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2023 - 2024 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - I'm watching, just like you guys

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22 minutes ago, naija said:

Is there anyone who actually thinks Jason Kidd is a great coach? Why is he the coach of this team?

Because your big 2 love and respect him. Doncic ran off the last coach, and Kyrie has a long history of being a problem child.

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  • speed817
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    Can't believe they posted this lol

  • Pato del Muerto
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    Love Irving apologizing to his dad into camera for missing free throws

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    Hit a nice little parlay tonight….   Luka 30+ pts (-135) Luka 10+ assists (+105) Luka 10 + rebounds (+110) Dallas team total over 101.5 (-120)   50 to win 400.  

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2 hours ago, crum said:

something is so off about Luka... need him to come alive. Gaff absolutely has the basketball yips out there right now. Hoped Game 3 would break him out

Dead legs. Pretty bad, too. 

12 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Dead legs. Pretty bad, too. 

I think Luka playing 45 minutes is hurting more than helping at a certain point. At the end, he was getting blown by with ease and he was also shooting like shit. I realize they were having to chase the game, but you have to find a way to give him 1 or 2 minutes. 

The Mavs also need to find a way to not be way behind at the beginning of these games. It's happened in 3 of the 4 games. 

I tuned in right at the beginning of the comeback. What a kick in the nuts. Luca definitely looked tired. That's gonna be a problem for sure. Either way, I don't see either LAC or DAL having any real chance at beating the Thunder. 

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16 hours ago, speed817 said:

 

 

Did Kidd talk about this at all post-game?  I did not understand strategy there at all.   I listened to a pre-playoff interview with Cuban and he specifically talked about how rim protection from Gafford and Lively was a huge part of what turned this season around, and then we just abandon it in the 4th quarter.   I'm still at a loss for how we didn't make an adjustment by the 3rd or 4th time Harden drove to the basket without resistance.

2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Did Kidd talk about this at all post-game?  I did not understand strategy there at all.   I listened to a pre-playoff interview with Cuban and he specifically talked about how rim protection from Gafford and Lively was a huge part of what turned this season around, and then we just abandon it in the 4th quarter.   I'm still at a loss for how we didn't make an adjustment by the 3rd or 4th time Harden drove to the basket without resistance.

Apparently, Harden did not take many floaters this year so they were banking on him not being very efficient with them. The problem is they should have adjusted after he hit a couple in a row. 

A big part of getting Luka rest is not going down double digits in the first quarter. It is surprising that Kidd doesn't make more of an emphasis at trying to control the pace of the game in the opening minutes. Even if for no other reason than being able to maintain some semblance of a rotation to allow Luka/Kyrie to rest nominal amounts This has been an issue that has plagued them all season. 

1 hour ago, ITHorn said:

A big part of getting Luka rest is not going down double digits in the first quarter. It is surprising that Kidd doesn't make more of an emphasis at trying to control the pace of the game in the opening minutes. Even if for no other reason than being able to maintain some semblance of a rotation to allow Luka/Kyrie to rest nominal amounts This has been an issue that has plagued them all season. 

Yea, a big issue is usually Kyrie does not get going until the 2nd half. They have to find a way to get him going earlier. I've been very surprised Exum has not gotten more run. He handles the ball reasonably well, at least enough to play 10-12 minutes. Even if you only bring him on for 2 minutes at a time, it seems like they could find ways to keep the ship afloat without running Luka and Kyrie into the ground. 

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A big part of getting Luka rest is not going down double digits in the first quarter. It is surprising that Kidd doesn't make more of an emphasis at trying to control the pace of the game in the opening minutes. Even if for no other reason than being able to maintain some semblance of a rotation to allow Luka/Kyrie to rest nominal amounts This has been an issue that has plagued them all season. 
Kidd doesn't emphasize anything. He doesn't steer the ship. I'd say he thinks his role is to make sure the ship doesn't crash or become beached but we had last year where we completely missed the playoffs so I don't know what he thinks he's doing.
Yea, a big issue is usually Kyrie does not get going until the 2nd half. They have to find a way to get him going earlier. I've been very surprised Exum has not gotten more run. He handles the ball reasonably well, at least enough to play 10-12 minutes. Even if you only bring him on for 2 minutes at a time, it seems like they could find ways to keep the ship afloat without running Luka and Kyrie into the ground. 
Exum has been unplayable this series which has been a surprise. He was doing so well all year.

happy to not be down 15+ after the first quarter.

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Jamal Crawford is openly rooting against Luka

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Wish PJ could make some open looks
Like free throws?
7 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Wish PJ could make some open looks

 

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Can’t afford to get blown out of water during these scoring by committee mins. That timeout was the biggest adjustment by Kidd all series..  

the luka end of half ridiculous 3 attempt.   it is just a waste.  get to the basket.

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So far one of either gafford or lively has been in the game the entire time. No small ball tonight. Yet.

They should start referring to them as the Clippers FC

Odds are high that Westbrook will go full bitch mode again before this game is over. 

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The defensive intensity has been a blast to watch. 
We're moving really well

Everytime Josh Green shoots a wide open 3, an angel loses their wings

12 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:
14 minutes ago, ITHorn said:
The defensive intensity has been a blast to watch. 

We're moving really well

Yep. Cool to see Kyrie set the tone defensively when it hasn’t been a huge scoring night for him. 

Tucker came in just to go WWF and muck up the game.  The officials need to stop that shit

that non call on the Harden pushoff on Luka was ridiculous.  refs just ignore everything Harden does.  It is so obvious

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Everytime Josh Green shoots a wide open 3, an angel loses their wings
Haha yeah. BUT Josh green had one of the best 3pt % in the entire NBA on corner threes this year.

Apparently nobody on this team is capable dribbling the ball up the floor other than Luka and Kyrie. 

Luka has played 37 minutes. Time to see if we can keep the lead around 20 and let him rest. Quick turnaround for Friday. 

need to end this as soon as possible so we can get Luka out.  I would not put it past the Clippers to try to take him out.

Pull Luka already, should have been pulled way earlier.

3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

This a good team yall

Seems like the Clippers have won 2 halves in this series and that’s what has kept them in it. If the Mavs would have had even just subpar halves in those games, this would be over. 

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Seems like the Clippers have won 2 halves in this series and that’s what has kept them in it. If the Mavs would have had even just subpar halves in those games, this would be over. 
Two quarters really. Q1 in game 1 and Q2 in game 3.

I realize its hard to have 3 shot dominate guys but 14 pts in 6 minutes Hardy makes me think wtf??????    

Two quarters really. Q1 in game 1 and Q2 in game 3.

I would say quarter 2 in game one(Mavs scored a historically bad 8 points) and first half of game 4.

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