Game 5 - Jazz at Mavs - 8:30 CT on TNT

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Originally Posted by Dallas41

Why doesn't DFS get more attention for all defensive team?


Mitchell is shooting 37 percent from the floor and 19 percent from three in this series after a Game 5 showing where he was 4-of-15 from the floor and missed all seven of his three pointers. Dorian Finney-Smith has been glued to Mitchell’s hip, pestering him at the three point line and using his length to contest almost everything inside the arc. As much as the Mavericks have thrived on offense despite Doncic’s absence, the defense, and particularly Finney-Smith, deserve deeper consideration. So many times in the past a small, trigger happy guard would torch the Mavericks and their conservative drop coverage. The Mavericks coaching staff has Finney-Smith more aggressive than ever before and it’s working

Completely agree - unfortunately, his defensive rep has taken some time to build and if you don't have that rep, then you're just as likely to be called for fouls.
hopefully this will be the start of more recognition for DFS which should only help him. having a rep for defense gives you a little more wiggle rooms with foul calls

having a partner on the other side of things in Bullock has helped too - in past we couldn't have DFS guard two different wings so we'd inevitably get torched by one of them. hope Green can continue to mature and be a 3rd piece of our 3nD team because we don't want to run DFS and Bullock into the ground with so many minutes. would be nice to have DFS and bullock at 36 minutes each and Green around 24 so we always have two of them on the court at the same time.