Post Game Thread Dallas @ Houston

[Bayliss]

Someone else can make a recap of the game. I don't feel like it.

If Dirk doesn't get his ssh*t together it will be a VERY tough stretch coming up. It's like he has been p*ssified since the injury.

[jfbradley1985]

Copied from the other thread, note it!

Yall were saying JJ would have to match Aaron Brooks. Well, goes without saying Aaron brooks whooped the mavericks.

Last game you all faulted the refs, and for dirk being out. He seemed to be slow but ehhhh whateves.

Houston = no superstars and win tonight, Great win!

Dallas = Superstars with a loss.




BTW, just wanted to give some credit to Dallas tho... In a 7 game playoff right now dallas would win BIG TIME.

Buuuut, after the McGrady trade and having 23 mil cap space, who knows after that with all the talent already on the Rockets.

Good luck the rest of the year Mavs, yall are gonna kill it for the rest of the season.

[aurelino9]

Perhaps a game like this will make RC use Beaubois and others more. Like someone else said, if JJB can't be semi-productive offensively, Kidd's gonna have to play a lot of minutes, and Kidd's minutes are always hard minutes. Not to mention the points JJB gives up on the other end.

No shame in losing a tough, competitive game on the road. They fought back hard after being down by double digits. The interior defense was great in the second half but they seem to give up big 3s at the wrong time.

Was good to see Howard play well, although he makes stupid plays from time to time. And yes, this is going to be a tough stretch if Dirk doesn't go back to being the player he was before the injury.

[jacktruth]

Two characteristics about the mavs over the last 10 years stays true:

1. They cannot guard the perimeter
2. They do not move without the basketball

[badfish22]

Too bad there is no one on our 8 man team that can defend Aaron Brooks.

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by badfish22

Too bad there is no one on our 8 man team that can defend Aaron Brooks.

I do know of a 9th person available that could do a pretty good job, though...

[Bayliss]

Dampier: He sucked in the first half. He was horrendous in the opening minutes. He picked it up in the second half by blocking shots, and rebounding. But he couldn't score and couldn't catch tonight.

Barea: He got majorly exposed tonight. If he doesn't score in the first quarter he is pretty worthless. He provided no defense whatsoever.

Marion: Played a really great game. Missed a couple of chippys inside but played great defense, rebounded.... was a huge spark in the 3rd and 4th.

Kidd: played pretty well, but why can't he be behind the 3 point line? He hustled big time in the game and made several key plays. Missed the 3 at the end.

Dirk: absolutely sucked. Sure he got in foul trouble but he is way too passive. He would pass up an open jumper off the pick and roll to swing it to Howard for a 3... (who missed all of them that Dirk passed to btw.) He tried to make up for it with defense but the Mavs have to have his scoring.

Howard: played pretty well. Had several good rebounds in the 4th. Scored pretty well.

Terry: played pretty well. Hate the fact that he doesn't reboujnd worth a damn though.

Gooden: played extremely well. Really under control. Was a nice energy guy in the 4th quarter.

[LetsGoMavs]

Originally Posted by badfish22

Too bad there is no one on our 8 man team that can defend Aaron Brooks.

...you re so right...

Roddy destroyed Brooks the last time we met them @ Houston - its a real shame that RC thinks he has to use a super tight rotation so early in the season.

edit: uh...fluid.forty.one was a bit faster

[xrobx]

well looks like fans of every other nba team in texas gets to have a happy new year besides us, FML

[GermanDunk]

Uh, i just returned from club. Ugly. So neither GD nor the Mavs did score obviously.

[Windmill360]

spurs are right there... right there to snatch up the division. Like every single year, they just start slow.

[horse900703]

A good way to close out 09.

[jcm28]

Dont get all depressed just because we lost 1 game. At least we are second in the west, which is much more than most NBA teams can say.

[Thomas86]

The Spurs and Lakers have 2 of the most easiest schedule's in the West right now, both teams have a bunch of home games in the first 2 months of the season so they can build team chemistry just like Stern wanted, as for the Mavs I mean if Rick is not gonna play Roddy then send him to the damm NBA D-League so he can get some playing time and whon't wast away sitting on the bench....the Mavs/Carlisle said they got Roddy because of all the fast PG's in the west but when the Mavs play a team with a speedy PG Roddy is sitting on the bench?, If the Spurs get the 2 sead in the west and past the Mavs Carlisle is gonna look like a dumba** for using a 8 man rotation this early in the season.

[mavsfan1000]

Originally Posted by Thomas86

The Spurs and Lakers have 2 of the most easiest schedule's in the West right now, both teams have a bunch of home games in the first 2 months of the season so they can build team chemistry just like Stern wanted, as for the Mavs I mean if Rick is not gonna play Roddy then send him to the damm NBA D-League so he can get some playing time and whon't wast away sitting on the bench....the Mavs/Carlisle said they got Roddy because of all the fast PG's in the west but when the Mavs play a team with a speedy PG Roddy is sitting on the bench?, If the Spurs get the 2 sead in the west and past the Mavs Carlisle is gonna look like a dumba** for using a 8 man rotation this early in the season.

