PGT: 2-1... Turnovers, Rebounds, and an illegal halftime halfcourt Chalmers 3

[WraithXx]

that's stupid.

EDIT: thread title should say "defense", not "rebounding"...

EDIT: thread title should say 1-2 so as to not give the illusion that we actually pulled our heads out of our asses and actually won this winnable game.

[fluid.forty.one]

Apparently JET wants to add to his collection of shots that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

[FINtastic]

Crap. Dirk's mortal.

Just get used to him being the hero to save the day at the end, that it hasn't hit me that we just lost this thing.

And of all people to hit the gamewinner, we get done in by Chris Bosh.

[Fragism]

Some of our guys have picked the perfect time to play like shit

[fluid.forty.one]

Dirk's TO and missed shot (4.4 isn't much time but he had a good look) were bad timing. Still not his fault.

[mqywaaah]

All good. Looking forward to game 4. Cmon! We still got two home games left! Let's go Mavs!

[Murphy3]

You've got to have someone help out offensively. Anyone... I don't know that you can recover losing a game in which Dirk did that much in the 4th quarter. I suppose they'll lace them up and try again on tuesday.

[Nowitzness81]

Terry and Marion let Dirk down in the 4th.

[LonghornDub]

Mavs lost this game in the first quarter. Outscored em every quarter after that. Unfortunate, but gotta brush it off and get ready for the next one. Still a chance to be up 3-2 after this homestand.

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by Nowitzness81

Terry and Marion let Dirk down in the 4th.

Yeah, the lack of help for Dirk is really sad.

[Murphy3]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

Dirk's TO and missed shot (4.4 isn't much time but he had a good look) were pretty bad too. As good as he was all 4th, no one will remember that. Gotta finish the game.

Honestly, yes I am a Dirk lover... but I don't put one damn thing on him this game.

[Lor20]

dirk +12 in 42 minutes. -14 in the 6 minutes to rest....

no butler, no roddy, no haywood= absolutely no margin for error for mavs.

this stinks... a healthy butler and we'd prolly be up 3-0 by now.

[robo98564]

Please lets not go back and bitch about the halftime three... It is what it is, but its not the difference in the game.

Tough loss, and I'm bummed right now... but I trust the Mavs to bounce back. LETS GO MAVS!!!

[nowhereman]

Peja just passed Doug Christie as my most hated so called "mav" of all time.

Seriously, if the guy breaks his leg in practice tomorrow, I'd probably celebrate.

[Dan1]

Early game cost us this.

Our bench was basically Terry (who was unclutch again) since we apparently cant count on Peja and JJ in this series. Mahinmi was just terrible.

Oh, and please no complains about the refs.

[41creepingdeath]

Sorry, but the refs excuse doesn't cut it this time. We got almost all the questionable calls. We could have won this. F*ck it. Must-win at Tuesday.

[nowhereman]

The refs were trying to give us this game. Jet and Peja and JJ just didn't want it.

[twelli]

Not enough help from the other guys. Scoring-wise, Dirk cannot do it all by himself.

The defensive effort was there except for the first quarter and the start to the second half. We didn't stop there aggressive moves to the basket in the beginning.

Overall, a decent game with the wrong team winning.

[OneLove22]

If we don't turn the ball over like a bunch of ruhtards we OWN THIS HEAT TEAM!!!!!!

WTF GUYS!!!!!!!

[Kante]

I wish Dirk gets more aggressive earlier, not just at the end. Terry with 2 pretty dumb shots, both missed badly!

Barea a non-factor so far, same for Peja, if that does not change it´s tough...

And i think all people now see the that Haywood is better than Mahinmi, some guys here said earlier this Season that the Mavs should trade Haywood and roll with Chandler and Mahinmi until the end.

[FINtastic]

We gotta get some offense outside of Dirk. We played great defense on the whole, but I would say no one other than Dirk did better than a C offensively. And that's probably being kind.

Peja is completely useless right now - this is a horrible matchup for him. Time for Carlisle to just throw in the towel and give Brewer a shot.

Our bench has slowly turned into this team's weakness after carrying us at times earlier. Having both Haywood and Butler would have been huge tonight.

