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

[ITHorn 801]

Not sure how good you can feel after being down 17 at half at home, but this feels like a weird one. 

[LurkingHorn 1,066]

Just get it down to 10 going into the 4th. 

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

2 minutes ago, ITHorn said:

Not sure how good you can feel after being down 17 at half at home, but this feels like a weird one. 

Because they were down 31 with 5:43 left in the 2nd?  That’s how I feel better. I wouldn’t call it good. Hopefully their two big dogs cool off at half, and Luka pulls his head out of his ass. 

[ITHorn 801]

5 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Because they were down 31 with 5:43 left in the 2nd?  That’s how I feel better. I wouldn’t call it good. Hopefully their two big dogs cool off at half, and Luka pulls his head out of his ass. 

I agree with you. I think Luka waking up is much more likely than George going for 50 and Clippers hitting 30 threes. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Kyrie is a beast

[JohnnyRage 1,617]

This feelz my nuts.

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

15 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

Just get it down to 10 going into the 4th. 

Now, go tie the motherfucker or at least get it to within 5. 

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

That’s a charge drawn by George. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

That’s a weak moving screen call. 

Come fucking on refs. 

[ITHorn 801]

That has to be something for grabbing his foot. Dirty motherfucker. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Come on Mavs. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Mavs are stepping it up on D. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Come on Kleber. Foul the shit out of him. 

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

Should be down only 1 if we could make our fucking FTs. But I’ll take it. Keep working George hard and keep bodies on Powell and Harden. PJ and DJJ need to play heavy minutes. Kleber is all over them defensively as is Lively. We can’t go too many minutes without Liveky or Gafford in the game. I don’t want to ever see us go small again. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Not a great start the the 4th. Stupid pass by Doncic there. 

[gsoda3 3,263]

Sorry but Luka needs to come out. He's tentative on defense.

[ITHorn 801]

Need to stay aggressive. Clippers already with 3 fouls this Q and the refs have shown no desire to stop calling it tight. 

2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Sorry but Luka needs to come out. He's tentative on defense.

Agreed. I was surprised to see him start fourth given he’d already gone 32 mins. 

[gsoda3 3,263]

Sit Luka. Bring him back with 5 left. He's too tired and banged up to do anything.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,493]

Love this team but godddamn how do they miss all these layups?

Edited April 28 by Bozo_Casanova

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

The defense this quarter is shit

[ITHorn 801]

Shocking to see Westbrook drawing blood on a reckless play. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Kyrie has been a turnover machine in the 4th

[gsoda3 3,263]

Kidd lost this game early in the 4th leaving Luka in. He wasn't contributing on offense and just hung around on defense. We had to compensate for him and gave up 8 easy points. He also picked up his fifth foul so he can't play defense now.

[JohnnyRage 1,617]

100 - 100 never looked so good. Gonna need some some magic now.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,817]

I was extremely close to pulling the trigger on tix this morning.   Thank goodness I didn't.    Really no excuse for coming out this flat with an opportunity to put a stranglehold on this series.  Not good.

[Zepol87 9,188]

Holy fuck Kyrie 

[JohnnyRage 1,617]

There it is.

[JohnnyRage 1,617]

damn.

[Get ln My Van 927]

Is there a reason Kleber is in down the stretch? Dude provides zero presence in the paint.

[ITHorn 801]

Just a few too many live ball turnovers to overcome. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,493]

Westbrook managing a dumb garbage time foul here is classic Westbrook 

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

Harden whipped our ass down the stretch. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,493]

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Harden whipped our ass down the stretch. 

[Surly Bevo 25,055]

Maybe don't come out and go down 23 points in the first quarter, such a shitty start.

[gsoda3 3,263]

Harden whipped our ass down the stretch. 

Easier to do when your guy's too scared to defend you for fear of fouling out. I'm so annoyed with Jason Kidd.

[naija 2,868]

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

[gsoda3 3,263]

Maybe don't come out and go down 23 points in the first quarter, such a shitty start.

We owned the paint last game. Jason Kidd says let's come out and shoot threes.

We come back from 31 down by playing defense and scoring in transition. Jason Kidd says let's let the Clips play offense 5 on 4.

We've got a guy getting blown by on defense every time. Jason Kidd says let's sit our two best rim defenders.

[crum 525]

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

[Firemans4Horn 18,110]

5 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

We come back from 31 down by playing defense and scoring in transition. Jason Kidd says let's let the Clips play offense 5 on 4.

that extremely late double team attempted trap of Harden at mid court early in the 4th that lead to a Plumee layup looked like 5th grade coaching and execution. 

[gsoda3 3,263]

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

It's a combination of Terence Mann guarding him and Luka exerting himself physically on defense. Mann's basically hand checking Luka with impunity and on the other end Luka is getting really tired. I think it's alright, we need to keep playing how we are.

[crum 525]

Just now, gsoda3 said:

11 minutes 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

It's a combination of Terence Mann guarding him and Luka exerting himself physically on defense. Mann's basically hand checking Luka with impunity and on the other end Luka is getting really tired. I think it's alright, we need to keep playing how we are.

Yeah probably, he's got that same limp from the end of the season too with the knee. If we get a single good shooting game it won't be close. Clips look a lot better without Kawhi, but that also aided by them shooting 50% and 63% from deep in the two games without him on high volume lol. Some of those first half shots were just unreal

[JohnnyRage 1,617]

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.

[Rex Kramer 1,338]

1 hour ago, Rex Kramer said:

Should be down only 1 if we could make our fucking FTs. But I’ll take it. Keep working George hard and keep bodies on Powell and Harden. PJ and DJJ need to play heavy minutes. Kleber is all over them defensively as is Lively. We can’t go too many minutes without Liveky or Gafford in the game. I don’t want to ever see us go small again. 

 

44 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

Is there a reason Kleber is in down the stretch? Dude provides zero presence in the paint.

Kleber is a much more effective defender from outside of 8 feet. He is extremely underrated. But yeah, not playing Lively in particular or Gafford in the 4th was Kidd’s biggest mistake. This is why I posted the above. It cost us the game because Harden ate us alive on the 5 foot floater. That wouldn’t have happened with Lively in instead of Kleber. I mean Kleber hit a huge three but had we had a shot blocker, at the very least it would’ve altered several of his inside attempts. This is obvious shit. 

Edited April 28 by Rex Kramer

[speed817 19,391]

 

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,493]

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. 

[LurkingHorn 1,066]

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. 

['stache 21,820]

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. 

Edited April 29 by 'stache

[Skipper 6,136]

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.

[LurkingHorn 1,066]

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.