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Mavinator · 03-15-2001, 11:25 PM

One thing I don't understand is Nellie's continual fascination with using small lineups in the fourth quarter... I mean, why??? The big starting lineup absolutely massacred the Wolves in the first. Then, in the fourth, with the Wolves slowly creeping up on us, Garnett going again and again to the paint, and the Mavs struggling to find an offensive rhythm, does Nellie opt to put Bradley in the game? No! He goes with that ridiculous Nash/Eisley/Buckner/Finley/Nowitzki lineup and suddenly the Mavericks can't defend crap... Don't get me wrong, small-ball is GREAT when you're down twenty points and you need a miracle comeback- we've seen it work time and time again. But when you're watching a 21-point lead dwindle down to a 13-point lead, why the hell do you keep an undersized team in the game?

03-15-2001, 11:25 PM	#20
Mavinator Golden Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,173	One thing I don't understand is Nellie's continual fascination with using small lineups in the fourth quarter... I mean, why??? The big starting lineup absolutely massacred the Wolves in the first. Then, in the fourth, with the Wolves slowly creeping up on us, Garnett going again and again to the paint, and the Mavs struggling to find an offensive rhythm, does Nellie opt to put Bradley in the game? No! He goes with that ridiculous Nash/Eisley/Buckner/Finley/Nowitzki lineup and suddenly the Mavericks can't defend crap... Don't get me wrong, small-ball is GREAT when you're down twenty points and you need a miracle comeback- we've seen it work time and time again. But when you're watching a 21-point lead dwindle down to a 13-point lead, why the hell do you keep an undersized team in the game? __________________ HEY MAVINATOR SHUT UR CHEESE AND GO GET UR BUT BUCKNERIZED QUEER!!!