Mavs cruise Santa Monica Boulevard (and play the Lakers after)

[EricaLubarsky]

THJ - out
Franky - out
Burke - out
Chriss - out
Pinson - out

LeBron - questionable
Davis - out
Nunn - out
Bradley - out

Mavs are 14-6 in last 20
Lakers are 6-14 in last 20

Don’t lose an embarrassing one

[BPo001]

What’s up with Franky Smokes and Chriss? Injuries?

[SMC0007]

Easy win

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by BPo001

What’s up with Franky Smokes and Chriss? Injuries?

Chriss - they say sore knee. I think we need bigs enough that it's probably legit.

Frank - sprained his ankle two weeks ago. No record that it was bad so I assume he will be back soon

Burke - sore shoulder. I wonder if they are just saving face with him now that he's probably the 5th or 6th guy down the depth chart. We need some people to be inactive

Pinson - finger. I think he was brought on to be a player-coach. I know he brings good energy and coaching. I don't think they have him here to play so they might as well have him taking one of the two inactive slots.

THJ - no updates on the broken foot, but crazy that he needed surgery. Does it mean that it was really bad and he won't be back this season or do NBA players just have better care and surgeries help recovery? When I broke my foot they put it in a cast and told me to wait a few weeks.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

THJ - out
Franky - out
Burke - out
Chriss - out
Pinson - out

LeBron - questionable
Davis - out
Nunn - out
Bradley - out

Mavs are 14-6 in last 20
Lakers are 6-14 in last 20

Don’t lose an embarrassing one

I think you're giving the Lakers too much credit

They are actually tied with Houston for the worst record in the league over the last 20 games (4-16) LOL

Anthony Davis has probably missed as many games as KP over the last 2 seasons

[saclare]

Originally Posted by Dallas41

I think you're giving the Lakers too much credit

They are actually tied with Houston for the worst record in the league over the last 20 games (4-16) LOL

Anthony Davis has probably missed as many games as KP over the last 2 seasons

AD has played in exactly 1 more game than KP over the last 3 seasons (this one included). And it's likely KP is back before AD though his latest "bone bruise" has taken quite a bit to heal up.

[Dallas41]

The Mavs have generally been at their best (plus-8.8 points per 100 possessions) in the first quarter and their loss in Utah on Friday was a tale of two halves, where they scored just 42 points on 44 possessions after halftime after scoring 67 on 49 before. They had chances down the stretch and were 3-for-13 on clutch shots, going 0-for-6 from 3-point range in the final three minutes.

But the Mavs now lead the league with 12 wins (they’re 12-20) in games they trailed by double-digits, with their comeback from 21 points down at Golden State on Sunday being their first win in a game they trailed by more than 20 points since they had two in the 2020 bubble. They’re still just 18-for-78 (23%) on clutch 3s, but Spencer Dinwiddie (2-for-24 on clutch 3s in his final full season with Brooklyn, 7-for-15 this season) hit a big one off a feed from Luka Doncic, capping a remarkable, 26-1 run and putting the Mavs up six with less than two minutes left. Dinwiddie has come off the bench in his four games with his new team, but he’s played as many minutes with Doncic (72) as he has with any other teammate and the Mavs have scored 116.8 points per 100 possessions in those 72 minutes.

The Mavs will get two more chances against the Jazz later this season (having lost the first two meetings by a total of nine points) and the Warriors will get another chance against the Mavs on Thursday.

[Melonhead]

Too Luka centric right now.

[Melonhead]

But also that’s okay sometimes

[BPo001]

HOLY SHIT LUKA! I didn’t know he could jump that high

[BPo001]

I heard that foul on SD from my couch

[BPo001]

Is that Pinston in street clothes on the bench cheering on the guys? He’s up on his feet talking every possession

[Melonhead]

LUKA GOT BUNNIES

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by BPo001

Is that Pinston in street clothes on the bench cheering on the guys? He’s up on his feet talking every possession

Yeah that’s him haha

[Melonhead]

We got a fucking squad boys

[BPo001]

Powell throwing down the hammer!

[BPo001]

Even Josh Green is having his way down low

[BPo001]

Lakers are imploding right before our eyes.

[BPo001]

Lebron gonna get his 25 to catch Kareem, and exit early in the 4th because they are down by 20.

[EricaLubarsky]

What happened to Doncic

Dude could have two straight games of 2 assist

[BPo001]

About time DFS starts making his open 3’s

[EricaLubarsky]

Dinwiddie on pace for 16pts, 14assists

[EricaLubarsky]

21 down to 10

[EricaLubarsky]

21 down to 7

Mavs need to step it up

[Melonhead]

So I guess we’re the warriors tonight

[EricaLubarsky]

8-0 run to start the half

Mavs have gone 4 minutes without a point

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka forgot how to play and make FTs

[Melonhead]

I’m about to be mad as hell ain’t I

[Melonhead]

Fuck

[EricaLubarsky]

10-1 to start the half

One point was on a split FT trip

[EricaLubarsky]

Fuck the Lakers and fucking score a point

They don’t even have good defense. We’re just ass.

[BPo001]

Classic Dallas 3rd quarter

[EricaLubarsky]

13-1

6 minutes with one point

[JTmoney2424]

Defense has been atrocious to start the half. Literally every 3 is wide open and if they aren’t guarding anyone, they are fouling.

[Dallas41]

Mavs pulling a choke job right now

They've already lost to the Lakers at the buzzer like 2 or 3 times in the last 2 years and it would be an embarrassment if that happened again after leading by 15 points

[Dallas41]

Luka needs to go in post and punish them since the jumpers aren't falling right now

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs look like they don’t care and it’s sad TBH

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka goes from being an unguardable god to being the worst liability on the court

[BPo001]

What happened and why did the lakers get the ball back after the Lebron 3?

[EricaLubarsky]

Kidds defensive strategy is to get them to take open threes until they miss them