Getting back to the original subject of this post, it was absolutely horrible that the Mavs didn't go to Dirk more. Many times the Kings put a smaller player on him, either Peja or Christie, and they failed to punish the Kings by going to Dirk down low. There were long stretchs that there was no attempt to even get Dirk a touch. Don't think we can go the whole series doing this.
I don't think not going to Dirk cost us the game though. The Kings were just too good last night. I don't know if any team could have beat them as hot as they were. Other teams could have defended them better, but they probably wouldn't have had the Mavs offensive fire power. The net result would have been similar.
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