Postgame Game 1 Spurs@Mavs: 3 to go

[She_Growls]

Press Conference Link: http://www.nba.com/playoffs2010/live1/

[ribosoma]

I loved the look on Pop's face when Carlisle subbed in Marion for Damp with a little over 2 minutes left in the 3rd. It looked like he saw his coffee cake face in a mirror.

A few writers talked about how Hill was the X factor in this series. If that's the case, they may need to go to Y and Z very quickly.

Butler was making Jefferson miserable tonight. He had a few mistakes, but he was definitely the Robin he was asked to be tonight. His defense was very good, he had some timely steals, and he took the ball to the rim when the Mavs were struggling offensively. He was exactly what has been needed on this team for quite some time.

[aurelino9]

I liked that Butler stayed aggressive despite making a few mistakes.

[tcat075]

Originally Posted by ribosoma

I loved the look on Pop's face when Carlisle subbed in Marion for Damp with a little over 2 minutes left in the 3rd. It looked like he saw his coffee cake face in a mirror.

A few writers talked about how Hill was the X factor in this series. If that's the case, they may need to go to Y and Z very quickly.

Butler was making Jefferson miserable tonight. He had a few mistakes, but he was definitely the Robin he was asked to be tonight. His defense was very good, he had some timely steals, and he took the ball to the rim when the Mavs were struggling offensively. He was exactly what has been needed on this team for quite some time.

I wouldn't write Hill off yet. Nobody on the bench really did anything for the Spurs this game (I know he started but he's really a bench player, Parker got 34). Out of all those non-producers, Hill still worries me a little.

Speaking of bench, though, every time Roger Mason takes a shot, I breathe a sigh of relief. Has he made a shot against us this year? Besides this one?

[Zki41]

I thought Damp did a pretty good job on Duncan tonight, as he did last season. It is probably a lot smarter to give Damp most of the minutes on Duncan. Haywood will get a lot more minutes against more the more athletic centers. I thought Damp could have probably made a lot of the baskets he was fouled on ... it seems more often than not he undershot (though that may have been as a result of the foul).

[bernardos70]

Originally Posted by aurelino9

I liked that Butler stayed aggressive despite making a few mistakes.

Indeed. Butler's aggressiveness got us through some tough stretches in the game.

[She_Growls]

Gotta love the Matrix interviews----"That's whats up"....

[Nowitzki4President]

I'm not sure if it's cool to post this, but I'm gonna go for it anyway! I just wanna get y'all thoughts in response to what I thought about this game.

Linkage!

[grndmstr_c]

Sweet! Good to see the Mavs back in the postseason, and even better to see them get a solid win against a quality opponent like the Spurs, who present a tougher challenge this year than last.

Coming into tonight my feeling about this matchup was that Dallas boasts the single best player, SA boasts the best triplet, and Dallas has more quality depth filling out the back end of the 8-man rotation. To my eyes the game pretty much bore that out. For the Mavs, Dirk was simply playing at a different level, and Kidd and Caron had some brilliant moments to help balance out TD and TP, who now play second and third fiddle, respectively, to Manu the franchise Spur. Just as importantly, though, the complimentary guys on the Mavs (even JET, who gets a pass here because of a couple quality plays late and the ineffectiveness of RJ and Hill) to-a-man outplayed their pecking-order counterparts on the Spurs. Add it all up and you've got a contested but well-deserved game 1 win.

Bring on game 2.

[sike]

Originally Posted by Bayliss

LonghornDub starts the GDT thread for Game 2.

without question

[sike]

very happy with the effort of Damp, Butler, Kidd, and Haywood!

Dirk is a monster...a German monster.

[sefant77]

I loved the aggression from the start, specially Butler. We drove every possession hard to the basket, i think we got the Spurs there a little bit on surprise.

I also liked that Najera wasnt in the rotation so we can kill them with size.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by sefant77

I also liked that Najera wasnt in the rotation so we can kill them with size.

I don't think you're going to see much Najera in the playoffs.

He got most of his burn recently because Carlisle was trying to rest Damp and Haywood...

[southwick]

Great game, that only had me a little nervous. The Kidd/Barea lineup still makes no sense to me, and I wish Carlisle would stop using it.

[Ed99]

I think the key to success are our 2 big guys-Haywood and Damp.
If they will deliver every game we will have a long journey during these playoffs.

Dirk- is simply Dirk! Amazing!
Caron- solid game
Kidd-woke up and did what he knows best.
Jet-wake up we need more
Marion-great D!
Barea- stay on the bench

LET GO MAVS!!!

[LonghornDub]

I really want Carlisle to at least try Roddy with Kidd at some point in this series.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by jthig32

Dirk.effing.Nowitzki. Has anyone EVER score 35+ points while only missing two shots of any kind? Only one turnover? Are we looking at the most efficient game in NBA history? I have a hard time believing this has ever been topped. Goodness gracious what an evening.

