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Originally Posted by CadBane
Two things.
Yes, now we are up 22...and the Mavs have never blown a 22 point lead before...right?  |
You're right, when the Mavs have a line up out there that has expanded a lead from under ten to around twenty, and as that lineup is continuing to blow the game open, it makes perfect sense to rotate the personnel to account the possibility that they might blow the large lead
. You do realize that the Mavs were continuing to the expand the lead AS you were complaining that Dirk was sitting too long, right? Nonsensical.
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Originally Posted by CadBane
I think we'll win fine today, but the point is, it isn't wise to sit your star that long that early, particularly if they are a rhythm player. Because if the other team comes back, and your star is out of rhythm (like we've seen Dirk before), it is not good.
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It's completely irrelevant whether it's wise in general to sit your star for that long. It worked brilliantly today. It's not as though Carlisle is establishing some trend of sitting Dirk for 10 minutes in every second quarter--it just happened to be working today, so he stuck with it.
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Originally Posted by CadBane
Second, we weren't up 22 the whole time he was resting. He does this against other teams when the lead isn't so big and it ends up biting us in the ass.
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Again, why does this matter? We weren't playing "other teams" today. We were playing Phoenix. And while Dirk was out during that second quarter, the Mavs put the game away. Yet, that was exactly the moment when you inexplicably complained that you "hate it when Carlisle does that crap." Why not save that complaint for a game where Dirk sits too long and the Mavs actually lose a lead, rather than expanding it by 15+ points?