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Ah, i love Rocky! ADRIAN I DID IT!
NAH DAWG ITS ING FAITH. NOTHING BUT GOOD OLD FAITH I HAVE IN THESE ERS! I ING BELIEVE IN THEM. MY NEWS YEARS RESOLUTION IN THE SPORTS WORLD IS TO ING SHOW IT AND STOP HOLDING MYSELF FROM GETTING EXCITED. THAT ! IM BACK JUST LIKE THE DALLAS "WE WILL YOU UP" MAVERICKS! M-A-V-S MAVS! MAVS! MAVS!
Ah, i love Rocky! ADRIAN I DID IT!
The W's will be exposed for the gimmicky team that they are in the playoffs. The way they play they can certainly rack up a good number of regular season wins, but come playoff time when teams really develop their game plans against them they will be exposed. They have relied so much on Baron to win the game for them during 4th quarters I knew the bottom would fall out eventually. When Baron shoots poorly the W's are toast against good compe ion.
Dallas only won because Baron had his worst game of the year. Although I look at this as a rivalry game as a fan, the Dbz shouldn't be too pissed for going 2-1 on a tough 3 game trip vs Denver, Dallas, and Houston...Im just trying to cheer myself up after tonights terrible game.....
@ Mav Fan popping his jersey in this thread.
Which begs the question why couldn't they get the job done last season? Virtually the same teams minus a few role player changes.
The main culprit imo was that in the last two games Avery has run with the warriors instead of trying to walk it up and out-execute them. Both games this year the mavs have been at the 120 mark, in the playoffs when we walked it up, it allowed them to setup their zones and traps.
They are not a very disciplined team and their transition defense is not very good at all. Utah also pushed it against them.
Second culprit is that the offense has become much more than only a terry/dirk pick and roll. Lot's more motion, more cutters/screens. If you noticed dirk really scored from all over the place last night.
Much better all-around offense it appears to me.
We played Dampier all game as well even though Harrington wore us out in the first half.
This has to be the best analogy I've seen.
why does he have so much love in the Mavs organization? He was a spare in his career and he sucks even worse at broadcasting. They really need to fire him and then unretire his number and give it to a more worthy Mavs player like Nick Fazekas.
Followill/Ortegal was some greatness and they ruined it. I have a feeling they did it because they didn't want the two Masters Of Suckage (Cooperstein/Davis) to continue ruining the radio broadcast, but the switch has made both broadcasts worse. Davis brings nothing to the TV broadcast, and you can tell Ortegal is bitter as about his demotion since all he does now is on Cooperstein. The radio broadcast is interesting only because I am awaiting the inevitable Coop/Ortegal live throwdown.
Erick Dampier's torn rotator cuff, Dirk's bone spurs, and the Mavs mistakenly falling into the briar patch of slowing things down when you should be speeding it up and running with the Warriors. You beat Golden State actually by running with them, because their shot selection won't be as good:
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^Please do not use the "injury" excuse for the loss to the Warriors last season. That may have been a minor factory....but no way was a bone spur and injury to your 2nd string center the reason for the loss.
Dampier played a total of 17 minutes in that series. Did you watch what he did last night? If he had been healthy, the result might have been very, very different. He's a starter, btw.
Did they really try to slow things down? I know at times that they tried that strategy, but for the most part wasn't last year a case of the Mavs trying to run with GS and failing?
From what I remember, the biggest problems in that series was Avery trying to run small with GS, Jason Terry's inability to make a wide open shot ever, the total lack of respect for Devin Harris' jumper, no low post presence, and Dirk's total lack of aggression.
Last night Avery commanded the tempo of the game, Jason Terry wasn't a brick machine, Devin Harris could hit a jumper from time to time, Brandon Bass was a MF'er in the post, and Dirk was aggressive. They played Mavs ball and won.
IMO Bass is the big difference maker. When he's playing under control and is aggressive on defense, he can neutralize run-n-gun teams.
Also the fact that Dirk didn't puss out. That's always the biggest deciding factor in any Mavs game.
It's not THE excuse, but it's certainly a hindrance to what they could have done. But who knows if Avery would have played him anyway? It looks as though he grew up a little last night in trusting his centers and not falling into the trap of a smaller lineup. I guess you have to get your ass kicked and humiliated a few times before learning.
Last year they got into their half-court sets and let the Warriors swarm Dirk with double teams after he set up at the elbow. Dirk didn't get this team to a Finals or win 67 regular season games by posting guys up and using mediocre moves, he did it by playing his game. By having Dirk pull up for face-up jumpers in transition, it doesn't allow the Warriors to get into their zone defenses and set up. Over the course of 48 minutes, which group of players are going to exhibit better shot selection and discipline? Dallas or Golden State? The Mavs lost that series because the way you attack it, by speeding things up, by foregoing "right-way" basketball is something that goes against Avery's natural inclinations. The solution for Golden State is right there but it's counter-intuitive.
I also thought the Mavs did a good job for the most part of chasing the Warriors off the 3-point line and conceding mid-range looks. I think they still shot 10-23 from behind the arc, but it never seemed like they were killing us with it.
You are a complete idiot. This is not last season...it's this season. They are also missing a key part of their team from last year, so yeah...they would like to prove something.
Do you actually watch all of the Mavs games but call yourself a Spurs fan....
What is your deal with Dwight Howard? He's a beast...
Baron Davis had a terrible game. that and the fact that our big men are stepping up has something to do with last night's win. i dont expect Baron to have nights like these often though.
Here is evidence of GS still owning Dallas and Dallas fans.
GS eliminating Dallas in round 1 can never be erased from history.
Neither can set lists. Someone out there, no matter how big or small the band is, will keep a record of your set. How accurate those might be however....... well thats another story all together.
No big deal, G.S. just didn't get their shots to go down.
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