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Originally Posted by cinemablend
What you're missing is WHY the Mavs didn't take it to the hole more. They tried, they tried a lot in the first half. When they did, they'd get hammered, ended up on the floor (sometimes before they could even get a shot up), no foul would be called, and Denver would run off down the floor on a breakaway.
Now how many times do you do that before you give up and try something else?
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Foul differential 29-19? There were definitely a handful of fouls we didn't get in the first half, which discouraged us from attacking, it's the nature of the game. I felt the non flagrant call on KMart changed the tide of the game, the refs were swallowing the whistles on one side and didn't use it on the other....out of sheer reputation decided the game. I also felt the non calls should have escalated at least for the Mavs, take a swing or an extra shove when you go to the hole, grab a leg while you're on the ground. when you set a pick, grab the guy's jersey, force the issue with the refs, don't curl up, got to toughen up. Dampier should have at least gotten into KMart's face, or even Kidd. Different game, different night, different refs. Denver won jungle ball, lets see what we get in Game 2.