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Originally Posted by joemoeschmoe
Dirk played a poor series for who he normally is and I think he should have shot less down the stretch exactly like he stated after game 4. He was being a monster on the boards at that point with 11 rebs, 2 steals, 1.5 blocks, and 4-5 assists, 1 turnover a game. If he shoots 12 shots, but makes 7 of them along with 5 free throws with the rest of those numbers while passing out of double teams all day, then thats OK. In fact its great, and its what Duncan gets praised for all the time. "Having a huge impact on the game."
I love Avery, but I think he made a mistake by telling Dirk he has to force it like an MVP should after Dirk came out and said after game 4 that he was fine not scoring. Whatever, fuck the media and what everybody else thinks, Dirk had no obligation to force shots because a low value shot (approximately chance of make X point value of shot) is still a bad decision. Also, the offense was stalled because the Mavs guards are poor at post entry passes and the Mavs were spending most of their shot clock to get it to one of the 1 on 1 dudes. Still, Dirk even missed the ones he normally makes and Golden State played excellent defense (they're hands are so fast!), so that he still takes some blame. But nowhere near 100% .
Last year, he was awesome during the playoffs (I think he's getting his MVP more for how he played during the playoffs), until he had a bad 3 games in the finals after he dominated the Suns and the Spurs, then he sucks. Then he's awesome during the regular season, now he sucks. Such short sightedness. If he wins a ring within a few seasons, everyone will suddenly forget just like with Peyton. I look for the Mavs to have a worse regular season, but better post season next year.
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Excellent post... It's odd that Dirk can't get away with having the same types of games that Tim Duncan has. If Dirk shoot 47-50% from the floor, scores 18-20 points and grabs 12 boards, it's a subpar game.. he's not aggressive enough.. he's timid... he's not calling for the ball...
Now, with that being said, Dirk wasn't good enough in this series by any stretch of the imagination. Even with what the Warriors were doing defensively, Dirk needed to be better. He needed to be more selfish at times. He needed to take the contested shot at times instead of passing to Diop no matter how close to the rim Diop was. And honestly, at times, Dirk simply needed to not shoot instead of forcing it.
The Warriors had a great plan. The Mavs probably didn't have the personnel counter the Warriors plan. Even if Dirk shoots 47% from the floor in this series, the Mavs lose. They were going to limit Dirk come hell or high water and make someone else beat them.