The refs may have called it a bit one sided, but I don't think its as bad as many are saying because the Nuggets did take it to the whole more, our brains tend to filter out the calls that went the Mavs way, and home court advantage tends to sway the refs (as it will for our home games). Even with perfect officiating, the Mavs should've been at least +5 on fouls.
Regardless of the reffing situation, the Mavs, especially Kidd and Terry, need to cut down on the sloppy passes and lazy ball handling. Some of those turnovers were good plays by the Nuggets defense, but at least half of them were just atrocious passes or mishandling the ball. We need to make them pay for jumping the passing lanes with pass fakes and back cuts. I fully expect Kidd to come back and play much better.
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