A Few Thoughts on Mavs 107, Jazz 112

[mavsluvr]

Tell that to those who don't care about D

What has a five out offense to do with bad defense and rebounding? KP and Kleber can be excellent members of five out offense as well as good defense and rebounding.

Kleber for example spends most of his time on offense in the corner. Basically the max possible distance to get back on defense. Frome my eyetest I would say that the initial transition defense isn´t the problem. Meaning that the opponents don´t score fastbreak points. The problem is that more often than not the Mavs already start the defensive possession with mismatches all over the floor.

Good points. The five-out lineups probably had a lot to do with Utah's 28 second-chance points. Rick also said something about the five-out units usually being small, or even super-small. They don't require physicality and power to score, but they have the rebounding and defensive disadvantages typical of small lineups.