Game 18 - Mavs at Raps

[EricaLubarsky]

Do the Mavs fall to .500? Only two games behind 1st but currently in 9th place

Siakam and Barnes out for them
Mavs have no injuries

[dirt_dobber]

Chuck Cooperstein~
Mavs are 1-5 on road. Bad. They are 5-2 in games following a loss.
With a 20 pt game today, Luka will exceed his personal best of consecutive games w/20+ (25 at the end of 2020). The Mavs franchise record is 34 by Mark Aguirre in 1984. Dirk had streaks of 31 and 29 that spanned 05-06, and 08-09

Some better free throw shooting could help Mavs too. Last two games 12-21 and 13-21 from line. Luka is 11-19 after making 35-40 in prior three games. Last for vs TOR decided by 8 or fewer. 16 of last 19 by <10. Those points count.

Take care of the ball and don't get killed on the boards the story of the day.
Raptors lead the NBA in opp TO/pts off. 2nd in Off rebs/1st in 2nd chance pts. Had 23 off rebs/34 2nd chance vs BKN on Friday. Mavs lead NBA in fewest TO.

[dirt_dobber]

Grant Afseth@GrantAfseth
In 103 minutes with Luka Doncic, Josh Green, and Christian Wood on the floor, the Mavericks have a 129.8 offensive rating and 94.5 defensive rating ? resulting in a 35.3 net rating.

None of the Mavs' 3-man combos with 100+ minutes have a better offensive rating or net rating.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

Grant Afseth@GrantAfseth
In 103 minutes with Luka Doncic, Josh Green, and Christian Wood on the floor, the Mavericks have a 129.8 offensive rating and 94.5 defensive rating ? resulting in a 35.3 net rating.

None of the Mavs' 3-man combos with 100+ minutes have a better offensive rating or net rating.

Man, whoulda thunk?

So weird to have a team coaching against itself. Hopefully we are past that and start them this game. I'll believe it when I see it though...

[dirt_dobber]

I. Franko
Looking forward to see how Dallas responds tonight vs depleted Toronto.
If they control the possession game (TOR is best in NBA in creating turnovers and 3rd in off reb) and enforce their pace, they should be fine (TOR is best transition team, 2nd worst half-court offense).

[blessednegr0]

Wood already not starting...

[BPo001]

Luka out there just turning the ball over with dumb passes.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Can't believe the same starting lineup...

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Can't believe the same starting lineup...

I thought I just read the other day that Wood was getting moved to the SL, but maybe not. Hopefully it?s just Kidd wanting to give DP one last hurrah as a started in front of his home city.

[BPo001]

I guess teams with their best players out is our kryptonite.

[EricaLubarsky]

This team sucks

[Dallas41]

THJ was determined he was going to get him a shot no matter what

Drives into 3 players and turns the ball over

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha! This team is not only bad, they?re unwatchable

[BPo001]

Can we send THJ to the G League? Dude doesn?t even look like he deserves a spot on the bench right now.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Ha! This team is not only bad, they?re unwatchable

8 win team without Luka. Fucking awful

[EricaLubarsky]

Kinda wonder if both the offense and defense suck, it has to at least partially go on the coach, right?

Right?

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by BPo001

I guess teams with their best players out is our kryptonite.

No we just suck

Think about it Powell, THJ and Campazzo on the floor all those players are the equivalent of 12th to 15th man on other rosters but Dallas plays them

So it really equals out when teams don't have their players vs Dallas because the mavs play their own shit players

[blessednegr0]

This closing lineup is ridiculous. Kidd needs to fix his damn lineups.

[Dallas41]

mavs got happy like the hawks

both teams went to the conference finals then fail off because they felt like they had arrived

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha!

Was it any surprise we?d be in this position

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha!

[EricaLubarsky]

This team should be broken up

Tank for Victor

[blessednegr0]

Reggie man... He needs to start coming off the bench. No more of this...

[EricaLubarsky]

This game is over.

Stfu announcers

Mavs just gonna miss a three and it?s game

[EricaLubarsky]

Kidd should be fired now

[blessednegr0]

Oh wow... Dwight Powell is back in the game.... This is absurd.

[EricaLubarsky]

Bullock back in to Jack a three

29.5% 3pt specialist

[EricaLubarsky]

These refs fucking hate us

We foul 8 times and refs purposely swallow the whistle to blow tjme

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by blessednegr0

Reggie man... He needs to start coming off the bench. No more of this...

I really don't buy into that at all because this team regardless of who starts simply isn't that good

replace Bullock with Wood and they will score a few more points but still lose because they aren't the same as last year.

JB I"m starting to realize is a huge loss because he was consistent but also efficient.


Cuban thought adding Wood and getting THJ back would make for the loss of JB and it hasn't.

They need a real center (R.Holmes) and another 3rd ball handler who can get to the rim.

[EricaLubarsky]

Green fouls out

[EricaLubarsky]

1-6 and he makes his shot

[EricaLubarsky]

1-6 and then 2-2 against us

God hates the Mavs

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs miss a three

Mavs fall to 9-9

[EricaLubarsky]

We?re really going to fall out of play-in tonight by losing 3 straight

And Raptors are down two stars

[EricaLubarsky]

Haaaaaaaa

[EricaLubarsky]

Fuck this team and fuck Kidd

[EricaLubarsky]

We should tank. This team is just shit.

[EricaLubarsky]

Just sloppy shitty basketball poorly coached and terrible players.

[EricaLubarsky]

And just like that, Mavs are 11th in the west, out of even the play-in

Lost three in a row

Blowing big leads
Losing embarrassing games against shit teams
Losing embarrassing games to good teams missing 1-3 stars
Just a total embarrassment and guess what? We?re also deep in the cap/tax and 90%+ chance we give this draft pick to Brunson?s team

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

We should tank. This team is just shit.

We don't own next years pick. That goes to NY for the part time mediocre services of KP. Well at least we had those three top 36 picks in 2020, correct?