11-28-2012, 03:33 PM
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GDT MAVS @ BULLS 7 PM CT
I guess since nobody else is willing to, here is tonight's GDT:
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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/maveric...5475--nba.html
Things haven't come easy so far for the Dallas Mavericks or the Chicago Bulls, with each feeling the effects of being without a former league MVP.
The Bulls looked particularly lost down the stretch of their latest defeat.
After blowing a 27-point lead, Chicago looks to get back on track Wednesday night when it continues a four-game homestand against the equally inconsistent Mavericks.
It's no surprise the Bulls (6-7) and Dallas (7-8) have had their issues early in the season with both Derrick Rose and Dirk Nowitzki yet to suit up, but Chicago's worst moment yet came Monday. Up 27 with 2:49 left in the third quarter, the Bulls were outscored 42-14 the rest of the way in a 93-92 home loss to Milwaukee.
Chicago fell to 3-4 at the United Center this season after going 26-7 on its home court a year ago - including 12-5 without Rose.
"You've got to play 48 minutes in this league, and we've still got a long ways to go in that area," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "It can happen fast. You can lose 10 points in an NBA game in a minute. Everyone says that doesn't happen, but you see it all the time. If you don't play tough with a lead, this is what happens."
Now, they're facing a potential three-game slide at the United Center for the first time since dropping five in a row from March 1-19, 2010.
The Nowitzki-less Mavericks surely empathize with the Bulls, who also have only once strung together consecutive wins through the first month of the season. They'll be trying to avoid a third straight loss in this contest after falling 100-98 at Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Dallas had a chance to tie the score on a pair of O.J. Mayo free throws with 2.7 seconds left, but the Mavericks' leading scorer (20.8 points per game) missed both. Jae Crowder got an offensive rebound, but missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to seal Dallas' seventh loss in 10 games.
The Mavs did plenty to put themselves in poor position prior to the end, though. They committed eight of their 15 turnovers in the fourth quarter, with five coming on consecutive possessions.
"They were untimely and completely out of character to how we played to that point," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We have to eliminate those turnovers right now."
Dallas, which on Tuesday began a stretch of eight of 10 on the road, fell to 2-5 away from American Airlines Center
Mayo is having problems as a visitor, averaging 16.9 points on 42.7 percent shooting compared to 24.3 points and 52.2 percent shooting at home. He scored a season-low 11 points while dishing out seven assists against the 76ers.
Mayo averaged 5.0 points and missed 12 of his 16 field-goal attempts while coming off the Memphis bench in a pair of games against Chicago last season.
The Mavericks, who are averaging nearly 10 points fewer on the road (95.4) compared to at home (105.3), might have trouble reversing those woes Wednesday. They've lost three in a row to Chicago while averaging 81.0 points.
Richard Hamilton had 19 points in a 93-83 Bulls home victory April 21.
Hamilton missed the potential game-winning jumper Monday but scored a season-high 30 points - topping his previous high of 22 from two days earlier.
Carlos Boozer is also trying to build on a pair of strong showings, totaling 41 points and 30 rebounds while sinking 19 of 34 field goals.
Boozer has only been available for one of three matchups with Dallas since joining the Bulls, but Chicago has dominated the glass anyway. The Bulls have outrebounded the Mavs by an average of 52.0-39.3 in those meetings.
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11-28-2012, 03:41 PM
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We need to stay around .500 while Dirk is out to have a legit shot at the 8 seed.
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11-28-2012, 03:49 PM
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In MavsFTR we trust.
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11-28-2012, 03:53 PM
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Let Roddy start
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11-28-2012, 03:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sefant77
Let Roddy start
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Yep, no more Jones please!
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11-28-2012, 04:00 PM
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Yes. Back to the free Roddy B chants.
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11-28-2012, 05:37 PM
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Okay, because of the tailspin I think the GDT thread calls for:
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11-28-2012, 06:18 PM
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mavs by 100.
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11-28-2012, 07:30 PM
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@EKS_MavsNBA: It's a sprained right middle finger for Darren Collison and X-rays were negative. He is, however, inactive tonight vs. the Bulls.
Last edited by MavsFTR; 11-28-2012 at 07:31 PM.
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11-28-2012, 07:33 PM
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Our PG situation is looking so good right now.
Whatever happened to Delonte?
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11-28-2012, 07:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick41
Our PG situation is looking so good right now.
Whatever happened to Delonte?
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Other than talking s#%t in the lockerroom and telling the whole lockerroom that the Mavericks organization was a bunch of cheap backstabbers?