Yep it's so obvious to us. Why can't Carlisle see it?

[mac222b]

what's baffling is that Roddy played well when given the chance. he was shooting w/ confidence. his defense on Jennings against the Bucks changed that game's momentum and helped us get the win. then Jennings basically came out and said Roddy played him tough. why not build on the positives? I think that if we'd drafted Teague, Maynor, Collison, Lawson or Matthews they'd be getting minutes for us(and all are playing on playoff caliber teams). seems like Roddy's ready to hang with those guys right now whether he played 4 yrs. of college ball or not. we're not there for practice so Carlisle gets the benefit of the doubt. but the 8 man rotation is wearing a little thin

[antoinewalker]

so dampier calls out landry's toughness before the game and landry ends up having a better game than him?

[MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs]

That's because Dampier is french.

Frenchmen, they talk sh*t, but they can never back it up.

[tcat075]

Just curious, how did Kidd hit 5 two point shots? Where they mostly all long 2's?

[Bookit]

Originally Posted by tcat075

Just curious, how did Kidd hit 5 two point shots? Where they mostly all long 2's?

It turned out that was the difference in the game. Kidd "toed the line" on at least three long 2 point shots.

[tcat075]

Originally Posted by Bookit

It turned out that was the difference in the game. Kidd "toed the line" on at least three long 2 point shots.

And I thought he was over that this year. He'd done a pretty good job not doing that the first 20 games or so, probably only three or four toe-3's.

[Murphy3]

The difference in the game was Dirk having a bad night. He hasn't looked for his shot nearly as much since the injury. He needs to get his aggressiveness back. Yes, it's important for the team to have many guys that can contribute, but Dirk's still going to have to be the guy that carries a heavy portion of the load.

[muzak]

Originally Posted by Thomas86

The Spurs and Lakers have 2 of the most easiest schedule's in the West right now, both teams have a bunch of home games in the first 2 months of the season so they can build team chemistry just like Stern wanted, as for the Mavs I mean if Rick is not gonna play Roddy then send him to the damm NBA D-League so he can get some playing time and whon't wast away sitting on the bench....the Mavs/Carlisle said they got Roddy because of all the fast PG's in the west but when the Mavs play a team with a speedy PG Roddy is sitting on the bench?, If the Spurs get the 2 sead in the west and past the Mavs Carlisle is gonna look like a dumba** for using a 8 man rotation this early in the season.

+1

And I don't want to hear all you Carlisle apologist say otherwise. We needed him to get some burn this game. I have mixed feelings about RC.

[LonghornDub]

To me, this game just proves that the Mavs are generally a better team than the Rockets. The Rockets have now had big leads all 4 times this year, and the Mavs have turned the screws and come back all 4 times. Twice they won blowouts, once they lost in an OT period that included some questionable calls, and last night they lost by 3 after their two best shooters missed a series of easy jump shots that would have given them the lead and ultimately probably put the game away.

More than anything, I was impressed as hell with the Mavs' defensive effort in the second half last night. They gave up only 41 points in the half and they really had some fantastic possessions. If Dirk is his usual self or Terry makes a couple of those easy jumpers, ball game.

[GuerillaBlack]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

To me, this game just proves that the Mavs are generally a better team than the Rockets. The Rockets have now had big leads all 4 times this year, and the Mavs have turned the screws and come back all 4 times. Twice they won blowouts, once they lost in an OT period that included some questionable calls, and last night they lost by 3 after their two best shooters missed a series of easy jump shots that would have given them the lead and ultimately probably put the game away.

More than anything, I was impressed as hell with the Mavs' defensive effort in the second half last night. They gave up only 41 points in the half and they really had some fantastic possessions. If Dirk is his usual self or Terry makes a couple of those easy jumpers, ball game.

It's no secret that the Mavs are a better team than the Rockets. But, you have to give credit to this Rockets team. Sounds like a broken record, but the Rockets don't have ANY superstars. They have 20 wins already this season. Plus, you have to remember, we still have McGrady's contract to move. The latest rumors have Iggy coming to Houston...

That would be something. Too bad the Rockets and Mavs have already player their games this season.

Originally Posted by antoinewalker

so dampier calls out landry's toughness before the game and landry ends up having a better game than him?

Shaq - "Who?? You mean, Erica Dampier?? He IS the second best center....in the WNBA".

And Landry is in Dirk's head.

[RareMilk]

So that makes for the last regular season meeting? We had many opportunities...*sigh*

[CadBane]

It might help of Dirk touched the ball a little more often. And no, he's not passing up touches, that's a separate issue. RC has been awful as of late.

[SMC0007]

Any of our guards that wanna guard another guard would be good.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by GuerillaBlack

And Landry is in Dirk's head.

More like in his elbow.

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

More like in his elbow.

Nice.