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mavsman55 · 04-21-2004, 02:36 PM

PSU mavs fan, you are totally right. There was 19 seconds left. I don't fault Nellie for giving the ball to Finley as much as having anybody shoot a contested jump shot over anybody. He called the wrong play, and the wrong player for the play that he called. If you're gonna shoot over somebody, give it to Dirk who'd been doing that the whole game. But why shoot a contested shot when you can give the ball to Dirk who can create for himself? Even Nash, while on a cold shooting night, was 3/3 driving it to the hole, he probably could have done the trick. I blame this loss on Nelson not because of the last play (after all, it's not his fault Finley lost the ball) but once again, as I've stated several times, his refusal to play Shawn Bradley when it counts.

04-21-2004, 02:36 PM	#68
mavsman55 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,431	RE:Nelson on with Norm this morning at 10:10 PSU mavs fan, you are totally right. There was 19 seconds left. I don't fault Nellie for giving the ball to Finley as much as having anybody shoot a contested jump shot over anybody. He called the wrong play, and the wrong player for the play that he called. If you're gonna shoot over somebody, give it to Dirk who'd been doing that the whole game. But why shoot a contested shot when you can give the ball to Dirk who can create for himself? Even Nash, while on a cold shooting night, was 3/3 driving it to the hole, he probably could have done the trick. I blame this loss on Nelson not because of the last play (after all, it's not his fault Finley lost the ball) but once again, as I've stated several times, his refusal to play Shawn Bradley when it counts.