Preseason GDT - "were actually trying this time" Dallas at Houston 10/23/09 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

EricaLubarsky · 10-23-2009, 12:32 PM

Here it is- final game of the preseason and a supposed tune-upper for the regular season so we are supposedly all in. Go Mavs!

No Josh, and Damp has family issues to take care of supposedly, but otherwise a full cast of Kidd, Marion, Dirk, Terry et al. Hopefully it will be a good game and Howard is set to return Tuesday

Nowitzki4President · 10-23-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Here it is- final game of the preseason and a supposed tune-upper for the regular season so we are supposedly all in. Go Mavs!

Josh, Tim and Marion?

horse900703 · 10-23-2009, 12:34 PM

Last preseason game, Lets go Mavs!!!

EricaLubarsky · 10-23-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nowitzki4President

Josh, Tim and Marion?

Marion is playing
Josh is supposedly on course for a Tuesday regular-season opener return
Tim I think has a couple of weeks left of rehab
Damp is out for personal reasons, so no-one to guard Yao....err 6'6" in shoes Chuck Hayes

sefant77 · 10-23-2009, 01:05 PM

Boy, i just hope Marion is back 100% and that Josh is healthy for the RS.

I do not want 9 different #2/#3 combinations in the first 10 games...

mavErika · 10-23-2009, 01:48 PM

game preview with JJB:

http://www.nba.com/mavericks/video/originals/

Nothing special, but him and JT before the second cleveland game said the game vs Houston will be a realisitic test before the season starts.
I suspect that the intro with Carlisle and Followill is archive footage.

sonedski · 10-23-2009, 01:54 PM

hi guys, this will be very first time to watch a live mavs game ever! am here on vacation.

go mavs!

esoteric562 · 10-23-2009, 01:58 PM

whoop these rockets! GO MAVS!

Windmill360 · 10-23-2009, 02:03 PM

hopefully marion doesnt re-injure his calf

SMC0007 · 10-23-2009, 02:20 PM

Thanks for posting the Gosh Durn Game Day Thread!

DirkFTW · 10-23-2009, 03:11 PM

I thought Tim was out for the season?

Or did I just dream that?

Flacolaco · 10-23-2009, 03:27 PM

Sounds like it's finally time for me to watch one of these games.

sike · 10-23-2009, 03:37 PM

GO MAVS!

SMC0007 · 10-23-2009, 03:47 PM

upn Ch.21 for all the locals. For all those unlocals ;P

Lets do this! Get pumped up, and as Wade Phillips says "let's gets goin".

MaVs 41 BaLler · 10-23-2009, 06:45 PM

any links?

SMC0007 · 10-23-2009, 06:48 PM

http://atdhe.net/7550/watch-dallas-m...ouston-rockets

?

MaVs 41 BaLler · 10-23-2009, 07:14 PM

Oh wow i came here an hour early, I lost my touch after that long off-season.

Jon Avalon · 10-23-2009, 07:16 PM

Starting line up for tonight

Gooden
Dirk
Marion
Ross
Kidd

MaVs 41 BaLler · 10-23-2009, 07:18 PM

Man, this season is totally going to depend on Josh Howard.

Dirkadirkastan · 10-23-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SMC0007

http://atdhe.net/7550/watch-dallas-m...ouston-rockets

?

Ah crap, these Houston dipshits are the worst announcers ever.

robhough69 · 10-23-2009, 07:34 PM

is beaubois starting?

mavErika · 10-23-2009, 07:36 PM

Sefko says Robo starts and Gooden doesn't:

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Roddy Beaubois will make the start again tonight at shooting guard and he'll get a rare test as he sees Houston's Aaron Brooks, who is in the same league as the Mavericks' rookie with his speed and quickness.

Asked before the game if Beaubois will match up with Brooks, coach Rick Carlisle said: "Possibly. We'll look at where we're at in the game and if there's a chance to get him in there to play some minutes, we'll do that. He's shown some stretches of solid play. And of course he's had others where it's a learning situation.''

The Mavericks also are starting Quinton Ross, Shawn Marion, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd.

