mavs fans. Lots of smack leading up to this game and, despite the loss, I think the Suns proved they do defend, they do battle and must simply learn to handle pressure defenses better in the half court.
Dirk's shot was great. Howard's unbelieveable.
While Dirk didn't have the greatest series of his career, he far from "choked"...the team as whole DID choke. Dirk hit a tough game winner that was a distant memory after Wade's game winning FT's...
Great game. Suns are really fun to watch, especially the chemistry between Nash and Amare.
Mavs played good D down the stretch, and Raja Bell choked. If the Suns had Kevin Martin, they would have won, but thank god they don't
i'm staring at this t-shirt i bought last week while in dallas...it has a pic of dirk's most important clutch shot to date...manu's in it too! just playing with you, it's all cool, i talk a lot of smack, sorry i called you a hater earlier...oh wait, you called me a ... YOU TOO !!!
It's called defense.
Haha no problem.
I really don't think that is a clutch shot as much as a stupid ass mistake by Manu. It was gonna be a dunk if Manu didn't foul him but it went in anyway.
Can't wait for January 5th.
Nash is also unbelievable. That alley-oop to Amare was amazing. He had a between the legs backward pass to Marion but he missed the layup.
What an unbelievable game that was. I was cheering like it was a game in May. I guess Phoenix has taken Sacramento's place as the team to have great games with the Mavs. Not looking forward to play the Suns next time. It takes age off of me.
Great assessment and the Suns can certainly play better D this season. Also, I've always been a Kurt Thomas (*The Devil*) fan, too bad he got in early foul trouble, I don't think the Suns utilize him as much on the defensive end. This game was very exciting, I'm glad it was compe ive, I think it's always better for good teams to play tough close games and be forced to keep up the intensity than to play blowouts.
The only thing I don't like is that Dirk is getting all the kudos for the last shot but Terry kept us in the game and is the man of the game.
But you don't have Mavs Championship T-shirt
I have 3
While I'm not ready to crown them as a good defensive team, I do agree that Phoenix can defend at times. I was kinda shocked at some of the OK defense they played. We only shot 41% for the game and not all of that was bad shooting on our part lol
I don't really think homecourt was a huge factor. Look at the FTs Jho and Devin missed in the fourth. Amare shoots 77%, it's not like he's a great FT shooter.
I thought our D was good at times but PHX shot over 50% for the game. We did get some big key stops in the fourth though.
Good game. I was nervous! ha.
Can't wait for January 5th.
I can't wait either...I'm in Austin and REALLY wanna go to the game but my bf can't make it and he'll be jealous. Should be a great game, both teams should play hard because you know that last game of the season might not matter if the coaches sit the starters like they like to do!
history is nice but i live in the present...but you go ahead, sometimes people need their linus blankets when things get scaryBut you don't have Mavs Championship T-shirt
I have 3
I quick look at the boxscore would certainly back up my earlier claims of this Suns defense being much improved. Dallas scored 101 points on 41% shooting from the field, 5% worse than their seasonal percentage. Suns forced 18 turnovers, four more than the Mavericks 13.8 seasonal average.
Once again, the Suns loss was two-fold: Allowed too many offensive rebounds (15, which actually isn't too bad for them) and their inability to handle the Mavericks pressure defense. Suns shot 51% from the field and 64% from range, but they committed 21 turnovers, six more than their seasonal average.
Anyways... good game. These stats don't mean as much in a loss, but I am really happy with the Suns defensive effort tonight. Maybe in the long run it's not enough, but watching this game, I didn't get the sense like they weren't trying their hardest. I didn't finish the game thinking they could have won had they played any defense. It was the exact slugout of a game I'd hoped for to guage the Suns ability. Yes, they failed to win it, but in year's past, they weren't even in games like this, let alone battling it out for 40 minutes of a 48 minute game. Save for four minutes to end the first quarter and four minutes in the middle of the fourth, they played both ends and did so with great effort and effectiveness.
Next game... I hope
'bof teams played hard!I quick look at the boxscore would certainly back up my earlier claims of this Suns defense being much improved. Dallas scored 101 points on 41% shooting from the field, 5% worse than their seasonal percentage. Suns forced 18 turnovers, four more than the Mavericks 13.8 seasonal average.
Once again, the Suns loss was two-fold: Allowed too many offensive rebounds (15, which actually isn't too bad for them
Anyways... good game. These stats don't mean as much in a loss, but I am really happy with the Suns defensive effort tonight. Maybe in the long run it's not enough, but watching this game, I didn't get the sense like they weren't trying their hardest. I didn't finish the game thinking they could have won had they played any defense. It was the exact slugout of a game I'd hoped for to guage the Suns ability. Yes, they failed to win it, but in year's past, they weren't even in games like this, let alone battling it out for 40 minutes of a 48 minute game. Save for four minutes to end the first quarter and four minutes in the middle of the fourth, they played both ends and did so with great effort and effectiveness.
Next game... I hope
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At least we have some history...
And Mavs have no future ; they won't win it this year, nor the following seasons....Dirk retires, mavs get another 20 years of frustration
oh my...uh, i need another rum and coke
Yeah right...at least Tim didn't choke in the Finals....................
Tru dat!
If you had the rings you'd gloat too.
oh , then i better cancel my season tickets, cancel league pass and die...haha, whatever , you wouldn't say about the mavs if you weren't worried about them...just concentrate on your team and don't worry about us so much...look at how many dirk threads are started in the spurs forum, it's pathetic...and before you come back with "this is a spurs forum," i posted this in the nba forum, not the spurs forum
just like a silly spurs fan to interject when not needed...i had no qualms with essayspur, we were just talking some silly smack, so off.
at least we have a history of winning a championship...not once but thrice...
and dallas?
It's still 2006 and you won your rings in over two+ years ago, now thats gloating, since the NBA is a lot diff and the Mavs too...
If you had the rings you'd gloat too.
Can't compare the time
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