https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1193365570911121408

Who was the player of the game who upped their game to get the road win?

From what I've seen so far, Dallas needs a bruiser. A somewhat dirty player.

Every game we lost or that ended close they played against a very physical opponent roughing us up.

Portland, Lakers, Orlando, Knicks.

I seriously dislike the gameplan if it really means taking contested early shotclock 3s. 

It's not just Hardaway Jr, even though he is the worst case. Brunson does it, Luka does it, Finney Smith does it etc.

Wasted possessions.

That said, Dallas had bad luck with shots not falling early, lots of in and out balls. Have never seen as many missed layups.

It's not super politically correct here anymore. So why not have a Razzie Award for losses?

Call it Rondo, Odom, Rick, Mr. Fisher or whatever.

https://twitter.com/dallasmavs/status/11...1000179713

https://twitter.com/MavsCoverage/status/...5589514242

Apparently up to the 98th percentile right now.

I've still hope he'll get it especially after watching him against ORLANDO.

Personally I think Carlisle should try THJr as the starter.

https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/...7752893447

Mavs fans have a long and storied history of hating on NBA referees, who as part of a broader conspiracy or acting as lone wolf attempt to job our proud franchise every chance they get. This is a safe space to pile on the officiating whenever you see fit. 

I'll start us off: 

Last night's game against the magic was at risk of resulting in an L due to the latest entry in a long line of garbage calls against the Mavs.  With :52 seconds to go Markelle Fultz clearly slapped DFS right across the forearm resulting in a turnover..  yet it was ruled clean. Lo and behold, this potentially game-changing blown call has today been ruled an Incorrect No Call in the Mavs-Magic two minute report. 


https://official.nba.com/last-two-minute...ntNum=2185
https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.h...0021900109

It's still early for this talk, and I really don't want to jinx us, but the following is what I use to mostly judge how good a playoff team a team will be. Before the losses start coming in is the reason I wanted to get this out there. I also wanted to see what others think or how they differ in thought.

1. To me the biggest thing I look at is losing streaks. Especially in the middle and end of the regular season. Has the team gone on more than a 3 game losing streak? This, to me, tells me how they bounce back from losses, again, especially towards the middle and end of the regular season. If they have, is there a major reason for it (injuries, really tough stretch with back-to-backs and high end competition, etc.)? I think it is significant cause in the playoffs, if you can't bounce back from a loss(es), it could mean disaster.
   
2. How did they do against playoff caliber teams? Did they only beat up on the East and West lesser teams to get there or did they show up against the big teams? 
   

Who was the "player of the game" that stepped up and helped the team get the win?