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MAVS PULVERIZE WARRIORS IN SAN FRANCISCO
DONCIC TRANSCENDENT

On the second night of a back-to-back, on their fifth game in seven days, without Porzingis and Richardson, coming off an embarrassing blowout to the Kings, the Mavericks looked like aliens had taken over their bodies, smashing the Warriors in the mouth from the first minute and never taking their foot off the gas. WOW!!!


GAME STORY

KP and Richardson remained out with their respective injuries. Redick returned to the lineup after sitting out a game. Luka, Maxi and DFS were all listed as questionable earlier in the day, but were okay to play by game time. Carlisle went with a starting lineup of Luka, Burke, DFS, Maxi, and Powell.

I don’t know what Carlisle said to the boys after their dismal start in the Sac game, but they came out blazing against the Warriors. They began with two Maxi jumpers and a 77-7 alley oop, triggering a GSW time out in the first two minutes. Steph took a one-possession lead, and then the Mavs put together an astounding 25-0 run in the last 8:40!!! Unbelievable! It was a season record low for the Mavs for opponents points scored in a quarter. 

The second period featured a low offensive output by both teams. The Mavs put up a modest 26 points, but the Warriors had a humiliating 17, failing to reach 30 points in the half. Mavs led 62-29 entering the locker room. This was a Golden State season record for fewest points scored in a half and biggest deficit in a half. Whoo-ee!

Golden State came to life in the third quarter, managing to score 35 points, but the Mavs were even stronger with 41. Luka was phenomenal, with a stupendous 29-point frame on 9-11 shooting. That’s more than most players score in a game! OMG!!

The entire fourth period was extended garbage time, and that was the only quarter GS won, with a 39-30 margin over the Mavs’ C team. 

What an incredible game!


STATISTICS

Look no further than the shooting stats. Dallas shot a blistering 51% from distance with 18 treys. They were also 53% inside the arc, and 86% from the line. Comparable percentages for GSW were 44/37/79. Every single Mav who attempted a three shot at least 40% from range except Nate Hinton, who was 0-2 in garbage time. Your boys dominated the entire court, with a 50-34 advantage in PIP. The Warriors played a surprisingly sloppy match, losing 21 points on 18 turnovers, and surrendering a 19-12 advantage in fast-break points. 

The Mavericks had a 28-0 run in the first and second quarters, which is the largest run for any NBA team this season, and the largest one in Mavs history. UN-BE-LIEVABLE!


PLAYERS

DONCIC. This was the Luka Show, pure and simple. He set the tone early, and the match evolved into a continuous Luka highlight reel. Thirty-nine points, 15-23 shooting, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals in a mere 28 minutes of play. After long minutes the night before. Just one breathtaking play after another, not leaving the opponent a moment to breathe. We can only stand in awe. 

STARTERS. Burke got his first start of the season and led the team in minutes with 31. He had 8 points on 2-13 shooting, but did a very good defensive job on Curry in the first half, mostly as half of a double team. Dorian had 13 points and 8 boards. I think DFS is looking a lot more confident of late — that deer-in-the-headlights look he used to sport is pretty much gone now. Maxi’s bruised back looked like it was feeling no pain, as he put up 10 points and 6 rebounds, and only had to play 21 minutes. I didn’t think this was the greatest of nights for Powell. He did grab 8 boards, but wasn’t connecting well, and scored only 3 points in 19 minutes. 

RESERVES.  The bench mob scored an amazing 60 points, soundly thrashing their Warriors counterparts, who had 33. Hardaway and Melli had 13 points apiece, and Brunson was close behind with 12. It probably should be noted that all of Melli’s points came in the fourth quarter. Rick described him as a "sneaky good athlete." Willie had only 6 points and 5 boards in 23 minutes, but was a team-high +41.

GOLDEN STATE. This was a horrible performance by the opponents. Before the contest, Steve Kerr had described it as the biggest game of the season. He threw a tantrum the likes of which I had never seen from him over an alleged double dribble by DFS, and looked like he was in serious distress the entire game. Afterwards, he said he was very disappointed in himself for not having his guys prepared to play. Steph Curry, Destroyer of Worlds, was limited to 27 points. His back-court mate Mychal Mulder had 26 on 10-16 shooting. Draymond had 11 boards, but did not score. 


OBSERVATIONS

Absolutely amazing. A joy to watch. Without KP and J Rich, on the fifth game in seven nights. Very impressive win from an extremely motivated looking Dallas team. It was really satisfying to watch Shaq and DWade have to do pushups for betting against the Mavs, lol. 

I don’t know where this version of the Mavs has been hiding, but I would be happy to see more of them, especially in the postseason. 

Well, not to be a downer, but even a beautiful, spectacular win counts the same as any other. The Lakers and Blazers both won their games tonight, so the Mavericks remain one game ahead of Portland, and two games behind LA. 

The season marches relentlessly on. Your Dallas Mavericks face Detroit on Thursday. I’ll be smiling until then!

The Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde Mavs continue. That win was cathartic. Therapeutic. This team needed something like that. I needed something like that. Essentially a wire-to-wire blowout against a surging competitor in the western conference.

The team was inspired. Trey Burke played probably one of the best defensive games of any Mav player in the last 5 years. No joke. I truly believe Burke's defense in the first, essentially taking Curry out, is what started the run.

THJ had a bounceback game, though I didn't like some of the shot choices and the defense was still lackadaisical at times.

Luka could've easily had 50+ tonight. He was scoring so effortlessly. Every shot made me audibly scream from joy. I cringe every time he grimaces though and I hope the Mavs have a plan to make sure he's 100% ready to go for the playoffs. I'm waiting on the first 50+ point game from Luka, he's teased us too many times. 


 If only they could bring it like this against lesser opponents then we have something.

(04-28-2021, 01:42 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: [ -> ] If only they could bring it like this against lesser opponents then we have something.

Fortunately only above 50% teams will be in the play-offs

(04-28-2021, 01:42 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: [ -> ]I cringe every time he grimaces though and I hope the Mavs have a plan to make sure he's 100% ready to go for the playoffs.

Avoid the play-in and they can rest up during that week or so.

Nice write-up. This, for sure, was one for the ages. I did not know what to expect (I guess we never do with our boys) but I am sure this was not it haha.

Amazing game, great defense, putting the game away in 3 quarters... what more can you ask. I think it's a shame Luka could not go for a personal record in points but we'll take the 12 extra minutes of rest. He's obviously battling through injury and still manages to play like this... wow.

I liked our game-plan to double Curry. I guess our coaches played attention to how other teams try to neutralize Luka.

Of course, the Dubs played very poorly but such a blowout can not just be attributed to this. The Mavs did a lot of things right and should be very proud. As long as we stay in 6th place and can get players some reasonable rest, I am happy.

But in this roller-coaster season, I am not even sure we will put away the Pistons in the next one lol.

It continues to be interesting.

This team certainly keeps it interesting.   I am in the Mavs bubble and I feel like the Mavs are the most Jekyll and Hyde team in the league.  But when you look at other teams, they also have their ups and downs.   Boston lost their 3rd straight last night by losing to OKC at home.   Portland before last nights win was 2-8 in their last 10.  Golden State was rested and made a point that this was a big game only to be outscored 28-0 in a stretch.

I know it is not right to complain in a blowout, but I thought the offense was sloppy in parts of the second and third.  Luckily, Golden State was much worse.

A blowout thought....Bey was not good. I know he is the darling of some, but he got worked on defense.  He needs to be able to be a very good perimeter defender if he wants to find a spot in the NBA.   Just with first impressions, he seems to lack some lateral quickness.  I doubt all four rookies are back next year.   I expect one to hopefully be in the G-leauge (Hinton, I hope).   We have not seen the rookies nearly enough, but my first impressions is I wouldn't be surprised if Bey is not back next year.

(04-28-2021, 06:41 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: [ -> ]I wouldn't be surprised if Bey is not back next year.

Something in the Mavs analytics must have told them that Burke is a great defensive matchup on Curry and that earned him the rare start, because I don't think it would have been conventional wisdom heading into the game.   Wonder how this would translate to another "Bubble Burke" performance in the playoffs if we get matched up against CP3 in the first round.    He's really our best/only option against smaller guards with exceptional short area quickness.    JRich just doesn't have the quick twitch type athletic ability to stay in front of them. 




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Curry still had a very efficient night.  I don’t think the defensive success was so much about stopping him as it was about denying him the ball more than usual and forcing the other players to step up. They didn’t.  The Mavs also seemed to take some very well scouted defensive positions that kept the Warriors from exploiting the Mavs when they overplayed Curry. Good team effort. The Mavs were well prepared for that game, almost like it were a playoff game.

Carlisle was quoted for an interesting remark after the Sac loss. With a veteran team, he would concentrate on showing them what went wrong and how they should improve. With a young team like this, he finds himself needing to be in the role of encouraging them to keep believing in themselves after a bad loss. Maybe that was part of the strategy for setting them on fire, rather than taking them to the woodshed. 

At any rate, one of the things I most liked, as far as coaching this game went, was that they tried some new things. Like a whole different defensive scheme on Curry, as opposed to just doing the usual and sticking DFS on him or something. 

I think we need some new ideas for the stretch run. Maybe Rick was hoping he could save this stuff for the playoffs. But I think breaking some of it out now is good.

(04-28-2021, 02:19 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: [ -> ]as opposed to just doing the usual and sticking DFS on him or something.

This is a very important observation. DFS (and I love him) just is not a lock down defender. And in the past he has been asked to lock down the likes of Curry. I am thrilled that RC didn't go to that and gave TB a shot.

(04-28-2021, 04:29 PM)Kammrath Wrote: [ -> ]This is a very important observation. DFS (and I love him) just is not a lock down defender. And in the past he has been asked to lock down the likes of Curry. I am thrilled that RC didn't go to that and gave TB a shot.

The Mavs Moneyball guys said it looked something like a box and 1 defensive look.