GDT Rockets vs Mavs 7pm ESPN

[nowhereman]

Originally Posted by markus1234

Crunch time is about

- defense
- avoiding TOs
- playing a 2 man game with Dirk
- taking open shots

James does all 4 things. Collison not so much.

Rick agrees, Hubie agreees and i agree. You not so much.

ps: http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?id=400278295

James +19 Collison -12

pretty much spot on.

[j0Shi]

Small sample size theater going on. Funny.

[b_o_r]

Originally Posted by sike

This feels like an important Win.

Their next 5 games they will play OKC, Spurs, Magic (Vaughn has them playing harder than their record shows), and Portland, so it was an important win.

[Kante]

Originally Posted by nowhereman

You guys can say what you'd like, but James was about a million times better on defense on Lin than Collison did down the stretch. DC was -8 in the fourth quarter, James was +4.

Agree, but Collison has to learn what to do, can't do that by being on the bench. The D was crap, yep. But the long 2 by James was bs!

[nowhereman]

Originally Posted by Kante

Agree, but Collison has to learn what to do, can't do that by being on the bench. The D was crap, yep. But the long 2 by James was bs!

That long two by James is half on Dirk.

And I'd rather just get the win.

[oilfieldtrash]

Can we all just agree they both suck and Cuban needs to get a real nba pg?

[nowhereman]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

There was a lot of time on the clock.. He didn't have to take the long 2. (The possession after the late shot clock 3 that Dirk forced him into)

I'll rewatch once it's archived on League Pass. Dirk didn't move after setting the screen until about 8 seconds left. There was about 6 on the clock IIRC when James took the shot. They weren't going to get a better look than that with Dirk double-teamed and everyone else staying home and very little time on the clock.

[markus1234]

BTW, Dirk's last defensive rebound was huge. He does not grab many rebounds but in crunch time he always grabs the important ones.

ps: James' shot was absolutely OK. It was a typical Dirk-Jet situation.

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by nowhereman

WTF is everyone talking about?

You know why he didn't go to Dirk? Because Dirk came out to set a screen, and couldn't get himself open, because James' guy was shading onto him.

Because there was no need to take that long 2 with plenty of time of the shot clock. It was just a bad shot. If he'd have drove to the lane and popped one, I wouldn't have cared so much. But its a low percentage shot.

[nowhereman]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Because there was no need to take that long 2 with plenty of time of the shot clock. It was just a bad shot. If he'd have drove to the lane and popped one, I wouldn't have cared so much. But its a low percentage shot.

There were ~5 seconds left on the clock, and no one was even remotely open, and there were at least three defenders between him and the rim. That's the best look you're getting there.

[markus1234]

POR loses an other one.

6 Denver 24 17 .585 8 15-2 9-15 4-5 17-11 102.6 100.1 +2.4 Lost 1 7-3
7 Utah 21 19 .525 10 ½ 12-4 9-15 2-3 12-14 98.4 98.6 -0.2 Won 2 6-4
8 Houston 21 19 .525 10 ½ 14-7 7-12 3-7 7-15 105.4 103.7 +1.7 Lost 5 5-5


Portland 20 19 .513 11 13-6 7-13 3-3 12-11 96.9 99.0 -2.1 Lost 4 5-5
Minnesota 16 19 .457 13 10-5 6-14 3-5 9-12 95.3 96.9 -1.6 Lost 4 3-7
LA Lakers 17 21 .447 13 ½ 12-9 5-12 4-3 9-16 103.4 101.5 +1.9 Won 2 3-7
Dallas 17 23 .425 14 ½ 11-7 6-16 3-4 9-14 99.6 102.5 -3.0 Won 4 5-5