The Rockets' starters: Shane Battier, Carl Landry, Chuck Hayes, Trevor Ariza and Brooks.

If you're following along on TV and not paying attention to this blog, pay special notice to how Beaubois handles the challenge of Brooks.

--Eddie Sefko

sefant77 · 10-23-2009, 07:36 PM

wtf...

okay, the Rockets are dwarfs, so good time to test the Dirk/Marion FC

LonghornDub · 10-23-2009, 07:38 PM

I dunno if anybody saw it, but they did the Top 5 plays of the preseason on ESPN about an hour ago, and Roddy's wrap-around assist to Dirk at the AAC was #2. Sick.

sefant77 · 10-23-2009, 07:40 PM

Please foul Hayes a lot...just for the fun

lol@Toyota center

mavErika · 10-23-2009, 07:40 PM

he's not smaller than Brooks, or is he?

anyway, you guys saw that little episode from practice?:

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Don't get the idea that the Mavericks are bored with the preseason, but they had a quick little dunk contest after shootaround this morning.

As the players were starting to change their shoes and head toward the bus, rookie Roddy Beaubois came racing to the paint, lifted off and threw down a one-handed jam that impressed everybody.

OK, everybody except Dirk Nowitzki.

Always the last one to get off the court, Dirk told the rookie he should get on the bus and said he can top that dunk that Beaubois had just hammered home.

Dirk got a head of speed and duplicated the one-handed throw-down, which drew laughter from teammates. After all, a 7-footer should be able to dunk as well as a 6-2 guard.

Not to be outdone, Beaubois got off his chair and said, "OK, you don't have this one.''

He drove toward the rim and gave the ball a loop-de-loop motion before jamming it through the hoop with massive amounts of authority.

It was a mini version of the old Dominique Wilkins contest winners.

Dirk would not give in, however. He got a ball and took off toward the basket and ...

Completely whiffed. He threw the ball over the rim and to the other side of the basket.

"I lost the ball,'' he said.

"Yeah, right,'' Beaubois responded

But, again, don't get the idea that they are tired of preseason basketball.

--Eddie Sefko

sefant77 · 10-23-2009, 07:43 PM

That was exactly what i dont wanna see from Gooden...uargh

Edit: Gooden looks like crap

Edit: OMG, Marion has allready the Mavs layup disease...

sike · 10-23-2009, 07:52 PM

I like watching Marion move without the ball...its what I always hoped Josh would figure out.

sefant77 · 10-23-2009, 07:53 PM

Wow is at the mic? They suck ass..

Since when is Dirk Top 3 at the FT line with 9-10 FTA each game? He is getting not even 7 each games...

mavErika · 10-23-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Avalon

Starting line up for tonight

Gooden
Dirk
Marion
Ross
Kidd

...but obviously you're better informed than sefko or the rockets broadcast on that matter.

sike · 10-23-2009, 07:56 PM

JJB and JT come in at the same time...wonder if we're gonna see that a lot?

sefant77 · 10-23-2009, 07:56 PM

OMG...we were "missing a true PF" and Gooden was the answer

sike · 10-23-2009, 07:56 PM

Houston is going to be so terrible this year.

Jon Avalon · 10-23-2009, 07:57 PM

Come on Dirk, don't let that ugly Aussie shoot over you.

sike · 10-23-2009, 07:57 PM

That fool made like 4 fakes before going up against Dirk.

Underdog · 10-23-2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DirkFTW

I thought Tim was out for the season?

Or did I just dream that?

I think you hallucinated that one...

Jon Avalon · 10-23-2009, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mavErika

...but obviously you're better informed than sefko or the rockets broadcast on that matter.

lol, well that was shown on the pre-game. Just typed what i saw.

:edit: oooh Pops is in the game, miss that guy. Wish he worked out for us when he was here.

sike · 10-23-2009, 08:00 PM

JJB, JT, Marion, Dirk, Hump...lets see what this line up can get.

EricaLubarsky · 10-23-2009, 08:01 PM

Andersen thinks he's raef

Underdog · 10-23-2009, 08:01 PM

Barea needs to remember that he's the worst shooter on the floor at the moment...