06-09-2024, 10:18 PM
All our starters scored in double figures on 35 of 68 shooting. That and holding Boston to 105 should have been a win. Kyrie was the only starter that didn’t shoot well. I’m not sure we can expect any better scoring from our starters with the exception of Kyrie. Our bench gave us nothing. Lively can play and score better. But we have to get points from our bench somewhere although I’m not ready for THJ. We lost this game due to untimely turnovers, giving up 2 many 2nd chance points and most of all missed FT. This could have easily been a one possession game in the last minute where anything is possible if we just made a couple more FT. And while you really can’t blame the ref for missing the foul on the PJ dunk attempt because he was screened out on the play, we would have still had a puncher’s chance if that call is made correctly assuming of course that PJ makes the FT. I’m afraid when the series is over we’re going to look back at this game as being the difference in the series. Mavs have come back from adversity before so I’m not counting them out, but it’s an uphill climb that didn’t have to be.
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