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You're kidding.
I thought Howard did a good job on Walton. Odom has always sucked, no surprise there. Kwame did OK. You guys have Sasha and Farmar who always seem to hit timely 3s.
Mavs need to learn to pull 4 full quarters. But wiht Kobe, you never know.
You're kidding.
Find me where Mavs fans are calling out anybody else in this thread, other than replying to a Suns troll coming in here and stirring up. I've been pretty damn modest about playoff expectations for our team.
Next time some kids see Kobe walking through a parking lot, they need to ask him about Lamar.
i though odom was supposed to be the perfect compliment to kobe?
or how bout we just do what the we want.
Wasn't Odom supposed to be able to guard Dirk?
Mbenga did a good job. Mbenga>Odom.
The Lakers will be an elite team the day Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, and Lamar Odom are no longer starting for them.
I was disappointed at how long it took Phil to realize that those 3 were costing us the game in the 3rd quarter. The same exact thing happened in SAS, you'd think Phil would learn. I really hate his "let the players figure it out" approach sometimes. The WC is so compe ive you can't afford to just throw games away to teach lessons.
Still our bench has shown me that they are one of the best in the league, hands down. We have solid starters in Kobe, Fisher, and Bynum. If we can find a replacement PF for Odom and bring Ariza up to speed at the SF spot we will be a deadly team next season.
Maybe Kobe needs a hug? Where is Raja's mom when you need her?
Good game! My boys were compe ive, right now that's all we can ask of them. No way we beat any of the top teams shorthanded.
Kobe shot over 60% tonight and had 40 points. He played his heart out and the starters failed him.
Well I was hoping we would steal at least one win on this road-trip, but you simply aren't going to beat the Mavs or the Spurs on the road short-handed. We had chances to win both games but really slipped up in the 3rd quarters. Hopefully this will be a good learning lesson for the team.
Your name suits you.........
Have you learned the full menu at Buffalo Wild Wings yet? Work hard and you could be manager!
This was game was such a microcosm of the Mavs and the season for this team. There's a lot to like and simultaneously be concerned over.
Odom and Puke - 8 points 6 Reb
True, as long as they're not getting blown out, im happy. I was hoping to steal one too. Damn shame they're playing all of the top teams on the road at this time.
When the Mavs get hot from the field my god it's incredible to watch. It's like a domino effect out there.
Well every team has concerns. The Suns have rebounding and defense in particular the center position. The Mavs have concerns about mental toughness fair or not. The Spurs have to be concern that maybe the on and off switch will go out this season. The Pistons and Celts also have flaws.
It seems like the biggest problem is the complacency and lack of focus when they get up by a lot. The Lakers held them to 4 points through the first six minutes of the fourth. We were up 17 at the start of the fourth, if we just trade baskets for awhile, it would've been impossible for them to make a run to get back into it. On the plus side, Mavs got enough stops in the fourth quarter. Lakers never got closer than five.
That's why I think it's very possible for a sleeper team to come out of the WC this year. My money is still on SAS, unless the injuries keep coming, but I can easily see a team like NOH making it.
nice job trying to hide your iden y. just say what you want to really say - "the Mavs just shoot some BS shots that go in cuz the refs make the shots they shoot go in"
That one play when Harris lost it and it bounced off Dampier and then Harris threw up that crazy shot late in the 4th was pretty sick.
Potentially fatal flaws:
Spurs: Horry, Finley, Vaughn, Bowen, Barry, Olson, Bonner, Oberto. They need positive contributions from ALL of these guys to win a le, since that's a collectoin of old guys or spares.
Suns: Can't rebound or defend the interior, which is usually fatal for the postseason. At the very worst, however, they will be a tough out for whomever they play. If they can somehow avoid San Antonio....
Mavs: Haven't been a good road team. Haven't defended as well as they did last year, which is a problem because they too often slip back into being a pure jumpshooting team, and they got away with it last year because their defense was good enough to bail them out on nights when they shot less than 45% from the floor. It hasn't been the case this season.
Celtics: Haven't been together very long. No point guard depth. They look a lot like Dallas did last year, in that they came out playing every game at playoff intensity and running circles around other teams. They seem to have cooled off a little bit. But they are an elite contender because they're talented, they play defense, and they have good team chemistry, just like the Spurs.
Pistons: They get a pass for their playoff flameouts because they won a le back in 2004. But like the Mavs, they have a tendency to play down to their compe ion and get taken out by inferior teams (Miami in 06, Cleveland last year). Plus, their coach is Flip Saunders.
Lakers: If they can get Bynum back healthy, this team could surprise. They have the game's best closer and Bynum gives them a legitimate low-post threat. They play good defense and they are definitely well-coached. But it might be asking too much for that team to win four series in a row.
Hornets: Paul is playing like an MVP and makes his teammates better. But they're an up and coming team like the Lakers and generally teams don't just come out of nowhere to win four straight series, Detroit took their lumps against New Jersey, Miami initially lost to Detroit, the Spurs were taken out by the Lakers twice before finally making it. It's asking too much for them to go from the lottery one year to the champs the next.
Everybody else: You don't matter.
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