Thread: GDT: game 1/82 - Mavs (0-0) at Suns (0-0) 9:00pm ESPN/Bally
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Old 10-20-2022, 11:37 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by SMC0007 View Post
No brainer that Wood is the 2nd best player and he should be starting to maximize mins with Luka. I'm still putting SD or Reggie on the bench. You take Wood out at 6 mins left in 4th quarter and we dry up while over exposing Maxi. He played from 6 min mark on through the finish. I would have gone back to McGee for a bit to defend and rebound.

Missed free throws hurt but Wood carried us with like 14 (?)straight points in the 4th. The rotation is fn clown shoes and it was always going to be.

I figured our defense would have luls for a bit but if we are going to leave Maxi in as the only big because they think he can defend switches, then we will get killed on the boards. He clumsily missed a few key rebounds.

Get through a few games and realize this rotation wasn't the best approach make adjustments or just hope some of the same guys miraculously change their stripes.

The Suns had a cpl guys make good plays and got lucky. Lee was defended well and hut that fade away over SD while being stuck in quicksand. Just launched backwards and had it fall. Then Luka hero 3 instead of a head down attack.

Its one game and it sucks to give it away with tactical decisions after being up so big but I think they'll tighten things up and figure it out. We were pretty good on bounce back games after losses.
Had this debate with you before

Wood, Dinwiddie and Luka is a bad defensive lineup no matter how uch offense they give you.

Mavs aren't getting any stops with that tandem all on the floor together.

The most impressive defensive lineup I saw last night was with Luka surrounded by McGee, DFS, Bullock and Green.

I'm actually surprised Kidd didn't use it more because they were clamping down Phoenix.

I have no problem with those 3 on the floor together if you're struggling offensively but if go that route for long stretches of games get ready for shootouts and if shots aren't falling for us it's going to get ugly giving up layups on the other end of the floor.

From watching that game last night though if Wood makes his FT's like I said earlier we aren't even having these discussions after just one game.

The worst payer IMO yesterday by far was THJ
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