GDT:Boston Celtics vs Dallas Mavericks (8:00 pm CDT) 3/20/2010 - Page 11 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Kante · 03-20-2010, 10:22 PM

Kidd still does not look right, he needs to get healthy for the Playoffs...

Next Stop, New Orleans!

EricaLubarsky · 03-20-2010, 10:22 PM

why even use the foul/timeout when you are down by 7?

pkdumas · 03-20-2010, 10:22 PM

We are oldest team by a longshot.

Bayliss · 03-20-2010, 10:22 PM

And here I thought trading for Caron Butler would alleviate some of that problem.

But if the Mavs are always to roll with Kidd and Terry in the backcourt in crunchtime... then they will **always** lose against the big boys.

Jet is just a sieve. And Kidd can't cover anyone with quickness.

41N · 03-20-2010, 10:23 PM

just bad, they can't give dirk the ball and so we lose, pretty simple...

aurelino9 · 03-20-2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidel

Rondo raped Kidd and the Celtics played great D down the stretch and that´s the ballgame.

Are you watching the same game? Rondo has scored exactly once on Kidd in the 4th.

Dtownsfinest · 03-20-2010, 10:23 PM

Where's the Spurs in the oldest team in the NBA list? And how is Orlando and Bucks considered old teams? Especially the Bucks lol. I thought they were in reubilding mode.

mary · 03-20-2010, 10:23 PM

I'm genuinely disappointed.

Dim499 · 03-20-2010, 10:23 PM

fdoutr ganermeds in 21w wekks ansd you losed 2w of them tro sujhckASS TWEAMNS1ß

Jon Avalon · 03-20-2010, 10:23 PM

Only fitting that everyone around me has pissed me off today that the mavs just had to do so too

dalger · 03-20-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dim499

Maybe its too much to ask, but I'd like to think Haywood could have altered ONE of those Rondo layups.

Thought the same. He had a field day with J-Kidd not being able to guard him, which was to be expected, and Haywood running around somewhere else other than the middle. Too many easy layups.

16-point turnaround by the Celtics in the 4th quarter. Disappointing.

Kante · 03-20-2010, 10:24 PM

Butler 3-14, yeah...

twistaeffect2004 · 03-20-2010, 10:24 PM

I don't know if some of you are being sarcastic or not, but come on.. the season is not over, the Mavs are a very good team, we just lost to a very good team.

This game win or lose does not determine what's going to happen in the future. Grow a pair of balls.. jesus.

xrobx · 03-20-2010, 10:24 PM

i'm glad boston isn't in the west, we wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell against them in a best of 7 series

cxb65 · 03-20-2010, 10:25 PM

Roddy in?

RC should give him a try earlier than this

Kidd has bee completed outplayed by Rondo

EricaLubarsky · 03-20-2010, 10:25 PM

I think we may have sealed our spot as 3rd in the West with this game. Youch.

The Crippler · 03-20-2010, 10:25 PM

Until Jet is gone, the defense will always struggle in the 4th. He's going to play, so you might as well deal with it.

No one in this organization has the balls to sit his ass as is needed in closing time.

Bayliss · 03-20-2010, 10:25 PM

Terry is okay offensively. In fact he is good offensively on a lot of nights. But he aint a SG. And he can't guard PGs.

darkwitzki · 03-20-2010, 10:26 PM

Next time..

tcat075 · 03-20-2010, 10:27 PM

Its only been three games since that winning streak, but this team seems so much different than that team.

Dim499 · 03-20-2010, 10:28 PM

And Melo just got a ridiculous superstar call.

LetsGoMavs · 03-20-2010, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

I think we may have sealed our spot as 3rd in the West with this game. Youch.

Bucks are up 4 with 0:37 remaining...lets hope that they beat the Nuggets.

Dtownsfinest · 03-20-2010, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The Crippler

Until Jet is gone, the defense will always struggle in the 4th. He's going to play, so you might as well deal with it.

No one in this organization has the balls to sit his ass as is needed in closing time.

Its like the Bulls playing Steve Kerr in closing minutes of games when they need stops. Its probably not fair to JET but I honestly feel he's equivalent to a Steve Kerr type. Maybe a rich mans Steve Kerr. You can't give these guys major minutes. Especially in closing minutes. You could get away with JET out there if you had someone alongside him who could hold his own but we already have to put Kidd on the opposing teams 2 or 3 just to get him off the teams point guard if they're quick like a Rondo, Parker, Paul, etc. Its been the same story since Kidd got here. I thought the Mavs fixed this weakness when they traded for Butler. Its still here.

odb 7777 · 03-20-2010, 10:29 PM

Disappointed. Boston is not that good this year. Is Hollinger right?

twistaeffect2004 · 03-20-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tcat075

Its only been three games since that winning streak, but this team seems so much different than that team.

