GDT: Raptots (21-20) at Mavs (25-19) 7:30pm

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs come to town

Offense
11th - Raptots
18th - Mavericks

Defense
4th - Mavs
17th - Raptots

Mavs gotta defend and hope that their broken offense is enough.

Raptors not really missing anyone of note. Mavs may be without Bullock and Maxi.

[Melonhead]

Have a feeling defense only will not save them tonight.

[Dallas41]

With Kleber out I suspect traffic cone defender Dwight Powell be starting again as opposed to Chriss

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Dallas41

With Kleber out I suspect traffic cone defender Dwight Powell be starting again as opposed to Chriss

Kleber and Bullock are both probable.

[EricaLubarsky]

Sterling out

Kleber and Bullock will play

[BPo001]

Why is Luka shooting that with so much time in the shot clock? He’s like 3-28 in the last few games

[EricaLubarsky]

Offense is unwatchable

[EricaLubarsky]

We’d be up if we could get a damn rebound

12-9 rebounding

[Dallas41]

Yep biggest issue is defensive rebounding right now

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs are weak inside

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs just don’t match up and I’m afraid this one is over

[BPo001]

I don’t like Luka shooting 3’s anymore unless he has his feet set, or if he’s hot (which we haven’t seen in a while). He’s just tossing up bricks.

[EricaLubarsky]

26-18 deficit in the paint
8-2 deficit second chance points

The way to fix that would be to hit some threes, but Mavs are 22% from deep

[EricaLubarsky]

Seeing Luka dominate in the midrange makes me happy as a Mavs fan

[EricaLubarsky]

3 times the offensive boards

They are dominating us on the boards

[BPo001]

Outside of the Chicago game I feel like Maxi has been missing a lot of open 3’s lately.

[JTmoney2424]

Decent first half. Luca and Kp should keep the short mid range game going and not get 3 happy. Raptors don’t have many good outside shooters except Van Fleet so just need to rebound better.

[JTmoney2424]

Mavs doing all they can to keep Toronto in the game with all these turnovers.

[EricaLubarsky]

Inability to rebound

[EricaLubarsky]

Nottttt a foul

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs pooped the bes

[EricaLubarsky]

Not a bad time to have Luka be Luka

[BPo001]

Big time!

[Melonhead]

Why did Scottie Barnes walk away from Luka on that 3???

[BPo001]

Hit some free throws. Take the win. It’s that’s simple.

[Dallas41]

I'm scared THJ is going miss FT's again

[EricaLubarsky]

KP don’t miss FTs

[JTmoney2424]

Kp clutch

[Dallas41]

When is the last time the Mavs took care of business at home 6 straight times

[EricaLubarsky]

Suns tomorrow

[EricaLubarsky]

Grizzlies 8-2 this year
Mavs 9-1

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Went to that one, phew, KP almost blew it. He really zoned out in the second half.

But this is the difference between having "that" guy and not. Raptors don't have a Luka.

[SMC0007]

Maxi is a fvcking space cadet when he is out of sync. There is no bottom to his spiral when he starts spinning out of control. He wasn't remotely locked in and looked lost on both ends several times.

KP needs to have more touches coming down the stretch. I love that Luka can take a game over but KP needed more paint and mind range touches to keep the flow going.

We got suckered into the iso from the switching, which is a good learning experience. Thats the kind of defense scheme and effort you will see in the POs.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Nottttt a foul

Was this the one that they reviewed for 5 minutes and still gave FVV fts? Terrible call.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Maxi is a fvcking space cadet when he is out of sync. There is no bottom to his spiral when he starts spinning out of control. He wasn't remotely locked in and looked lost on both ends several times.

KP needs to have more touches coming down the stretch. I love that Luka can take a game over but KP needed more paint and mind range touches to keep the flow going.

We got suckered into the iso from the switching, which is a good learning experience. Thats the kind of defense scheme and effort you will see in the POs.

Great win against a quality opponent. I agree about KP needing more touches, he’ll start hot and then get neglected. Was nice to see Tim play well— his best game in some time. Aggressive but mostly in the flow, took a charge.

Kidd’s rotations have gotten a little loose lately. Wasn’t sure if he was going to sit KP again down the stretch but brought him back under 3:00. Luka played 42 minutes on the first night of a back to back?

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by mac222b

Was this the one that they reviewed for 5 minutes and still gave FVV fts? Terrible call.

Yeah

Up top there was only ball contact. No wrist or hand contact at all

Down low there was body contact, but it was entirely initiated by offensive player

NBA doesn’t seem to know what they are doing, but compared with other games I’ve seen, it would have been a no call.

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Have a feeling defense only will not save them tonight.

Luka showed out and it made the difference.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Tim finally had a good game, and it'll be tough to move him unless you get offense back in return.

He is flawed beyond reason, but he is one of the few players on the team not afraid to shoot the damn ball.

I just don't get why so many guys get scared to score.

[DannyFortsonBakedPotato]

Luka with 41/14/7.

Oh, and he's quietly 58-69 on FTs in Jan. (84%). Being an 80%+ FT shooter would be big for him.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by DannyFortsonBakedPotato

Luka with 41/14/7.

Oh, and he's quietly 58-69 on FTs in Jan. (84%). Being an 80%+ FT shooter would be big for him.

Shhhh. We don't speak of Luka free throws. It's like a no hitter. Lol.