Kings vs. Mavs Gameday Thread (11/02/04)

[cheesestar]

finley!!

[mavs413]

Big freethrows there.

[cheesestar]

is the lead at 8?

yahoo is so slow

[Male30Dan]

All I know is that Dirk had 12 shots in the first half, and has had 6 since!!!

Get the guy that is shooting WELL OVER 50% the damn ball!!!

[mavs413]

The kings are doing a much better job on Dirk and denying him the ball.

[cheesestar]

oh crap...

give the ball to DIRK!

[Dirkenstien]

Damp with the nice block

[mavs413]

No hurry now, use that clock

[Male30Dan]

31, 10, and 5 for Dirk...

[Ninkobei]

Another assist by Harris. I'm really starting to like this kid

[MavsFanFinley]

FINLEY !!

[Male30Dan]

Oh yes, 2 steals and 2 blocks as well for Dirk!!!

HUGE PLAY BY FINLEY!!!

[Phil Helmuth]

Harris= ROY!!!! I love him

[Male30Dan]

For those of you watching the game, is Dampier not getting rebounds because of the way these two teams play, (lots of long shots leading to long rebounds that benefit guards and forwards more so than Centers), or is he just not giving the effort???

[Mandyahl]

what'd finley do? stupid not having the game. argh...

[cheesestar]

mvp numbers from dirk

[Dirkenstien]

Harris is playing great...finley with the nice dunk

[Male30Dan]

He had a huge dunk to put it back to 10!

[mavs413]

why arent we using the clock to our advantage?

[Mandyahl]

damn, down to 6, maybe 5

[Drbio]

Election Update:

Bush has 203 votes
Kerry 133

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Four more years!!!!





Go Mavs!!!!!!

[mavs413]

Ballgame

[cheesestar]

this games making me say things that almost contradict each other...

[Phil Helmuth]

Come on Defense!!!

[Drbio]

Now that the game is done...come play in the election thread. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[Male30Dan]

Damn... I hope this wont become a trend for us AGAIN this year, (we have a huge lead and almost blow it late in the game)!!!

[Phil Helmuth]

Come on Dirk! Good board.

[nowitzki_prophecy]

game

[Dirkenstien]

Good game to start us off... I see a lot of potential in these guys. Get ready for a great season!

[Male30Dan]

Game over baby!!!

[cheesestar]

what a game!!

our D kinda collapsed at the end though...

but in the end we collect the win

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[ames7]

Excellent.

Damn. Shouldn't have been this close but a win's a win, yes? Brilliance (& a preview of a grand year?) from Dirk. I'm happy.

[DCowboysGal]

DAL really did a number on Stojakovic: 12 pts on 3-15 shooting in 39 minutes. On the other hand, Brad Miller and unknown but hard-working F Matt Barnes had solid games.

Al Henderson doesn't look washed up at all. 3 blocks and nice rebounding numbers in limited minutes, a workmanlike hustling kind of guy at PF. I'm also thinking that we might have a Bobby Jackson/Nick Van Exel-like combo PG/SG in Jason Terry, a capable shooter and ball-handler to have off the bench.

[Murphy3]

Dirk only had one FGA and 4 FTA's in the 4th mostly because Sacramento was doubling him quite a bit. But, he turned that into 4 assists in the 4th. So, double Dirk and he made them pay regardless. What did it do? It left others wide open and players like Mike Finley made them pay.

One reason why I believe this team will be a dominant team at some point in the next couple of years...Offensively, they have a great combination of shooters, slashers, bulk, and pure athletes. Defensively, obviously the bulk, quick hands, and the athleticism is nice.

[MavsFanFinley]

Mavs win 107-98:

Howard (19) 2-4, 2-3, 6pts, 2rbs, 4as, 2tos, 1stl

Dirk (42) 12-19, 2-2, 7-8, 33pts, 10rbs, 5as, 3tos, 2stls, 2blks

Dampier (31) 3-8, 5-6, 11pts, 5rbs, 1as, 1to, 2stls, 2blks

Finley (36) 7-12, 2-4, 2-2, 18pts, 6rbs, 3as, 4tos, 1stl, 1blk

Harris (31) 2-7, 2-5, 2-2, 8pts, 1rb, 7as, 1to, 2stls

Stackhouse (21) 3-11, 2-2, 8pts, 4rbs, 2as, 1to, 1stl

Daniels (19) 4-6, 0-1, 8pts, 4rbs, 1as, 1to, 1stl

Terry (16) 4-10, 1-4, 9pts, 2rbs, 2as, 1stl

Henderson (15) 3-4, 6pts, 8rbs, 2as, 1to, 3blks

Bradley (1)

[ocelot_ark]

Really hope that Stackhouse learns how to pass...

On 2-3 occasions he took impossible shots when a teammate was wide open right under the goal.

Otherwise, great game from Dirk. Typical Nelson, though...where was Booth? Mbenga?

[Finley4ever]

Finley had a great fourth quarter. 5-6 shooting, 11 points, and quite a few baskets that helped stop Sacramento's momentum.

[grndmstr_c]

Scared me at the end, but a W's a nice way to get the season started (even if it's a horrible thing on election night - sorry all you republitexicans).

Saw some good things and some not so great things from pretty much everybody. Dirk's play goes without saying, but my main props for the night go straight to Devin. The stats don't blow you away, but man what a mature performance by the kid in his first NBA game. This is the first time I've gotten to see him play and you can count me impressed.

[dirk2003]

YEAHHHH!!! I lost my voice cheering for these ballers! Dirk is the man! We definantly look A LOT better defensivly.

Nash who? This must be the first time we controlled Bibby!

[ocelot_ark]

Greg Anthony is a Mavs fan...he tries to hide it, but he always supports us. He said that we were very sound defensively this year and we'll be a sleeper come playoffs/a force.