GDT: game 69 - Mavs @ Suns 8PM

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Dallas41

Both of those guys are still two of the biggest liabilities on the team imo

If Powell isn't dunking he's not giving you much else and Brunson is a frustrating player to watch.

This team honestly still wasn't closing out games even with those two guys around because they are both just backups


This describes who the mavs are this year even when fully healthy

The Mavs lead the NBA with 18 losses by five or fewer points. Dallas is 2-10 in games where the final score is decided by three points or less.

And yet both those wins in close games came before the Powell/Brunson injuries.

Also, Brunson is 3rd in clutch points on this team and 4th in eFG% in the clutch (only Powell, Kleber, and DFS beat him in terms of efficiency in the clutch).

Powell is 9th in points scored in the clutch, but a team-best 100% in eFG and he doesn't even have to score points to open up the lane and draw a defender when he can so efficiently work without the ball.

I understand you really like to be negative so any positive conversation triggers you, but both guys helped even though they "frustrated" you or were liabilities by some unnamed criterion (your personal opinion)