Sacramento @ Dallas Game 3 Playoff Thread

[OutletPass]

Good start for our guys...

Bibby sure looks hurt doesn't he ? (Sarcasm:roll[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Dear God, Please tell Nellie to sit Walker down on the pine. Good grief.

[FolterKammer84]

dirk has already got 2 fouls..

[Shooter]

Nash and Dirk with 2 fouls each in the first quarter? Something tells me the Mavs are paying for Cuban's Blog right now.

[MavsFanFinley]

Nice hustle from all the guys.

[MavsFanFinley]

We need Dirk back in there. Or Najera or Bradley or something inside.

[Bookit]

Originally posted by: MavsFanFinley
Much better starts for Finley and Nash. Can they keep it up?

Just because he's injured, you still have to cover Bibby.

You spoke too soon. Fin and Nash still can't shoot.

[Josh]

Is Nash getting abused on D again?

[MavsFanFinley]

Jamison !!!

[bernardos70]

Wow, Queasy will not pass off the drible! But Jamison's quick release pays off and saves a lost play [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[MavsFanFinley]

You spoke too soon. Fin and Nash still can't shoot.

I wasn't talking just about shooting. Nash is penetrating without getting in trouble inside. Fin is attacking the basket a bit more and was diving on the floor for a loose ball.

[OutletPass]

Yep, old Bibby looks "terribly hurt".

Only 15 points in the 1st q on 6-9 shooting

(Nice start up for Jamison, BTW)

[MavsFanFinley]

Mavs lead 33-25 after 1st quarter:

Finley (12) 2-5, 2-2, 6pts, 1rb, 1as, 1stl

Dirk (9) 3-3, 1-1, 2-2, 9pts, 1stl

Walker (11) 3-8, 0-1, 6pts, 5rbs, 1as

Daniels (12) 2-6, 0-1, 4pts, 2rbs, 2as, 1to, 1stl

Nash (11) 1-3, 2pts, 5rbs, 1as, 1to

Jamison (4) 3-3, 6pts, 2rbs, 1to

Howard (1) 0-1, 2rbs, 1as

[FolterKammer84]

we outrebounded them 17-8 . thats a very good some in my opinion. way to go

[Bookit]

Finley is absolutely killing us. Either drive to the hoop or give it up!

[FolterKammer84]

layup after layup . we need shawn in there!

[MavsFanFinley]

Maybe Bayliss was right. We started off hot, but sure look crappy again.

Those fouls on Dirk and Nash might come back to bite us on the ass.

[OutletPass]

Boy, it's getting to be a sloppy ass game. Shooting percentages are 39.4 and 37.5.

I'm starting to get the feeling that Dirk needs to score around 40 tonight to get us a win.

[MavsFanFinley]

The rookies are not doing so good out there. They've gotten some rebounds, but turning it over and threw up some airballs.

What bullshit. 4th foul on Nash !!

[PubaNWO]

There needs to be better decision making on the court....turnovers and bad shot selection is not hurting.....

[MavsFanFinley]

Oh my Walker !!

[OutletPass]

turnovers and bad shot selection is not hurting.....

Oh, c'mon Puba.

[PubaNWO]

did they not know they were not in a zone on that Webber dunk??

god damn!

play some D!

[PubaNWO]

Originally posted by: PubaNWO
There needs to be better decision making on the court....turnovers and bad shot selection is not hurting.....

suppose to say "now" and not "not"

[MavsFanFinley]

The Mavs are not taking advantage once they have a lead. Instead of building on it, they let the Kings back in and change momentum.

[PubaNWO]

Dirk and Nash in foul trouble is not going to be good in the long run.....

[OutletPass]

Thanks for the clarification, Puba.


What a dismal 2nd quarter this has been....Nash with 2 more fouls, Fin and Walker still can't shoot....Jamison has gone 0-4 and the Mavs have scored 12 points with 45 seconds left....good grief.

[MavsFanFinley]

Najera is getting screwed. Who didn't see this coming once Adleman called attention to it?

[PubaNWO]

good end to the 2nd....

man we should be up 20 if it wasn't for some bad shot selection....

[Bayliss]

The lineup of Jamison Daniels Najera Dirk and Fin is a pretty good lineup.

[Bayliss]

We are getting a little screwed on the touch fouls. But if we continue to play hard then the refs will adjust and give us the benefit. It's not a time to shy away from contact. Hit them hard as often as possible.

[PubaNWO]

well Walker's probably not going to take another 3 in the game so that's good news....

he's missed one really open 5 footer which was shot way too stupidly and hard off the back board...other than that I'm not mad at any of his other shot attempts....

3 ugly shots with Walker in a game is gravy.....

but it's not just Walker taking bad ugly shots.....Jamison flung up 2 ridiculous ones that had no shot of going in.....the difference is Walker's shots all came during huge energy and momentum while Jamison's was off no flow or reason...

[PubaNWO]

the team needs to shoot better....no question about that....

Nash has FOUR FOULS??

this is def. not good....

[MavsFanFinley]

Mavs lead 49-42 at the half:

Finley (20) 3-10, 0-1, 2-2, 8pts, 3rbs, 1as, 1stl

Dirk (21) 6-10, 1-1, 4-4, 17pts, 4rbs, 1to, 1stl

Walker (18) 4-10, 0-1, 8pts, 6rbs, 1as, 1to, 2stls

Daniels (20) 3-8, 0-1, 6pts, 2rbs, 2as, 2to's, 2stls

Nash (15) 1-3, 2pts, 5rbs, 3as, 1to

Jamison (14) 4-8, 0-1, 8pts, 2rbs, 1as, 1to, 1stl, 1blk

Howard (8) 0-2, 7rbs, 1as, 3to's, 1blk

Najera (4) 1rb, 1as

[PubaNWO]

Nash has FIVE boards???

is this right??

Finley needs to get to the rim....he's in a huge funk and it's really disappointing....

glad to hear he came out before the game to work on his shot.....

[OutletPass]

Kings are shooting 38.6% and the Mavs are shooting 41.2%.

Who would have bet on that ? or the fact that there would be 19 combined TO's in the 1st half ?

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

I'm still saying that Dirk neeeds to get near 40 points for us to win. Only the Digggler and Tawn are shooting over 50%.

[jayC]

I'm concerned with nash's 4 fouls. Daniels is just so smooth in the post. Finley has been a lot more agressive. He needs to get to the line. I'd like to see him on the block a little more. And Dirk well he has been great.

[MavsFanFinley]

The good thing is that Finley has only attempted one 3-pointer. He's attacked the basket a few times and had a little bit of success. He needs to do more of that. All but one of his jump shots have been wide open, but he just can't buy one. It's frustrating to see him miss so much when he's been smarter with his shots today.

[Novice#41]

looks like Steve don't want to play the till the end...

what the hell is going on there ? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]

[Chiwas]

Bibby 15 points. Nash 2 poins.

Who did they say was injured?

[Chiwas]

Peja 5 points. Who's guarding him? Very good work.