[Bayliss]

Mavs lost this game in the first quarter.

It wasn't just the first quarter. They f*cked up the in the second and third quarters too. Mavs would get it close then the Heat would pull away. Then the Mavws would get it close, then the Heat would pull away.

Sure they "won" the quarters, but if they never allowed the Heat ro pull away in the other quarters, the Mav "surges" could have put them on top.

[xrobx]

11-0

we just saw the championship slip away again. I don't know if I can watch anymore. I don't want to see the heat beat us. I wish I could just not care.

[croco]

This one really hurts. Realistically, winning both remaining home games is now paramount, but you can only approach it one at a time which is more difficult given the format.

[WraithXx]

Originally Posted by robo98564

Please lets not go back and bitch about the halftime three... It is what it is, but its not the difference in the game.

Tough loss, and I'm bummed right now... but I trust the Mavs to bounce back. LETS GO MAVS!!!

it is what it is... which is the difference, is it not?

bitch

[Murphy3]

Barea hasn't been a non factor..he's been a negative factor.

[Fragism]

I'm ready to try anything over playing Peja's corpse

[FINtastic]

Originally Posted by Murphy3

Honestly, yes I am a Dirk lover... but I don't put one damn thing on him this game.

Me either. Yeah his last two possessions didn't get it done, but he can't come through every single time. We've gotten a little spoiled here.

If someone outside of Dirk steps up offensively, we aren't even talking about a loss tonight.

[DTownKidd]

Tough loss...we had a great run in the 3rd after coming out like zombies...no complaints, starters just have to score more. Dirk did all he can do, cant expect him to make that last shot after going for 12 in a row(or however many).

[nowhereman]

HOW THE F*CK DO YOU LOSE THIS GAME? THEY WERE BEGGING US TO WIN IT.

I might have just broken my hand.

[Lor20]

if haywood cant play on tuesday this series is over. we cant win with mahinmi.

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by xrobx

11-0

we just saw the championship slip away again. I don't know if I can watch anymore. I don't want to see the heat beat us. I wish I could just not care.

Then don't watch.

Seriously. Nobody's forcing you. If all you're gonna do is whine and cry, why don't you stop watching and do something else that will cause you less problems? There are some great books and movies out there. I hear this "music" is pretty good, too.

[twelli]

Originally Posted by Kante

Barea a non-factor so far, same for Peja, if that does not change it´s tough...

He didn't score very well, but his pick and roll play on the offense was very effective and he deserved to play for such a long stretch in the third.

[alexamenos]

Ouch

[saclare]

We played like shit and almost won this thing. We need to cut the turnovers and overall horrible stretches of bad play and we got this.

Two more games at home. We HAVE to go up 3-2 going back to Miami. We GOT THIS.

Let's go Mavs!!!

[john cage bubblegum]

ugggghhhh.

losing by 2 with dirk missing a fadeaway that he makes almost every time in the 4th quarter hurts so bad. certainly the loss isn't on him, but man.

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by Murphy3

Honestly, yes I am a Dirk lover... but I don't put one damn thing on him this game.

I may have worded that wrong and I edited. The game wasn't Dirk fault.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by xrobx

11-0

we just saw the championship slip away again. I don't know if I can watch anymore. I don't want to see the heat beat us. I wish I could just not care.

You're a pussy - I bet your dad hates your guts.

Mavs in 6.

[irishock]

Fuck Barea

This guy deserves absolutely no minutes. Chucker, plays with no heart, selfish dude, bad court vision.

Seriously, has there ever been a guy that stops the offense so dramatically, whenever he's on the court, the offense is consisted of him trying to find himself a good look, and not others. He'll take a chucked up shot and someone like Chandler will bail him out by drawing a loose ball foul. This guy has no patience with Dirk in the post, often clapping his hands for the ball when Dirk hasnt even made his move yet.


I don't want to see this guy play more than 1 second on tuesday.

[Dirkules41]

The good thing is this one wasnt on the refs, they call for us. Dirk was Dirk, he made so many clutch shots these playoffs, he missed this one. The thing is he wouldnt need to hit that if JJ and Jet were able to hit a few of there open shots!