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Before Spurs fans start celebrating the championship, let's face it. Dallas went dead cold in the 4th and gave the game away. Not only that, we almost give the game away with our fts.
JUst pointing out we still have not beat the Dallas from last playoff series. We can't count them on choking time and time again, or can we?
it is called d
I honestly expected Fransico to be a total pick up, but if he can play that kind of defense and give us that kind of a presence inside (and he can catch!!) then I think having two 7 footer will win us the series, A BUNCH OF SMALL BALL.
Mavs picked up where they left off ... choking. You betcha it's gonna keep being a factor as the season progresses.
damn dude the mavs's game is basically one on one, they hit an incredible amount of jumpers tonight. They have some nice plays but all of them were basically jumpers, i was wondering when the heck they'd start missing them.
dirk, howard, and terry had to work for most of their hoops during the first 3 quarters, it stands to reason that the shots wouldn't be falling as easily in the 4th quarter.
that was the problem last postseason, the spurs were making things way to easy and were unable to wear the mavericks down with their defense.
Biggest difference: the Mavs didn't drive the lane with impunity like they did with the Small Ball Fiasco.
Remember Harris, Terry, and Howard putting on a layup show? None of that tonight.
If you turn them back into the jump shooting pussies of old, then fading in the fourth is what's supposed to happen.
Fran made the difference. All the difference. You can use the choke line for a billion teams that do the same thing at the end of games, some more than others.
Once choking gets in your blood and in your head....it's hard to stop. It's always there in the back of the mind, "oh, no, we're going to choke again!"
You're completely wrong. Basketball is a game of match ups more than any other sport. Last year SA didn't match up well and the interior defense was horrible. Healthy personnel (except Parker) and new personnel changed the match ups completely, and this is the result. When you can make a team shoot perimeter shots down the stretch - fatigue sets in and the shots are all that much harder to make with any consistency.
Elson was the difference. The mavs though stopped making shots and the spurs made them pay.
Could have used The Mongoose.
ok I agree, by cloggin the lane we didn't let them penetrate and get fouls like last time. especially that little 10 year old looking dude called devin brown. where was he anyway? did he have homework to do?
thank god we are done w/small ball.
not really, especially when mavs are missing wide open shots...we just choked and dirk sat out way too long between the third and fourth because of his silly fouls, nearly 7 minutes...this is damp's first (or second?) game back and diop looked great so i'm pretty happy...you guys always win your first game of the season and win the division, oh well
as opposed to losing by 30 the way the spurs did against the mavs last season during the first matchup? funny how this gets forgotten when you're busy ragging on the heat's forty point loss the other day...early games don't mean , but keep thinking that they do, it will be all you have to be happy about this season
Howard played better than Duncan tonight (check the stats before replying) and Harris only played 14 minutes so of course it's not like when he played the Spurs last season, duh! He may not be completely healed from his hamstring injury or it could be that Avery's still trying out Anthony Johnson to see where he fits in.
I'm not saying Spurs didn't deserve to win, there's no reason they shouldn't deserve to win, we're not quite meshed yet and your team played well enough to win. Just pointing out what *should* be the obvious but of course a Spurs win is like ridin' high for some on this board, all reality falls by the wayside.
I know you're a Mav fan and thus uneducated in the nuances of basketball, but did you by any chance happen to read the part about layups?
We got an excuse man.
Me? I'm a girl. What excuse? Mavs only lost by six points when it should've been by a lot considering how piss poor they shot in the fourth quarter. There's a difference between missing wide open shot and missing because of great defense. But it's cool, I love it when Spurs fans get all jiggly about how a guy who speaks six languages is the second coming of Christ.
Hey ponky you forgot to blame the refs as well for the mavs loss.
Did you miss the part about how the original op was comparing this game to the wcf semis? No ing this game wasn't the same as that game. Harris played 14 minutes and if you watched any of the Mavericks pre-season games (doubt it) you'd see why he hasn't been driving to the lane. It's called a sore hamstring. Harris was the difference maker in the semis when it came to the lane game, not the other two. Try to think through stuff before you post *witty* comebacks.
Refs did fine, I'm not a Spurs fan. I have no problems with the new rules about ing, it finally stopped Duncan from following the refs around like a homeless man looking for a beer.
Yet it didnt stop dirk from making those(is it me that smells like ) Faces to the refs.
Okay, so I must have imagined Terry and Howard scoring all those points in the paint during the playoffs. Must have been my witty imagination.
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