Houston @ Dallas Gameday Thread

[EricaLubarsky]

and the other 3 standing outside the 3 pt line....hell Houston just packs it in around the paint....none of those 3 are a threat....

Finley, finley, finley.

Howard is actually 46% at home from three. Daniels is 16.7% overall from three and 11.1% at home.

[DubOverdose]

JHo was taken out because of 2 fouls. I agree he should be covering TMac though.

[MavsFanFinley]

Mavs lead 25-24 after 1st quarter:

Howard (8) 1-2, 2pts, 2rbs, 1to, 1stl

Dirk (12) 5-10, 0-1, 10pts, 4rbs, 1as, 1stl

Dampier (10) 0-1, 1-2, 1pt, 3rbs, 1as, 1to

Daniels (12) 3-4, 1-2, 7pts, 1to, 1stl

Harris (9) 1-1, 1-1, 3pts, 3as, 1to

Stackhouse (4) 0-1, 1as

Terry (3) 1rb, 1as

Bradley (1) 1-1, 2pts, 1rb

Booth (1)

[Bookit]

Stackhouse is easy to hate.

[EricaLubarsky]

Booth!!!! what a block on Ming.

3blocks in the last game.

[u2sarajevo]

Bradley has owned Yao the last 2 years.... why is he sitting on the pine?

[EricaLubarsky]

Ming 1-3 versus Damp. 2-3 against Bradley and Booth

Booth actually has a lot of elevation and isnt too bad guarding Ming on the jumper and drive, but he has neither the height (Bradley), nor the bulk (Damp) to do much about Ming when he tried to get down low. Booth can't keep him out of the paint, and he can't get rebounds over him when he's there.

[Bookit]

Originally posted by: EricaLubarsky
Ming 1-3 versus Damp. 2-3 against Bradley and Booth

On que, here comes Damp.

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

Did they call a Kickball on a lob entry pass to Yao???

[Bayliss]

I haven't watched Stackhouse in a long time. I love the way he can get to the free throw line. But he drives me xrazy just about every time he touches the ball.

(Btw, I like the way Terry and Harris are looking for others instead of jacking up shots. Daniels needs to do the same.)

[EricaLubarsky]

Kerr, "that was hard to call" as the replay makes it even more obvious that Sura hit it THREE times before it went out of bounds.

[EricaLubarsky]

1-4 shooting for Yao against Damp

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[Murphy3]

Dirk needs to take the ball to the rim.
I'm still shocked at how little respect Dirk gets from officials.

[Bookit]

How many times will Kerr mention either Nash or Phoenix tonight?

[acebball]

Steve Kerr...part owner of the Suns and part of the posse that recruited Steve Nash...which, of course he does not disclose when lyingly states that the Mavs are now one of worst turnover teams in the league...no..we are not...we are are tied with San Antonio and Detroit at 14.3 per page...I don't think that is our issue...it is primarily assists...where we are 2nd worst in the league...

Also...I think that Jason Terry needs to take the reins off...he torched Dallas for 46 pts last year...he can be a legit scorer but now looks indecisive...he needs to look more for his shot, which we will create assists opportunites...Nash made teams worry about his shot...Terry needs to do the same...

[Murphy3]

Dirk's gone ice cold. He almost airballed the turnaround jumper...the one where he fakes left and turns right..he's been drilling that shot all year..had no pressure and almost came up all air.

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

Is Nellie goin to make Dirk go 48 tonight?!

[Murphy3]

How much of a load of crap was it taking that third foul away from yao earlier?

[EricaLubarsky]

Dirk is 1-8 since the hot start

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

Originally posted by: Murphy3
How much of a load of crap was it taking that third foul away from yao earlier?

It was always on Mo.

Thats just Marv covering his ass.

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: EricaLubarsky
Dirk is 1-8 since the hot start

The bad thing is that he's missing good looks. The good thing is that he rarely stays cold this long. So, he's due for an extremely hot streak coming up sometime very soon.

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: PepperTheMavsFan41

It was always on Mo.

Thats just Marv covering his ass.

It might have been called on Mo, but it was Yao committing the foul.



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Dirk's way short on alot of his shots.....But, at least he's getting to the line.

[Bookit]

Ok, time to get out of the zone.

[EricaLubarsky]

Kerr mentions Marion as one of the superstar innovators of the power forward spot?

[Bayliss]

Dirk probably needs a break.

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

-Steve Kerr, "Dirk on fire early on"


Get a clue.

[acebball]

el...why you are surprised...he is an owner of the suns...

[DubOverdose]

Originally posted by: Murphy3

It might have been called on Mo, but it was Yao committing the foul.



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Dirk's way short on alot of his shots.....But, at least he's getting to the line.

Sure was Yao fouling, but not called on him!

[EricaLubarsky]

agreed. He just needs to get his legs (and possibly ankles) back under him. 16 points 7 rebounds in the half, though. If he hadnt gone ice cold (1-9), he could have 22-25 points in the half.

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: Bayliss
Dirk probably needs a break.

Possibly. He needs to keep taking the ball to the rim while in the game. His jumper has obviously left him...so be aggressive. He's drawing some fouls and getting to the line....plus, he's quickly becoming absolutely dominant on the d-boards.

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: PepperTheMavsFan41
-Steve Kerr, "Dirk on fire early on"


Get a clue.

Dirk was on fire early on....it just didn't last too long.

[EricaLubarsky]

I wonder why the refs wait until the miss to bail players out?

[EricaLubarsky]

gotta hate Dickau for almost killing Dirk's fingers, but he was the only one to rise to his feet and clap when Dirk finally hit that jumper.

[Murphy3]

f'ing ball rimming out....

7-17 is only acceptable when you get to the line 8 times and make all of them. He's gotta start hitting some damn shots.

[Bayliss]

Throw out McGrady's stats and the Rockets are shooting pretty horrible.

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

Just imagine if he woulda made 3 of the wide open 5 or 6 shots.

Hed have 30 by now.

[twelli]

turns out to be a shootout between Dirk and T-Mac

let's have T-Mac score 40 and the Mavs win

[MavsFanFinley]

Mavs lead 56-51 at the half:

Howard (18) 1-2, 2pts, 2rbs, 1as, 1to, 2stls

Dirk (24) 7-17, 0-1, 8-8, 22pts, 9rbs, 1as, 2stls, 1blk

Dampier (16) 0-1, 1-2, 1pt, 3rbs, 1as, 1to

Daniels (14) 3-5, 1-2, 7pts, 1rb, 1to, 1stl

Harris (9) 1-1, 1-1, 3pts, 3as, 1to

Stackhouse (16) 2-6, 3-4, 7pts, 3rbs, 1as, 1to

Terry (15) 4-4, 1-1, 9pts, 1rb, 2as

Bradley (5) 1-1, 2pts, 1rb

Booth (3) 1-1, 1-2, 3pts, 1rb

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

Dirk went all 24 min in that half. Only a small break at the end of the 2nd.


The rest of the Mavs are 13-21, which is 62%. Nice.

The Rook got the hook, then sat the rest of the half.

[PepperTheMavsFan41]

Also, A better half by Stack. He still cant shoot, but at least he got a couple of boards and got to the line.

Babysteps.