11-10-2023, 08:33 PM
(11-10-2023, 08:18 PM)MrGoat Wrote: I'd keep Lively in. You can also punish a team for trying to go small on you by attacking them with the bigs. You want to be the team that's controlling the tone of the game.
You only pull out your bigs against a small lineup if your bigs aren’t mobile enough to defend little guys. The weakness of this Mavs team is how light their bigs are. The strength is how mobile they are. That’s by design. Going little against Dallas is a last resort. You only do it because Luka has forced you to by pulling your immobile big out to the 3-point line and torching him.
Pessimism doesn’t make you smart, just pessimistic.