01-07-2012, 01:32 AM
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GDT 1/7/12: Hornets @ Mavs (FSW/8 pm CT)
If there are no objections, I will try my hand at the GDT. Did this a couple times last season and we won one and lost one. Figure this isn't a bad time to try again. If we lose, it's because we have started slow, and it's not my fault.
Hornets (2-5, 1-2 away)
Mavs (3-5, 3-2 home)
http://espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=320107006
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The Dallas Mavericks received a much-needed day off after attributing their latest loss to fatigue. It may not take much to get back on track against the struggling New Orleans Hornets.
Dallas looks to continue its regular-season home dominance of New Orleans when the teams meet Saturday night. The Mavericks (3-5) will be playing their seventh game in 10 days, and they complained about the compressed schedule after Thursday's 93-71 blowout loss at San Antonio.
Dirk Nowitzki went 3 for 11 and scored six points -- his lowest total since scoring five against Houston on Dec. 18, 2009, when he left early due to an injury. Dallas trailed by 14 points after one quarter and by 26 at halftime.
"I like that we fought back and tried, but offensively nobody had legs," Nowitzki said. "A bunch of shots were right there that could have gone. (Jason Terry), myself, everything seemed to come out.
"Some of it is on us, but six games in eight days is a lot for anybody."
Jason Terry went 4 of 14 with 12 points as the Mavericks shot a season-low 35.1 percent.
"We're a team that prides ourselves on getting stops defensively and making them pay on the offensive end, and that didn't happen tonight," Terry said. "Maybe when guys get their legs back, we'll start making shots at a higher percentage."
Facing the Hornets at home might be exactly what the Mavericks need. Dallas has won 18 of the last 19 regular-season meetings at home dating back to 2000, when the New Orleans franchise was located in Charlotte.
If the Hornets (2-5) are to win in Dallas in the regular season for the first time since a 104-97 victory Jan. 14, 2009, they'll have to do it without injured guard Eric Gordon. Gordon is expected to miss 2/3 weeks with an injured right knee and sat out for the fifth time in Friday's 96-88 loss to Denver.
New Orleans didn't seem to miss him at the start, setting a season high for points in a quarter and taking a 32-24 lead after the first. It then set a season low with 15 second-quarter points and couldn't recover. Greivis Vasquez scored a team-high 16 points off the bench for the Hornets, who have lost five straight after opening the season with consecutive wins.
"The same thing happened like last game," said Carl Landry, who scored 15 points. "We held them to eight points in the third quarter and then the last couple of possessions they went on a run and in the fourth quarter we gave them 34 points. That is something you can't have."
Nowitzki is averaging 23.1 points at home lifetime in the regular season against the Hornets, including a 32-point performance in Dallas' 121-89 win April 13 in the most recent meeting at American Airlines Center. New Orleans, though, has won three of the last five matchups overall, with the teams splitting four games last season.
Dallas will be without point guard Jason Kidd, who suffered a lower-back injury in Thursday's loss. New Orleans may be without Trevor Ariza, who has missed two games with a right groin strain.
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Eric Gordon out for the Hornets. Don't know yet if Ariza will be available after missing the last two games.
With Kidd being out, VC will be probably be back in a starter's role: West/Carter/Marion/Dirk/Haywood.
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01-07-2012, 02:15 AM
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Today vs. Hornets and Tuesday in Detroit. Even without Kidd we should be a .500 team on Wednesday.
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01-07-2012, 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by j0Shi
Today vs. Hornets and Tuesday in Detroit. Even without Kidd we should be a .500 team on Wednesday.
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I just looked at the upcoming schedule and it really popped out at me how easy we have it for rest of January
vs New Orleans
@ Detroit
@ Boston
vs Milwaukee
vs Sacramento
@ LAL
@ LAC
@ Utah
@ NO
vs Phoenix
vs Minny
vs Utah
vs San Antonio
@ Phoenix
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01-07-2012, 06:01 AM
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"They have one goal. That's to win the championship," said Stojakovic, a three-time All-Star with a career average of 17.2 points per game. "I would like to be a part of that."
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01-07-2012, 06:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mavs777
I just looked at the upcoming schedule and it really popped out at me how easy we have it for rest of January
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Really the case. Schedule keeps getting harder down the stretch, so I kind of hoped for a strong start into the season (dunno, maybe already failed).
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/82...fdiffsched.png
I made this for MMB and it shows brutal the schedule will become starting with Mid-February.
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01-07-2012, 06:49 AM
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well we were supposed to win on thursday and were supposed to win again vs noh.
lets get tht w
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01-07-2012, 06:52 AM
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We can't lose with suckers by 20pts anymore, this is must win.
