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10-14-2013, 09:22 PM
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Ellis drawing the charge and then nailing a three? Yes please.
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10-14-2013, 11:22 PM
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Seeing as how we've emptied our bench in the fourth all three games, I'd put us potentially at 3-0. We were winning a close one against the Pelicans. We were blowing out the Grizz and tonight we had a 1pt lead before emptying the bench. Not too shabby. 1-2 definitely doesn't reflect how good the top 8-9 guys can be.
Honestly we were getting shot out of the gym all night-- everyone was hitting threes so we played on our heels. I do have the feeling that 3pt defense will be a weakness again this year, but most teams won't drop 10 threes on us that efficiently. Looks like coach wanted the boys to gut out a "win" before pulling them and they were able to do that despite shooting like crap and being shot out of the gym. Twice we were down 1-2, and twice Dirk and Ellis rained a three that gave us the lead and we held onto the lead going into the fourth-- when we emptied the bench and played Balkman/Ebanks/Ledo/Ellington/McConnell Dirk is ON. No rebounds (and rebounds were an issue this game), but an efficient 24pts in 25minutes is to die for. Ellis started cold, but got really hot and shifted the game in our favor-- winning the third quarter for us. Crowder was pretty disappointing. We are going to miss Marion when he retires. Mekel was okay and better than his stat line, but has a ways to go. Carter and Ellington came back down to earth after being out of this world earlier James' 5-5-1 line looks better than it was. Ledo is talented but ROUGH. He didn't play college ball and was used to being faster and stronger than guys in high school. He's been good at times, but he has a way to go to figure out how to do it against bigger guys that are almost as fast. Last edited by EricaLubarsky; 10-14-2013 at 11:24 PM. |
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10-15-2013, 10:21 AM
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It's just tough evaluating a team when the first and second string (and even other third stringer) is injured at a position that makes the rest of the players better. Hopefully Calderon will be back soon with Harris and Larkin coming back healthy a couple of weeks after.
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10-15-2013, 02:21 PM
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10-15-2013, 04:19 PM
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Dirk Nowitzki & Monta Ellis Two-man game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIbQ_v6gw1Q We're gonna have fun |
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10-15-2013, 05:44 PM
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Don't know why Mayo was afraid to pass it to Dirk. I know why he was afraid to dribble it. Either way, it's going to be fun having a dynamic guy like Ellis playing next to Dirk for the next few years and Ellis is a guy like Finley that can tread water for a team until the next superstar comes about, too. |
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10-15-2013, 05:59 PM
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10-15-2013, 06:39 PM
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10-15-2013, 10:39 AM
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I have a great feeling about this team. Dirk and Monta seems to work just fine.
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10-15-2013, 12:13 PM
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...he can also kick it to Calderon. Should be fun.
I'd love to see this from time to time PG: Calderon SG: Ellis SF: Carter PF: Marion C: Dirk Dirk, Carter and Calderon at the 3pt line and Ellis running the show. Last edited by markus1234; 10-15-2013 at 12:16 PM. |
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10-15-2013, 01:35 PM
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It looks like Dirk could get back to averaging +20ppg. I know it's just preseason but he's looking very sharp. Monta + Dirk will be unstoppable. Mekel scares me when he has the ball, seems like a nice kid but hopefully he won't have to play much (or at all) once we get healthy. Ellington has been surprisingly good. I love the toughness Blair and Dally are bringing. Can't wait for the season to start, it should be a lot of fun.
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10-16-2013, 08:41 AM
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You guys are getting me even more pumped.
If we can get "B+" Dirk and solid "As" from Ellis and Calderon, we're looking at an extremely fun and competitive team.
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