01-12-2016, 11:13 PM
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PGT: OT and an egg
Mavs tried and lead all game until the fourth. Tied after four. Lost after an extra 5
Tired legs tomorrow
Our defense is BAD. Lost us that game.
Last edited by EricaLubarsky; 01-12-2016 at 11:15 PM.
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01-12-2016, 11:27 PM
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The Mavs had some tough breaks. Lebron knocks someone over, waits to see if he gets called for a foul, passes out to JR Smith who makes a 30 foot 3-pointer. I feel like that happened a couple of times, and I'm not blaming the refs, just unlucky the cavs made threes every time a foul wasn't called.
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01-12-2016, 11:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
Our defense is BAD. Lost us that game.
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That closing lineup defense was bad. Zaza was a monster in the paint and sat the entire OT. Will never understand Rick at times.
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01-12-2016, 11:31 PM
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Giving up 17 offensive rebounds was the killer. Yeah, long threes by the Cavs, questionable calls by the refs, blah blah blah. Letting them have 4 chances on a single trip down the court was the dagger.
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01-12-2016, 11:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Popeye
The Mavs had some tough breaks. Lebron knocks someone over, waits to see if he gets called for a foul, passes out to JR Smith who makes a 30 foot 3-pointer. I feel like that happened a couple of times, and I'm not blaming the refs, just unlucky the cavs made threes every time a foul wasn't called.
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Turned out well for them but I thought that was a really stupid play by LeBron...giving up an uncontested 12 ft shot for a 30ft three.
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01-12-2016, 11:34 PM
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I'm not sure how you say the defense is bad. We held them to 41.9% shooting. At times, the defense was awesome against Lebron. You aren't going to stop him the entire game. And Kyrie and Love both were held to very bad percentages. That is a championship contending team. We were literally a rebound away from winning the game. I just don't see anything to be too upset about ... other than those damned 17 offense rebounds.
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01-12-2016, 11:39 PM
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I thought Parsons played pretty good D early but we simply have no answer for strong SFs. Tomorrow night will be another challenge in that area.
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01-12-2016, 11:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rimrocker
That closing lineup defense was bad. Zaza was a monster in the paint and sat the entire OT. Will never understand Rick at times.
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The Cavs went small. I actually think Rick waited too long to match them.
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01-12-2016, 11:45 PM
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This game is a good reminder that the Mavs are almost a good team.
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01-12-2016, 11:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Popeye
The Mavs had some tough breaks. Lebron knocks someone over, waits to see if he gets called for a foul, passes out to JR Smith who makes a 30 foot 3-pointer. I feel like that happened a couple of times, and I'm not blaming the refs, just unlucky the cavs made threes every time a foul wasn't called.
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Kyrie made the shot.
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01-12-2016, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart
This game is a good reminder that the Mavs are almost a good team.
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I just don't understand statements like this. Mavs are not as good as 4 teams: CLE, GSW, SAS, and OKC. Any other team in the league, they are arguable just as good or better. And all this coming off a crazy first half of the season as far as player lineups. Just try to see what this team could do come playoff time and having a full season to gel together.
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01-12-2016, 11:51 PM
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I guess Evans, Simba, and Powell will play a lot tomorrow? Because it's still a head scratcher that every game we roll out one small guard after another, and if it doesn't work then oh well... and in a game where we lost the TO battle and gave up way too many offensive boards... Just seems there may be a connection...........
I know no team uses the whole bench but ugh... Rly wish the backup pg mins went to more of a hot hand approach so we could get someone like Evans in for a game where we are drilled on boards, or Anderson to get some burn.
Cavs 97 shots
Mavs 79 shots
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01-13-2016, 12:02 AM
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Mavs finally get up for a top team. They still aren't good enough to beat them though. That's a decent team. Nothing more nothing less. 7 seed with the outside shot of 6th seed. Hopefully surprise thunder in first round.
Too many areas of weakness to be a consistent team right now
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01-13-2016, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MavzMan
I just don't understand statements like this. Mavs are not as good as 4 teams: CLE, GSW, SAS, and OKC. Any other team in the league, they are arguable just as good or better. And all this coming off a crazy first half of the season as far as player lineups. Just try to see what this team could do come playoff time and having a full season to gel together.
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Raptors, Heat, Hawks, Clippers.
If we're talking 7 game series, I say the Mavs are a top 10 team right now. They aren't quite there yet
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01-13-2016, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by FreshJive
Kyrie made the shot.
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You're right. I feel like JR made some lucky shots earlier, but it was Kyrie who made the 30 footer late.
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01-13-2016, 12:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MavzMan
I just don't understand statements like this. Mavs are not as good as 4 teams: CLE, GSW, SAS, and OKC. Any other team in the league, they are arguable just as good or better. And all this coming off a crazy first half of the season as far as player lineups. Just try to see what this team could do come playoff time and having a full season to gel together.
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3-4 this month with the team struggling mightily to beat the Kings and could have easily lost to Minnesota. I'm just not confident in the team's ability to win games.
I am seeing more signs of chemistry in the starting unit (esp Parsons), but they definitely aren't there yet.
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01-13-2016, 07:27 AM
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Well that was a kick in the nuts.
Cavs had 34 bench points - Mavs had 24
and ugh with the 16 TO
AND they shot the ball 18 more times than us!
Last edited by dirt_dobber; 01-13-2016 at 07:29 AM.
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01-13-2016, 09:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MavzMan
I'm not sure how you say the defense is bad. We held them to 41.9% shooting. At times, the defense was awesome against Lebron. You aren't going to stop him the entire game. And Kyrie and Love both were held to very bad percentages. That is a championship contending team. We were literally a rebound away from winning the game. I just don't see anything to be too upset about ... other than those damned 17 offense rebounds.
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It was the layups. At least it felt like it. Especially when we played small. Other than that I agree mavs contested most of the outside shots well
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01-13-2016, 09:44 AM
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This tweet sums it up:
Tim Cato: Mark Cuban says the Mavericks are “good enough to beat any team in the league” but not good enough to take any nights off
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