MAVS 91, PELICANS 107

[Dahlsim]

Lots of reasons given for the loss. Too many turnovers. No KP. No spark. Poor defense in the second half. Stuck in their half-court offense. Luka playing hurt,

Thanks ML, for a quality write up of a Mav's stinker.  

Those 2 are enough I think. NBA is still driven around your best players, the stars.  No KP and a very subpar Luka is the kiss of death unless some role player(s) have exceptional games.   

By comparison, Pels no Zion but Ingram's performance was impressive for NO. 

Kidd remarked before the game that, with Boban's productivity, he would be playing 25 mpg on most teams.

A curious statement that begs the question of why the Mavs would be different from 'most teams' in Kidd's view. 

Maybe this explains it.  Boban offers offense and rebounds but Kidd is searching for defense. 

He said it's very simple -- the roster is built to shoot, not to play defense. And when the shots aren’t falling,

Does that imply that Kidd doesn't really like the roster he inherited?