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EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 01:52 PM

Thunder roll into Dallas

Bullock has a sore knee and is questionable. Otherwise we are healthy.

Thunder are more or less healthy.

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 09:13 PM

Mavs playing weak ball.

Good thing it's the Thunder

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 09:14 PM

Luka under 40% from the field and 0-for on threes again

Dallas41 · 01-17-2022, 09:15 PM

For the 1st time in like forever it appears the Mavs starting lineup actually has legit starters across the board

Luka
Brunson
DFS
Kleber
KP

With Brunson taking his game up a notch he may have developed into a legitimate starting PG

Kleber I'd say is a borderline starter so not too bad.

Don't think that lineup was ever used by RC for significant minutes together.

Dallas41 · 01-17-2022, 09:28 PM

Dwight Powell might be the weakest rim protector in the league.

Dude is a traffic cone

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 09:30 PM

Lots of games this year where we can't get to 40% and 30% from three

It's good that we have defense because that would be a blowout if we didn't

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 09:32 PM

Luka 0-4 but he's gonna keep shooting the step-back fadeaway three with 20 seconds on the shotclock.

Dallas41 · 01-17-2022, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Luka 0-4 but he's gonna keep shooting the step-back fadeaway three with 20 seconds on the shotclock.

I know some fans won't like hearing this but at this point he's no better than Westbrick at shooting 3's

That's why I wish he would limit himself to around 3-5 per game at least until he does start knocking them down a 35% clip

Dallas41 · 01-17-2022, 10:14 PM

THJ has turned into a one of the biggest brick shooters in the league and every time Powell hits the floor our interior defense becomes a layup drill

Scoobay · 01-17-2022, 10:15 PM

damn the refs hate Luka - don't call anything - clear hack on the arm and nothing
meanwhile Josh Green barely touches Shai and the whistle is blown

Scoobay · 01-17-2022, 10:33 PM

sloppy passing...

missing wide open 3's...

ugh

on the bright side KP is stoning folks left and right with some big blocks

Scoobay · 01-17-2022, 10:42 PM

man Dort is just a football player out there throwing his body around
i mean he's big and all but that's not basketball

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 10:44 PM

Luka another game shooting 25% and 0-6 from three

He needs to get off the Westbrick donut tour and start dieting

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 10:45 PM

About to throw this one away

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 10:46 PM

Mavs other than Luka and Brunson - 43% from three

Luka and Brunson 0-9

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 10:47 PM

Up 2 and 2fts to seal it and THJ can’t his his FT

JTmoney2424 · 01-17-2022, 10:48 PM

Choke job by THJ

Stylistic · 01-17-2022, 10:49 PM

so many missed easy buckets and wide open good looks as well tonight. This game should not be this close.

JTmoney2424 · 01-17-2022, 10:52 PM

Now Green chokes. Amazing how awful these guys are at FTs

Stylistic · 01-17-2022, 10:52 PM

yikes.

Scoobay · 01-17-2022, 10:52 PM

Josh with 2 misses too...

JTmoney2424 · 01-17-2022, 10:54 PM

Very fortunate to get this win.

Stylistic · 01-17-2022, 10:54 PM

good defense THJ. Nearly choked that one.

DevinHarriswillstart · 01-17-2022, 11:02 PM

What's up with Chriss not playing? Just weird we go to all that trouble to waive WCS and then he gets a DNP.

And this should have been an easy win, but the Mavs still don't know how to shoot. Shit, maybe it is the damn ball. Gotta blame something I guess.

DevinHarriswillstart · 01-17-2022, 11:42 PM

Can you imagine how good we'd be if we weren't a terrible shooting team?

EricaLubarsky · 01-17-2022, 11:50 PM

Luka came into the league shooting 32.7%

We all knew that if he worked on his shot, he’d dominate the game of basketball and be totally unstoppable

Luka is now shooting 28.9% and is one more 4-17 game away from having his worst overall shooting season in the NBA

SMC0007 · 01-18-2022, 09:26 AM

Refs were pretty bad. SGA is good but those anticipated fouls by the refs were silly.

I love that our defense is winning us games. We can have bad shooting games and still win. The shooting is going to come and go but the defense has been consistent.

I like Green being in the game late. Giddy worked him when he was headed to the line and he missed both but Kidd deliberately wanted to get him the experience we all want him to have. THJ missed both of his too, but he had a great defensive effort on the last play. He was all over that play to end the game.

DannyFortsonBakedPotato · 01-18-2022, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Luka came into the league shooting 32.7%

We all knew that if he worked on his shot, he’d dominate the game of basketball and be totally unstoppable

Luka is now shooting 28.9% and is one more 4-17 game away from having his worst overall shooting season in the NBA

Stop cherry picking. When Luka has a negative +/-, you bring it up. Every single time. Yesterday he was +12, and not a peep from you. It's hilarious how every single GD post you made about Luka today was about his poor shooting. Yes, he shot like shit. Yes, the efficiency is a big a problem. But if you're going to go in on his cons you should at least have the decency to also mention to mention the 11 rebounds, or 12 assists (could have been 15+ if guys hit open shots), or great FT shooting (12-14), or good defense (3 steals AND 3 blocks). He played a phenomenal game aside from the garbage shooting. At least paint the full picture...

Josh Green's worst game in awhile. He was awful.

THJ still can't shoot.

DannyFortsonBakedPotato · 01-18-2022, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Can you imagine how good we'd be if we weren't a terrible shooting team?

WCF, probably.