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What happened to Hardaway’s shot, by the way? He was a very good shooter. Borderline excellent, if streaky. Then he all the sudden went the way of the Latvian Laser, trading dead-eye accuracy for the quickest release in the league. Both of them became unplayable shortly thereafter.

So who is telling them to hurry their release? It absolutely ruined their game. Hope nobody’s telling other Mavs to follow suit.

That, my friend, is the million dollar question, and if the Mavs could've figured out the answer, they might be champions right now. 

They literally lost the finals because they didn't have an off-ball player who could hit a three from the wings or from above the break. Boston took away the roller and both corners, and their defenders were good enough to make life hard for Luka and Kyrie without doubling. 

People will roll their eyes, but the Hardaway they had from October until around the beginning of February might've made a huge, gargantuan difference in that series.