Postgame thread: Mavs eff the Nuggets, 109-93

[Usually Lurkin]

I think we were steadily losing the lead with Dampier in the game

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

I think we were steadily losing the lead with Dampier in the game

He spent most of his minutes on the floor without Marion, Kidd or Dirk. He had four points and five rebounds in nine minutes. Talk about hard to please.

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by jthig32

He spent most of his minutes on the floor without Marion, Kidd or Dirk. He had four points and five rebounds in nine minutes. Talk about hard to please.

He also had a couple minutes in the 4th with Dirk, Butler, Terry and Roddy that obviously weren't working. I love Damp as much as anyone, but in this game, he was a common piece in a couple of lineups that didn't work. It was put Damp in, lead shrinks. Put Haywood in, lead grows.

The 4 points and 5 boards in 9 minutes is great, but we lost the lead. However much he was producing, he wasn't stopping them from producing even more in that limited time.

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

He also had a couple minutes in the 4th with Dirk, Butler, Terry and Roddy that obviously weren't working. I love Damp as much as anyone, but in this game, he was a common piece in a couple of lineups that didn't work. It was put Damp in, lead shrinks. Put Haywood in, lead grows.

The 4 points and 5 boards in 9 minutes is great, but we lost the lead. However much he was producing, he wasn't stopping them from producing even more in that limited time.

Hard to fault dampier with that however. Roddy 0-2, Najera 0-1. Certainly his man Anderson didn't do anything.

Second stint he was only in for 2 minutes. In each case I would point to roddy running the point as much more of a problem than dampier was. In the second stint for example RC yanked roddy so hard that his french cufflinks came off.

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by dude1394

Hard to fault dampier with that however. Roddy 0-2, Najera 0-1. Certainly his man Anderson didn't do anything.

Second stint he was only in for 2 minutes. In each case I would point to roddy running the point as much more of a problem than dampier was. In the second stint for example RC yanked roddy so hard that his french cufflinks came off.

Damp-Booby (heh heh heh) was definitely a bad combination last night. Kudos to Carlisle for recognizing it, and kudos for Kidd and Haywood for re-establishing leads whenever they came back in.

[endrity]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

I think we were steadily losing the lead with Dampier in the game

That had more to do with the fact that there wasn't much offense on the floor when Damp came in during the second quarter, Roddy looked a bit lost playing PG without Kidd, and took two bad shots.

In fact, Damp was the one reason the Nuggets didn't make a big run during that period.