GDT: Wolves (17-5) at Mavs (15-8) 7:30p

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Im not annoyed that we lost. Im annoyed the way we lost, even without Kyrie. The one thing we can control is effort, especially defensively, we did not match our recent intensity. Imo, there was a point where Minne went up by 7 or 8pts and Luka did not get a call on a fairly weak driving layup, then Edwards got a call on the other end and the deflation seemed palpable. It felt locked in that since our perimeter shots werent falling and their defense was spaced out so well that we just let the fire die. No "leader" stepped up and huddled the team together to try and motivate or reignite some fire.

100% it's how we lost more than that we lost. Wolves are a better team. our offense is hot, but it's new so of course we struggle against the best defense.

1) What you described. Refs were highly inconsistent, but our leader is Luka. He got upset and pouted and so the whole team got upset and pouted for the calls.

2) Finch made an adjustment in the first when we were up 11. After that, they outscored us by 29. Kidd is just unable or unwilling to make adjustments and that is a problem. Talk crap about Rick, but at least he could call a timeout and get our momentum back with a smart play.

3) Kidd continues to not take credit and instead throw players under the bus in his pressers. That annoys the hell out of me. Take some credit and the answer to "how did we lose" can't always be, "the guys didn't play hard enough" when coaching was terrible.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

100% it's how we lost more than that we lost. Wolves are a better team. our offense is hot, but it's new so of course we struggle against the best defense.

1) What you described. Refs were highly inconsistent, but our leader is Luka. He got upset and pouted and so the whole team got upset and pouted for the calls.

2) Finch made an adjustment in the first when we were up 11. After that, they outscored us by 29. Kidd is just unable or unwilling to make adjustments and that is a problem. Talk crap about Rick, but at least he could call a timeout and get our momentum back with a smart play.

3) Kidd continues to not take credit and instead throw players under the bus in his pressers. That annoys the hell out of me. Take some credit and the answer to "how did we lose" can't always be, "the guys didn't play hard enough" when coaching was terrible.

Couldn't agree more