12-5: Mavs don't crash the boards in Cleveland

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Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

Barea's +12 on defense is the worst on the team. The floor time stats say he's on the court 48% of the time.

[I just don't get the Barea hoopla. Are you trying to argue that Barea is not a weak spot on defense (if not, why not agree with him and be done on with it.) ]

My apologies. I read the stats wrong and got something flipped in Barea's favor that should go against him. Yes, that (initial misreading) did come as a surprise to me. By all measures, one would expect him to be a defensive weakness.

Still and all, what is missing is a good judgment of the big picture. As much as we hate to face it, the fact does remain that--for an extreme hypothetical--a guy who kills you at a rate of one point per minute is far more favorable than a guy who kills you at two points per minute, if you have to choose between the two.