Go Mavs!
JUST DESTROY THEM!
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01-07-2012, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mavs777
I just looked at the upcoming schedule and it really popped out at me how easy we have it for rest of January
vs New Orleans
@ Detroit
@ Boston
vs Milwaukee
vs Sacramento
@ LAL
@ LAC
@ Utah
@ NO
vs Phoenix
vs Minny
vs Utah
vs San Antonio
@ Phoenix
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We've got that many games left in January? I think we should stop kidding ourselves and just start playing doubleheaders to make more money.
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01-07-2012, 08:00 AM
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Not having another game until Tuesday will feel like a week off with this machine gun schedule we've had.
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01-07-2012, 08:48 AM
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CP WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....oh wait
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01-07-2012, 08:53 AM
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I'm going to the game..... Mavs need to come out strong.
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01-07-2012, 09:28 AM
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roddy's game
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01-07-2012, 10:12 AM
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01-07-2012, 10:34 AM
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Need this win!
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01-07-2012, 12:56 PM
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I say let Jack get his and don't pay extra attention to him, if he gets 25 that is fine but make others make 1 on 1 plays, if you double down on the post double off of Aminu and Ariza, they don't have a lot of players that can create there own shot.
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01-07-2012, 12:59 PM
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Win or i don't know what (no ideas)
Go Mavs!!!
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01-07-2012, 01:08 PM
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We go lose tonight !!!!
Odom too slow, heavy, uninspire !!!
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01-07-2012, 04:02 PM
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No CP3, no West to foul Dirk all game, a traditional center in Okafor for Wood to guard, no Gordon. This SHOULD be a win. I think Jarrett Jack will go off, though.
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01-07-2012, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Bayliss
I'm going to the game..... Mavs need to come out strong.
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Yup, I'll be there as well. Need a win!
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01-07-2012, 05:31 PM
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damnit, more than 3 hours to go before the game and I'm already pretty drunk. I do not pace myself well.
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01-07-2012, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mavspwnage
damnit, more than 3 hours to go before the game and I'm already pretty drunk. I do not pace myself well.
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That's what I'm talking about!
Mavs hustle the hornets hither and thither.
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01-07-2012, 06:01 PM
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Mavs win by 3 touchdowns.
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01-07-2012, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mavspwnage
Not having another game until Tuesday will feel like a week off with this machine gun schedule we've had.
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Exactly what I was thinking, the guys are probably going to be overjoyed to have two days off. (F that Lockout)
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01-07-2012, 08:50 PM
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Go Mavs!
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01-07-2012, 08:52 PM
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Vince to start.
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01-07-2012, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by grndmstr_c
Vince to start.
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Yep: West, Carter, Marion, Nowitzki and Haywood.
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01-07-2012, 08:55 PM
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Carter in the starting lineup. Fits Carlisle's comment about gearing up to win games. He turns to his veterans in those situations.
Last edited by j0Shi; 01-07-2012 at 08:55 PM.
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01-07-2012, 08:59 PM
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I hope Crabman is active tonight, just iin case dallas falls behind again. he's fun to watch
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01-07-2012, 09:00 PM
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Hornets announcers, serious?
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01-07-2012, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Kante
Hornets announcers, serious?
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I want the Dallas crew, but I want a Dallas win more. Go Mavs!
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01-07-2012, 09:03 PM
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Vlince Carter... ha
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01-07-2012, 09:04 PM
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Hornets announcers, serious?
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I think that's twice or third time ILP has road crew...
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01-07-2012, 09:04 PM
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Spurs taking it to Denver...that team is just a well coached, system based machine.
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01-07-2012, 09:06 PM
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I think that's twice or third time ILP has road crew...
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The last 2-3 years Raptors, Suns and Jazz always had there announcers somehow, now the Hornets too? Damn!
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01-07-2012, 09:07 PM
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I think that's twice or third time ILP has road crew...
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Just wanted to write the same... sucks
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01-07-2012, 09:08 PM
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Spurs taking it to Denver...that team is just a well coached, system based machine.
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As long as they gonna suck in the playoffs, I don't care about their amount of RS wins...
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01-07-2012, 09:09 PM
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As long as they gonna suck in the playoffs, I don't care about their amount of RS wins...
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This year is a toss-up. I could see them making it to the WCF, or losing in the 1st round.
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01-07-2012, 09:12 PM
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did they just say that kidd will miss the next 3 games?
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01-07-2012, 09:12 PM
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Here we go...
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01-07-2012, 09:13 PM
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we havent won one tip off this season.....""""sigh""" lol
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