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On 8/1/2020 at 1:05 PM, Skipper said:

Infuriating game, but seriously, it was fun to be pissed off at sports again.  Been a long time.

 

On 8/1/2020 at 12:51 PM, Jive Turkey said:

 i guess i miss the hurt and anger when my teams disappoint me.  but the last 4 months weren't that bad, were they?

 

These. Ending fucking sucked, but by god, that offense makes my basketball boner go crazy. 

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This shit is just silly - How do we just go ice cold in the second half after shooting the lights out, AGAIN, in the first half to the tune of 73+ ?!?!

I just don’t get it, but we need to mix it up, as these shooting numbers are terribad.

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13 minutes ago, Happy Gilmore said:

Absolute shit show of a third quarter 

Left my M-I-L’s house at halftime.  Just sat down and flip the game on and we’re down 8.  W. T. F.?!

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TH2 lost this game, but Luka has GOT to be more aggressive in the final seconds.

Create contact, put it up... you want superstar calls you have to act like one, and kicking it out in the closing seconds of a one possession game ain’t gonna get it done.

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That was a phantom foul call on Rubio. He was barely touched

The ability for the refs to change the foul to another player after being challenged on their initial shitty call is highly suspect. even more so when there was hardly any contact to speak of in the first place...
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9 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

ESPN sent me an alert that we lost before we inbounded the ball on the last play.  I guess there’s a bit of a delay on the broadcast.  Thanks ESPN.

No delay. They’ve seen this team enough to know

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1 hour ago, LurkingHorn said:

Our bench has been dog shit in the last two games. 

I still LOVE people acting like this team was fine without Powell and Brunson.  They're not.  The depth they had early in the year and the lethal bench has been broken with a couple of big injuries.

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I haven't been loving the starting lineup of DFS at 4 and KP at 5. I would prefer it to be Luka, THJ/Curry (based on matchips or hot hand), DFS, KP, Maxi.

The next part is from an article that echoes what @Drew mentioned earlier. 

 

The rub for the Mavericks is that while these other title contenders might have more talent one through five, the Mavericks boast broader talent 1 through 10 (with that top two still being pretty damn spicy). When Dallas is at full strength, there’s no questioning the depth they have in terms of rolling out players that can be productive for them.

Here’s where I insert a giant “BUT” in neon blinking letters: in the playoffs and in big, must-win games, having 10 guys isn’t really that big of an advantage. Rotations shrink and minutes increase for your core. You aren’t playing nine to 10 players a game during a playoff series. Also, how much does having 10 quality guys matter when you can only play five of them in the last five minutes of a close game? The Mavericks depth is great for keeping up regular season success — it keeps guys fresh and it helps paper over larger weaknesses just by sheer attrition. Eventually though, talent wins. We might get an unfortunate example of this when the Mavericks face the Clippers in the playoffs.

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3 hours ago, Skipper said:

Finally a damn win.  Feels good man.  Luka needs more help if we want to give the Clips (presumably) a series.  

Not so fast! Only a game up on Denver. And once we punk them on Thurs, they could be tied for the 2-seed. So what if I'm wishcasting

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