Game 31: Dallas Mavericks (19-11) vs. Phoenix Suns (15-14) | 8:00pm CST

[chaparral]

You can chalk that Dirkie up for Maxi. Impressive game when he was needed and a nice post game interview as well.

Maxi with a please don't trade me game...

[DL2RimRocker]

We lose so much offensively without Luka but gain so much defensively.
No Lively for the game and no PJ/Naji for nearly half the game, yet we held Suns to under 90.

Great team performance!

[Mavs2021]

We lose so much offensively without Luka but gain so much defensively.
No Lively for the game and no PJ/Naji for nearly half the game, yet we held Suns to under 90.

Great team performance!

We were still on pace for 107 points before the ejections, afterwards it was 87 points. So the offense didn´t suffer that much until we lost two more starters.

[DL2RimRocker]

Maxi with a please don't trade me game...

I'm on the fence with trading Maxi.

The Maxi we saw against the Suns last night is exactly what we need. The biggest issue with him is staying healthy.
I still think Kidd should consider giving OMax more Maxi minutes so we can develop OMax and preserve Maxi for the POs.

However, both Maxi and OMax are increasing their trade value so maybe we can land a bigger fish using those two as bait.

[DL2RimRocker]

We were still on pace for 107 points before the ejections, afterwards it was 87 points. So the offense didn´t suffer that much until we lost two more starters.

Yeah, can't argue we scored pretty well last night considering the circumstances, but it's tough to make an argument that losing a 28ppg player isn't losing a lot of offense.

Not necessarily defending Luka because I do think he has a tendency to suck the oxygen out of the offense and keeps players uninvolved at times.
I actually like watching this team without him at times because others have more of an opportunity to be more involved in the offense.
They'll certainly get their opportunity for a while now.

[Chicagojk]

Another solid Omax run. Omax will not be in the regular rotation but anytime he plays well, will give Kidd more confidence in him. It will pay off later.

[Smitty]

Another solid Omax run.  Omax will not be in the regular rotation but anytime he plays well, will give Kidd more confidence in him.  It will pay off later.

He’ll get plenty of playing time tonight. Big moment for him!