Clips try to clip our nails - a GDT

[EricaLubarsky]

Anyone care about the Mavs game? Anyone? I guess after the TDL fizzles, we will need something.

KP, Sterling, THJ out for us.
PG, Kaawhi, Preston, and Scrub out for them.

[SMC0007]

Everyone knows Mavericks don't have nails. Psh.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Everyone knows Mavericks don't have nails. Psh.

Mavs make a lot of games into nailbiters, this one included.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Mavs make a lot of games into nailbiters, this one included.

Haha. Yea. It really shouldn't have been this close. Mann got Luka to take it personal and he got caught up trying to burn him. He made well timed doubles back to Luka off switches and forced him to bring the ball up the floor under pressure. He's annoying AF but I commend him taking on a beast like Luka. He is willing to be embarrassed like Pat Bev and just keep coming back.

Luka and the coaching staff should have stopped the 1v1 revenge garbage and let someone else bring the ball up and let Luka post up Mann. And in fairness to Kidd he was kneeling down in front od Luka during a timeout and maybe he was teaching him. Luka could have conserved energy and feasted on the smaller Mann in the block. That's how you dominate that matchup effectively. Hopefully Luuka learns the better way to get back at an aggressive guy who is quick and relentless. Being at the top of the court 30 feet from the bucket with help defense sagging into the lane isn't it.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Haha. Yea. It really shouldn't have been this close. Mann got Luka to take it personal and he got caught up trying to burn him. He made well timed doubles back to Luka off switches and forced him to bring the ball up the floor under pressure. He's annoying AF but I commend him taking on a beast like Luka. He is willing to be embarrassed like Pat Bev and just keep coming back.

Luka and the coaching staff should have stopped the 1v1 revenge garbage and let someone else bring the ball up and let Luka post up Mann. And in fairness to Kidd he was kneeling down in front od Luka during a timeout and maybe he was teaching him. Luka could have conserved energy and feasted on the smaller Mann in the block. That's how you dominate that matchup effectively. Hopefully Luuka learns the better way to get back at an aggressive guy who is quick and relentless. Being at the top of the court 30 feet from the bucket with help defense sagging into the lane isn't it.

I completely agree with all of this. Luka will learn it in time. I like the edge that he has and don’t want to blunt that, but yeah: no need for him to spend endless energy just getting the ball up court. Something Dinwiddie can actually help with too.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by mac222b

I completely agree with all of this. Luka will learn it in time. I like the edge that he has and don’t want to blunt that, but yeah: no need for him to spend endless energy just getting the ball up court. Something Dinwiddie can actually help with too.

For sure. 1 of JB and or Dinwiddie could technically alway be on the court with him. So moving the ball up court shouldn't be a problem anymore. And definitely don't want to dullen his edge. I honestly don't think that's even possible. Some guys are inherently 'that guy, pal', he just needs to learn how to control the force and read what he can take advantage of with efficiency.

To me it would mean, Luka seeing - he's challenging me to take him off the dribble and he's being a bitch about it, so I must defeat him in that fashion because he's a constant pest going back a ways. But it's not just 1v1, he has sagging defenders and random help doubling. So spread it and you can talk your mess as you back him down and embarrass him etc. There's other ways and he will likely learn them all. The kid is soo damn good.

On the other hand I personally like Mann, he's a guy who plays hard ans has some talent and isn't going to shy away from any match-up. You want that guy and hate to play against him...and I'd like to have him.

[dirt_dobber]

Mavs favored by 6.5 points

[dirt_dobber]

Elated that KP is no longer on the roster.
Missed more than 30% of games.
Best ability is Availability!

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Well the Mavs might have finally figured out how to use Powell as he has played some of his best basketball lately. He is denying his man the pass and clogging passing lanes which is almost shocking to see. But it works. Forget trying to guard the big as he mostly can't do and just deny him the ball to begin with.

[dirt_dobber]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Well the Mavs might have finally figured out how to use Powell as he has played some of his best basketball lately. He is denying his man the pass and clogging passing lanes which is almost shocking to see. But it works. Forget trying to guard the big as he mostly can't do and just deny him the ball to begin with.

Great Post.
You're right - made me think as to what he was being coached/taught before.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Well the Mavs might have finally figured out how to use Powell as he has played some of his best basketball lately. He is denying his man the pass and clogging passing lanes which is almost shocking to see. But it works. Forget trying to guard the big as he mostly can't do and just deny him the ball to begin with.

He's had similar stretches before, and John Collins just recently feasted on him.

But I don't trust him vs Jokic, Ayton, Gobert, Valanciunas, Kat or Davis all centers who will most likely be in the playoffs.

[BPo001]

Luka going for 50 tonight?

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka so happy to be done with KP, he’s dropping 40 in the half

[BPo001]

Luka was so hot that nobody else got in rhythm. Bunch of bricks with him sitting.

[SMC0007]

Mav Luka vs Clipper Batum > France Batum vs slovenia Luka

[EricaLubarsky]

38-5-4

[EricaLubarsky]

43

[EricaLubarsky]

Danger

[Stylistic]

Big bucket from Kleber. The last few minutes have been pretty lacksidasical from the Mavs. Taking their foot off their neck to early.

[EricaLubarsky]

Time to put the foot back in the accelerator

[EricaLubarsky]

17 down to 8

[Stylistic]

The clippers got back into the game by driving to the basket. They are the more aggressive team right now.

[EricaLubarsky]

5

[EricaLubarsky]

3

[EricaLubarsky]

Clippers may get 50FT

[EricaLubarsky]

Dear god refs

Not everything is a foul

[EricaLubarsky]

He didn’t even touch him

[EricaLubarsky]

Refs! What the fuck?

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs get a lot of WTF calls against us

[EricaLubarsky]

Refs are hostile

[EricaLubarsky]

Fuck these refs! Contact to the head? Bullshit

[EricaLubarsky]

Refs giving the game to the Clips

[BPo001]

What wind up, ref? He literally jumps with his arm stretched out.

[saclare]

Yo that's not a flagrant...

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs respond to that silly shit by the refs

[BPo001]

Man Bullock’s shot is so flat, but whatever. It’s been working for him lately.

[EricaLubarsky]

That was the softest flagrant I’ve ever seen. Fully on ball. No wind up. Almost non-existent body contact. Head contact only happens after it’s totally incidental and not hard enough to injure

[EricaLubarsky]

Refs totally miss the body check that shoved Brunson out but whatever

[EricaLubarsky]

45-6-6

Probably no triple double though

[EricaLubarsky]

Refs are crooked as fuck