Christmas Day: Mavs @ Suns 9:30 CT

[DevinHarriswillstart]

I see Josh Green is back to form of providing nothing. But he is a +15 somehow so he continues his advanced stat darling career.

[Melonhead]

Thought they?d run away with it and turned it off

Nice to see its down to a 3 point game. Mavs don?t like easy wins

[EricaLubarsky]

Woof

Two TOs and a missed shot by THJ to close

[EricaLubarsky]

6 straight misses

[EricaLubarsky]

8 straight misses

This is a meltdown for the ages

11-0 run to end the game

[BPo001]

Why isn?t Lively in right now?

[Melonhead]

Lol at josh green in crunch time wide open air ball

[Melonhead]

Kidd is such a massive pile of garbage

[EricaLubarsky]

Up 9
Should be comfy but no

We go down -6

[EricaLubarsky]

Allen looks like he wants to play here

[Melonhead]

I mean this is why they?re a 6-8 seed

[EricaLubarsky]

-21 on the boards

Some ups and downs for Lively and this is a bad game for him. Vet just completely wrecking him.

24-23-6 is a hell of a like for a spare

[EricaLubarsky]

-22 on the boards

[EricaLubarsky]

Coaching and lack of size/rebounding lost us the game

[BPo001]

Not sure what Luka is bitching about. That wasn?t a foul

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Coaching and lack of size/rebounding lost us the game

Allen wrecked us on the boards. Kidd kept a shit lineup in late. Grant Williams has been cheeks this whole month of December.

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka making it competitive but too late with 17 seconds left

Now if he made that during the 11-0 run where we went 0-8 with 2TOs, it would have changed things

[BPo001]

Outrebounded by 21. How long have we been bitching about the lack of guys that can rebound on this team? Gotta be close to a decade now.

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha! Omg

0-2 on FTs. One ices the game

[EricaLubarsky]

Don?t miss this three

[EricaLubarsky]

Oh hell no. Don?t wanna see a D. Wade on the floor

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha! Curry blocked.

Fuck Kidd

[Melonhead]

This season is going to be so tight. I can?t believe they tried to sleepwalk the fourth quarter and blow this shit. A real coach would?ve been in their ass about the effort.

Also idk maybe keep Lively in when you bring Luka back in.

[BPo001]

It?s amazing how poor Kidd is at drawing up a play out of a timeout.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

We really aren't much better than last season. It's just the same ole Luka carrying the team on his back while not playing defense or rebounding.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

And this was the first bad game for Lively. Can't really afford for him to have bad games unfortunately.

[BPo001]

Well hopefully this lights a fire under their ass that they can?t sleepwalk through these games. I really wish we could dump Kidd, but I just don?t see that happening.

[Melonhead]

Embarrassing. No Donovan Mitchell and you blow a 20 point lead to Caris Levert and Strus.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Embarrassing. No Donovan Mitchell and you blow a 20 point lead to Caris Levert and Strus.

No, we lost to Jarrett ?unplayable in the playoffs? Allen

[Melonhead]

No garland no Evan Mobley and no Mitchell.


This is such a Mavs loss we?ve seen over the Luka years.

[Melonhead]

Seems like Dexter getting cut for the Brandon Williams signing.

[Melonhead]

Kidd explanation of the last 6 minutes ?we got good looks we just didn?t make them?


Not a real coach

[EricaLubarsky]

Don?t worry, tomorrow will be way easier against the dominant big men of Minny


Guessing 2-4 is going to become 2-5

[saclare]

I mean, they did get good looks. They just brick housed 'em.

Interior presence and rebounding is laughable, and Lively can't do it all and will have games like this...have to improve the frontcourt.

[dirt_dobber]

Originally Posted by saclare

Interior presence and rebounding is laughable, and Lively can't do it all and will have games like this...have to improve the frontcourt.

Out-rebounded by 20 (Clev.57 - Mavs 37)

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

Out-rebounded by 20 (Clev.57 - Mavs 37)

Which is why starting Luka/Kyrie/Dante/DJJ/Lively might not be a great idea. Defense and rebounding will still be a huge, huge issue.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

And this was the first bad game for Lively. Can't really afford for him to have bad games unfortunately.

Right. Because our FO is asleep at the wheel. Imagine thinking DP was worth re-upping AND Lively being a normal rookie. We would be 100% wasting another Luka year. But dont worry Mark Cuban will still be over basketball ops.

[SMC0007]

There were some bad bounces on offensive rebounds several times but -20. I cant count how many times our guys failed to box out. When we miss 5 straight 3s, they are going to rack up rebounds but giving up 11 o rebs is disgusting to watch... especially when the posession ends with a made 3.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Which is why starting Luka/Kyrie/Dante/DJJ/Lively might not be a great idea. Defense and rebounding will still be a huge, huge issue.

Yea no way that works even in the regular season, for sure not in the playoffs.

It's an absolute need to add a starting caliber 4/5 next to Lively and perhaps even another piece as a backup.

Luka/Kyrie/DJJ/???/Lively

What's very apparent when looking for guys that fit this mold, they tend to be on good teams that won't be trading them. It seems logical...

https://www.basketball-reference.com...stats::trb_pct

https://www.basketball-reference.com...stats::orb_pct

https://www.basketball-reference.com...stats::drb_pct

Isaiah Stewart and Daniel Gafford would be a heckuva rehaul for the frontcourt.

[saclare]

Honestly, do we have enough for Lauri Markannen? He's the perfect complement to this current roster...