Well shucks guys. I got lost surfing YouTube videos and missed the start of the game. Luckily I was able to start watching it from scratch and saw the full game.
A few things I noticed in this game. Energy!...and defense. Defense by both teams but the Mavs were playing hardnose ball out there. This is also the type of game that defense is not quantifiable. Points get all the glory! True...it is the team with the most points at the end of the game who wins. But defense can stop the other team. A point in example. Kleber made only one point. Get the bum out of there--he can't score. Ah...but he can play defense with the best of them. I wanted to add him to the poll. He wouldn't have gotten any votes, but he played some pretty good defense.
It was good to have Kyrie on the floor. He started slow, but just the threat he gives can make the other team pause.
8 men in double figures...and a host of other stats as well.
Washington continues to play well. Lively did much better, but it helped that other men were playing such tight defense as well. Gafford and Lively are a pretty good duo.
Dinwiddie!...I think a little too much Dinwiiddie, but it is nice to have him as a back up.
Klay Thompson. Ok. He's doing what we need him to do. Can he do better. I think so.
Marshall and Grimes. Two great trades. I think both of them are just getting started.
As much as I want to give my Dirkie to P. J. Washington...or Lively...I'm giving it to Grimes. Grimes scoring was timely. We needed it...he gave it.
A few things I noticed in this game. Energy!...and defense. Defense by both teams but the Mavs were playing hardnose ball out there. This is also the type of game that defense is not quantifiable. Points get all the glory! True...it is the team with the most points at the end of the game who wins. But defense can stop the other team. A point in example. Kleber made only one point. Get the bum out of there--he can't score. Ah...but he can play defense with the best of them. I wanted to add him to the poll. He wouldn't have gotten any votes, but he played some pretty good defense.
It was good to have Kyrie on the floor. He started slow, but just the threat he gives can make the other team pause.
8 men in double figures...and a host of other stats as well.
Washington continues to play well. Lively did much better, but it helped that other men were playing such tight defense as well. Gafford and Lively are a pretty good duo.
Dinwiddie!...I think a little too much Dinwiiddie, but it is nice to have him as a back up.
Klay Thompson. Ok. He's doing what we need him to do. Can he do better. I think so.
Marshall and Grimes. Two great trades. I think both of them are just getting started.
As much as I want to give my Dirkie to P. J. Washington...or Lively...I'm giving it to Grimes. Grimes scoring was timely. We needed it...he gave it.
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