No idea.
Last edited by EricaLubarsky; 11-28-2012 at 07:44 PM.
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11-28-2012, 07:33 PM
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Point guards...DOJO and Roddy. Solid. Solid.
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11-28-2012, 07:44 PM
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When it rains.... it pours......
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11-28-2012, 07:47 PM
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Will oj mayo run point some tonight?
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11-28-2012, 08:00 PM
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Quote:
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Will oj mayo run point some tonight?
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Troy Murphy.
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11-28-2012, 08:03 PM
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Any link with our guys?
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11-28-2012, 08:04 PM
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Rick..... probably.
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11-28-2012, 08:11 PM
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Joakim Noah gets 100 boards tonight
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11-28-2012, 08:14 PM
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What is kaman doing?
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11-28-2012, 08:15 PM
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Dojo can't score to save his life.
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11-28-2012, 08:15 PM
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Dojo has to make that...
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11-28-2012, 08:16 PM
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giftwrapped two points
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11-28-2012, 08:17 PM
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Dojo playing well so far, that's a positive
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We ran like a simple play, and usually the ball doesn’t come get me until later. So I just trotted through the play and I looked to the ball, and it was already right there in my face. … He sees the floor so well and sometimes he throws the ball and we don’t see it. He’s liable to really throw anything.” Dirk
Kidd to Dirk is the present day Stockton to Malone.
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11-28-2012, 08:16 PM
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Bulls announcer repeatedly telling us how we should be excited to see "Luol Deng get off".
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You say it in Brazil, you say Dirk, they know Nowitzki. You say it in China,
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11-28-2012, 08:17 PM
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Dojo starting decent.....
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11-28-2012, 08:17 PM
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jones couldn't hit a shot even if the basket was the size of a soccergoal...
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11-28-2012, 08:20 PM
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Quote:
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jones couldn't hit a shot even if the basket was the size of a soccergoal...
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And yet he has made 2 so far on a regulation rim! How brilliant!
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We ran like a simple play, and usually the ball doesn’t come get me until later. So I just trotted through the play and I looked to the ball, and it was already right there in my face. … He sees the floor so well and sometimes he throws the ball and we don’t see it. He’s liable to really throw anything.” Dirk
Kidd to Dirk is the present day Stockton to Malone.
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11-28-2012, 08:22 PM
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The bigger story is the 2nd pg tonight is Roddy, is Collison hurt or has he underwhelmed so much he is now 3rd string?
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We ran like a simple play, and usually the ball doesn’t come get me until later. So I just trotted through the play and I looked to the ball, and it was already right there in my face. … He sees the floor so well and sometimes he throws the ball and we don’t see it. He’s liable to really throw anything.” Dirk
Kidd to Dirk is the present day Stockton to Malone.
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11-28-2012, 08:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roadrunner
The bigger story is the 2nd pg tonight is Roddy, is Collison hurt or has he underwhelmed so much he is now 3rd string?
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K, read rest of thread and see he is hurt
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We ran like a simple play, and usually the ball doesn’t come get me until later. So I just trotted through the play and I looked to the ball, and it was already right there in my face. … He sees the floor so well and sometimes he throws the ball and we don’t see it. He’s liable to really throw anything.” Dirk
Kidd to Dirk is the present day Stockton to Malone.
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11-28-2012, 08:18 PM
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WTF were you doing Mayo?
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11-28-2012, 08:18 PM
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Enter the Matrix.
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11-28-2012, 08:18 PM
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wtf Mayo...
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11-28-2012, 08:18 PM
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Mayo and roddy butterfinger the ball.....
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11-28-2012, 08:19 PM
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Dojo finally plays well and immediately gets pulled. What the hell is wrong with Carlisle this year???
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11-28-2012, 08:25 PM
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Those line drive 3's Murphy shoots really piss me off.
Whether they go in or not, get some air under that sh!t.
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11-28-2012, 08:25 PM
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More minutes for Murphy. At this point we owe it to wright to cut or trade him if we aren't ever gonna play him.
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11-28-2012, 08:25 PM
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Murphy finally hits.... dojo playing well.
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11-28-2012, 08:25 PM
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Murphy makes a 3, which will sadly probably reinforce RC's decision to play him at the 4.
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11-28-2012, 08:29 PM
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Oh Murphy you suck
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11-28-2012, 08:30 PM
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I hate when Murpys declines an open look. Just shoot them, thats why you are on the court. Pop always bench Bonner immediatly when he starts refusing this shots
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