I watched half TNT and half TXA-21 tonight (almost on accident) and found the use of the word "mismatch" to be prolific and also confusing. The Mavericks nearly always seem to be at a mistmatch when defending Portland. To say that Portland was singling out the mismatches was weird because it seemed like (from a basketball dullard idiot POV) that's all there was out there.
Yet still b/w the turnovers (loved Haywood's clearing pass to the scorers table btw) and the bad shooting and the god awful FT numbers from even the most important of mavericks the Blazers barely eeked it out.
If Tyson Chandler were actually allowed to play...imagine...
Crappy part is they have to weather the storm again on Saturday (which they did magnificently tonight) and then steer the ship toward victory. Not sure if they can do it in consecutive games. That atmosphere is just harsh. (I guess if you live in Portland you have just the one thing to be happy about year round)
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