Mavs 87 Hawks 95 (UGH UGH UGH)

[ghazi]

Oh how irritating this loss is, let me tell you.

Bottom line, our guys just could NOT hit our shots.

I've complained about it a few times now, how we're bottom 5 in league in 3-PT shooting yet were top 5 2 years ago. It's an element that our offense has lost causing us to go from top 3 in efficiency to 8th-9th, which we've been hovering around all year. The difference between a team that makes 34-35% of it's 3's or 37-38% of it's 3's is more significant than it sounds.

HEre's a microcosm of the game:

Down 69-63 in 3rd making a run

Wright misses a 3
Wright gets stripped while driving
Terry misses a 3
Dirk misses a 3
Josh Smith and 1 flagrant by Terry
Singleton misses a 3

Oh how our guys had their chances.

Tonight our guys went 6-31 from behind the arc. It's too many 3-PT'ers for our guys but my god even if we just make 1 outta 3 we win the game.

And to think DIrk/JET missed 3 FT's and we yielded 3 points via technicals.

Had our chances tonight, the shots just didn't fall

Great game for Hollins.

Terry was frustratingly off except for that somewhat LUCK 3 to end the 3rd.

Wright was good, although wide open missed corner 3's are a vexation.

Dirk had a solid game, nothing special.

Kidd was good.

Barea and Bass were good in doses, but inconsistent overall.

I thought the officiating was horrendous. Terry got mauled on one of his 3's. When Dirk complained of the And 1 it was legitimate, and same w/ Carlisle when he was complaining about Smith.

But alas, I thought it went both ways actually.

SIgh, vexing to lose a game in such a manner. Vexing. On to Indiana

I need a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.