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I thought it was pretty calm here. I didn't see as many people going nuts as I had expected.
after a loss?
Please.
Just because it's the Mavs, some of you think it's the end of the world.
Yes, the Spurs played some ty ball in the first half, but they played some really good ball in the second half.
At this point in the season, this game is meaningless. The only thing it affects is the power rankings.
You people need to quit overreacting every time the Spurs lose and instead look at the bigger picture.
This game means much less than most of you are making it, just as the opening night win meant much less than most you did make it.
The Spurs still have problems guarding Devin Harris. Tony still has jitters in big games. But the Spurs can still take many positives out of this game.
Oberto boards well against the Mavs, and they forget about him on offense.
The Mavs have no answer for Tim Duncan.
Bowen will absolutely shut down Howard.
When Parker has his mid-range game going, the Mavs can't stop him.
If the Spurs take care of the ball and quit turning it over, they can take the Mavs.
This was a tough loss, but considering that's it's early in the season in a game the Mavs needed to win for their own self esteem with a Manu injury, a hot shooting performance from Dallas, and a relatively bad night from Parker, I just end up looking at it as another loss. No one thought the Spurs were light years ahead of the Mavs, and this game just reminds us that these two teams are pretty evenly matched.
Hopefully the Spurs take the right lessons from this game, namely that they can come back from big deficeits, that they can keep up on the boards, that they can find holes in the Mavs' defense.
We shouldn't harp on all their perceived failings, but instead look at the postive things we saw tonight.
I thought it was pretty calm here. I didn't see as many people going nuts as I had expected.
Honestly, it's because of what the Mavs represent - how whining and acting can get you more calls than actual winners get. I wish the Suns would act more like this if it gets them a phony Finals appearence.
Did you see anybody going nuts? I didn't.
because it's fun?
Every thread I read has people going nuts over this . But I agree with Kori, I expected more virtual suicide attempts or Pop death threats than we actually got.
I still think a lot of people are overreacting, especially in the game blog.
When we were driving home from the game I was thinking that there would be a lot more chaos on the forum when we got back. I guess some rational people realized it was November.
Amen. November. Still, I'm not happy we lost, I just don't think we should fire Pop for having Vaughn, Horry, Oberto, Barry and Finley on the floor at the same time, as weird as that sounds.
Fire Him - No
But seriously "What the F was he thinking"
Considering how the game ended, this board was increadibly tame compared to what I was expecting.
As tame as a lion on special K.
This pretty sums up the way I feel about tonight's game.
I was just going nuts when I saw the starting lineup in 4th quarter. That was it.
lol the suns got owned by the mavs and you are still bitter.
The reason why this board goes crazy is because this was a painful dose of reality that the Mavs gave the Spurs tonight. You guys need to face the facts. Your team is no longer good enough to beat us and Dirk runs all over your D with no problem. Your team isnt physical enough to wear down a stud like Dirk. The truth hurts and it sucks to be told that but facts are facts. The Mavs are just clearly better then the Spurs.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sorry I ignored you when you waived at me. However I did take a pic of you
waving dirk.
Why is it that anytime there's expressed disappointment over a loss, somebody whines that people are going nuts?
Talk about a homer not facing reality. The teams are fairly evenly matched. If Manu and Parker are just a bit on, Spurs win.
My advice to Manu is that he work on his mid-range jumper during practice and against teams that are in the lower half of the power rankings -- NOT AGAINST OUR DIVISION RIVALS WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GO UP 2-0 IN THE SEASON SERIES!!
And Vaughn taking shots in key runs is ridiculous. Hey, Pop, why didn't you pull him when that happened?
Oh, good move, Pop...giving Horry and Finley more minutes in the second half when they gave you nothing in the first. Brilliant!!
I don't know which is funnier. Dirk's post, or his signature. I mean, CHRIS WEBBER?!?
This guy is an insult to Mavs fans.
...and we're in first place.
When that 17 point lead shrunk you were confident your team would win? With their rep i'm sure you had some doubt, you won't admit it but you did.
Like POP said "They did a great job for 48 minutes, we did a great job for a half.''
Shutup Shoogar, you know it wasn't just "expressed disappointment." It wasn't as bad as the Game 7 loss last year, that's for sure, but I've read plenty of people going wayyyy overboard about this loss, reading too much into it and analyzing it too closely. I don't want to go back through all the posts from the last 16 hours and find examples, so if you don't agree that's fine, I won't push it with you.
Read my posts. I expressed disappointment. But saying "that fourth quarter lineup was the most re ed Pop has ever done" is overreacting or going nuts or whatever.
I was laughing and joking and having a good ole time in the game thread...
Until I saw the Vaughn, Horry, Bowen, Oberto and Finley lineup in the 4th.
Then came the disbelief...then shock....the frustration...then anger...then rage.
IF I ever see that lineup again to start the fourth of a major game, and it's not because Duncan, Barry, Beno, Manu and Parker are all injured, and Finley is in the hunt for the MVP, I will be calling for Pop's head.
Not really, I didn't post anything because I now realize that with Gregg Popovich as our coach and Tony Parker at the point, we will never beat an Avery Johnson-coached Mavs team in a seven game series. Johnson consistently outcoaches Pop and Parker responds to pressure about as well as Keannu Reeves can act. Mnau was off last night as well but watching Tony Parker try and run the offence in the fourth quarter of a close game is like watching Kevin Federline in concert.
No thanks.
If Cuban wasn't such a bag, I'd take Dallas to win it all but I can't support that flaming .
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