Just how special was Dirk Nowitzki’s Game 1 performance Sunday against the Spurs, when in the 100-94 home victory he scored a seemingly effortless 36 points? Well, as DallasBasketball.com checks the archives and the data base searching back almost 20 years, it is the second most “special’’ effort of its kind.
To explain:
The UberMan put up just had the second most points ever scored in an NBA playoff game while shooting better than 85 percent from the field.
Back on May 19, 1992, Terry Porter went 12-of-14 from the floor (on 4-of-5 from the arc and and 13-of-15 from the line) to score 41 points.
And in the last two decades, that’s how good somebody has to be to be better than Dirk was on Sunday.
Nowitzki was 12-of-14 from the floor (not to mention 12-of-12 from the line) on his way to 36 – a commonplace deal now that he’s scored at least 30 points a total of 34 times in 88 career playoff games.
The Spurs tried to guard him with That Bonner Character, which was the epitome of comedy until late in the game, when San Antonio tried 6-5 Keith Bogans on the sure-to-be MVP finalist. At the end, the Spurs literally triple-teamed Dirk on a pair of possessions … but none of it was enough.
“Dirk got the best of whatever we tried to do with him tonight,’’ Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “We tried a lot of different things, but he beat them all.”
Nowitzki had another one-of-a-kind night – or, to be precise, a twice-in-two-decades night.

So there you go.

[sike]

Originally Posted by southwick

Great game, that only had me a little nervous. The Kidd/Barea lineup still makes no sense to me, and I wish Carlisle would stop using it.

I wish he would stop using the JJ/JT line. While watching it, I'm convinced that something stupid is about to happen...and am often not disappointed.

[xrobx]

portland winning at the half. oh wouldn't that be beautiful if they win that game. that series needs to go as long as possible, go blazers

[Saint Baller]

First of all great win

Dirk was Dirk, efficiency through the roof!

Jkidd was awesome, hit some big buckets

Whats up with Jet's jumper? He needs to step up if we want this series to end sooner rather than later

And wow, JJ Barea... Carlisle really needs to find a way for him to get minutes without him getting abused defensively, it was mind boggling how awful his D was tonight.

Matrix was great too, we need him to stay more aggressive on D otherwise Manu will light us up.

and Damp, great game for him imo, he made Timmy work hard as hell for every shot.


BTW guys, im trying to make a mega mix of the Mavs and was wondering if anyone knows where I can download some big guys from this season in HD, including playoff games?

[CadBane]

Yeah, the Kidd-JJB lineup is ridiculous. If you're going to do that, at least play Roddy with Kidd.

[sike]

Originally Posted by xrobx

portland winning at the half. oh wouldn't that be beautiful if they win that game. that series needs to go as long as possible, go blazers

If the Blazers win more than 1 in this series, I'll be shocked.

[Ed99]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

I really want Carlisle to at least try Roddy with Kidd at some point in this series.

He will! Especially if Jet will not improve his shot.
I think he acted right not to bring Roddy today-keep him as a surprise for the next game and let him explode during the next game...

[Underdog]

Hasn't Dirk hit something like 86 consecutive FT's going back into the regular season?

[Saint Baller]

I don't think Roddy will play much this series just for the fact that Carlisle is a big veteran guy, he did it in Indy with Tayshaun Prince, why the hell not in Dallas?

[xrobx]

Originally Posted by sike

If the Blazers win more than 1 in this series, I'll be shocked.

me too, we need to squash the spurs quick and hope the blazers can at least pull off 2 wins.

not that i'm looking past the spurs or anything.

[sefant77]

San Antonio
Fast Break Pts 16
Points in the Paint 50

Dallas
Fast Break Pts 11
Points in the Paint 34

Hmmmmmm...

[fluid.forty.one]

I think there's already a thread for this kind of stuff.

[Ed99]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Hasn't Dirk hit something like 86 consecutive FT's going back into the regular season?

I am also not sure but i think its 80.
68 after the sacramento game and today another 12

[Ed99]

Originally Posted by Saint Baller

I don't think Roddy will play much this series just for the fact that Carlisle is a big veteran guy, he did it in Indy with Tayshaun Prince, why the hell not in Dallas?

Our bench is not so deep that he can neglect him especially if our usual scorers r having a bad day....

[Murphy3]

I'm curious as to what the record is for consecutive FT's.. including playoffs.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Ed99

I am also not sure but i think its 80.
68 after the sacramento game and today another 12

He took 12 free throws and made them all, adding to a streak of 74 straight made free throws during the regular season.

86, according to ESPN...

[tgfan]

C. Webb is on TNT, still picking the Spurs, Charles actually says, "this Dallas team is pretty good". Wow, Charles is just now noticing that?

[xrobx]

Originally Posted by Murphy3

I'm curious as to what the record is for consecutive FT's.. including playoffs.

i'm fairly positive dirk just set it

[jleefilled]

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[JCmasta]

Guess i can see where C-Webb is coming from and i like him a bit more for giving us props saying we can get to the finals. That whole non-rivalry jab was unnecessary though.

[grndmstr_c]

Roddy's not been a regular part of the rotation thus far, and as long as the Mavs are trying to protect home court advantage (which means Games 1 and 2) I don't expect him to see any meaningful burn unless the team is really hurting for a spark. At this stage of his career I see him as the kind of wild card you want to throw at the Spurs when they're trying to figure out how to keep from going down 0-3.

[JCmasta]

Originally Posted by tgfan

C. Webb is on TNT, still picking the Spurs, Charles actually says, "this Dallas team is pretty good". Wow, Charles is just now noticing that?

He's been on the Mavericks BW for months now.

[Nowitzki4President]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

I think there's already a thread for this kind of stuff.

Yeah... I realized that a lil too late, but didn't know what to do with this...

[Murphy3]

I think the record is at least 96 or 97.