It always does, fans have short term memories so that winning streak seems like a long time ago. Everyone just needs to breathe a little bit. This was a big game in the sense that this was a quality opponent and we were a fully healthy squad. But while it's disappointing, in the big picture, win or lose, this game really doesn't mean that much. I guess it does in the standings, but still, the Mavs will live to play another game. We're OK.

xrobx · 03-20-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dim499

And Melo just got a ridiculous superstar call.

yep. after i saw it, a part of me just wanted to give up on nba basketball and just follow another sport. this league is a joke.

EricaLubarsky · 03-20-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by twistaeffect2004

I don't know if some of you are being sarcastic or not, but come on.. the season is not over, the Mavs are a very good team, we just lost to a very good team.

This game win or lose does not determine what's going to happen in the future. Grow a pair of balls.. jesus.

I like the attitude but I think you have it wrong. We just sucked tonight and came out without any sort of power and let the Celtics walk us around the whole game on a leash. Its a total lack of intensity more than being beaten by a good team. Celtics played extremely poorly tonight but the Mavs were just messy, whiny and without energy.

Is this the best we can play? Definitely not-- in fact its almost as bad as this team is capable of. Is this something to worry about when this is about the 20th team to shoot 50% in our own building? Yeah. Is it concerning when we have games where we cant execute offense or defense? Yeah its a little concerning.

Plus its the final few weeks and this team HAS to be gearing up into a winning mentality. Playing listless ball isnt a very good way to warm up for bigger challenges.

LetsGoMavs · 03-20-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by odb 7777

Disappointed. Boston is not that good this year. Is Hollinger right?

You should get an epic neg-rep for referring to what that d-bag Hollinger writes...

minkbarn · 03-20-2010, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by odb 7777

Disappointed. Boston is not that good this year. Is Hollinger right?

They've been injured. They're healthy now.

kg_veteran · 03-20-2010, 10:34 PM

A lot of pissing and moaning for a game that could have gone either way. I'm disappointed, too, but let's not act like this was some sort of blowout. The Celtics' starters were just better than ours tonight.

Oh, btw, I think the criticism of Terry's defense late is misguided. Rondo is pretty darn good to start with and scored more of the points late despite pretty good defense by Kidd.

If we want to levy some criticism, how about 3-14 by Butler? 9 minutes for Dampier? I'm just sayin'...

xrobx · 03-20-2010, 10:35 PM

i think the most disheartening thing about all this is that even the old mavs could march into new york and boston and get seemingly easy wins, and the new and improved mavs couldn't beat either team at home. just makes me wonder exactly how much better this trade made us after all

tgfan · 03-20-2010, 10:37 PM

Ha ha, Nuggets lose!

Dtownsfinest · 03-20-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kg_veteran

A lot of pissing and moaning for a game that could have gone either way. I'm disappointed, too, but let's not act like this was some sort of blowout. The Celtics' starters were just better than ours tonight.

Oh, btw, I think the criticism of Terry's defense late is misguided. Rondo is pretty darn good to start with and scored more of the points late despite pretty good defense by Kidd.

If we want to levy some criticism, how about 3-14 by Butler? 9 minutes for Dampier? I'm just sayin'...

Damp didn't even deserve those 9 minutes. He was terrible on both sides of the ball in the little he played.

Popeye · 03-20-2010, 10:40 PM

Butler had a stackhouse game tonight. He was "tough" but awful. 3-14.

kg_veteran · 03-20-2010, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

Damp didn't even deserve those 9 minutes. He was terrible on both sides of the ball in the little he played.

I think a veteran like Dampier deserves a bit more leash than that. It's not like his last name is Beaubois. And even though the +/- suggests it may have worked out okay tonight, Najera at center is just fool's gold. Period.

kg_veteran · 03-20-2010, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Popeye

Butler had a stackhouse game tonight. He was "tough" but awful. 3-14.

Yeah, one baseline dunk doesn't make up for a bad shooting night and pretty mediocre defense.

kg_veteran · 03-20-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tgfan

Ha ha, Nuggets lose!

So does that mean that they suck? Are Nuggets fans somewhere griping about they'll never win another game if the rotations aren't changed?

EricaLubarsky · 03-20-2010, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xrobx

i think the most disheartening thing about all this is that even the old mavs could march into new york and boston and get seemingly easy wins, and the new and improved mavs couldn't beat either team at home. just makes me wonder exactly how much better this trade made us after all

New Jersey beat Boston. Boston beat the new-look Mavs: therefor the 2010 Nets are better than the new-look Mavs?

NJ>Boston
Boston>Mavs
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NJ>Mavs?

kg_veteran · 03-20-2010, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

New Jersey beat Boston. Boston beat the new-look Mavs: therefor the 2010 Nets are better than the new-look Mavs?

NJ>Boston
Boston>Mavs
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NJ>Mavs?

I wasn't going to even bother, but thanks for exposing the logic fail.

dirkslovechild · 03-20-2010, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Nowitzki4President

I love how I'm not even worried at all about this game. Honestly, I'd much rather play the Celtics than the T-Wolves at this point...

Ouch. Celts are pretty legit and I wouldn't exactly bet against them taking out Orlando and/or Cleveland. Pierce finally looks to be recovered, imo.

Dirk was killer tonight, but Butler just couldn't hit a damn jumper.