MAVERICKS 104, SUNS 112

[mavsluvr]

What I noticed in the 4th was that JB was penetrating and getting to the rim but was being defended good and having to reverse course back to a reset beyond the arc. 

You can argue all day if you like JB penetrating or not.

What I noticed was that when he was getting penetration in the 4th...no one was cutting to the basket...he had no help.  GSW have all sorts of guys cutting to help the ball handler out.   I think it was DFS that finally came into the game and Brunson had someone to pass the ball to if his penetration was blanketed.

I mean...JB was trying to work but no one was helping him out.

Maybe you wanted us to keep bricking threes...so cutters to the basket was stupid and wouldnt have worked.

You seem upset. Not totally sure I understand why.

The whole team played poorly in the fourth. It wasn't just JB. I did see Brunson getting into trouble without a teammate giving him an outlet a few times. But when he picks up his dribble, he is putting himself at that risk. That's not usually a failing of his, which is part of why I say that exhaustion may have taken away some of his sharpness. 

JB's self-assessment after the game was that he should have played much better, and he felt that the loss was on him. I would not go that far. The loss was on the players as a whole for not stepping up, and the coaching staff for not having them better prepared, and Cubes for this so-so roster, and Luka for making a risky play and getting hurt in a game that was already decided, and on Lady Luck for not giving us better breaks. That's how I see it overall, anyway. Of course, there were stretches where we played well, and I hope they can build on that.