02-08-2025, 06:04 PM
The defense was legendary in the first half. The second half Houston bullied them a bit. I am sure PJ being the whole half and AD missing some time helped, but give Houston credit. I was pretty suprised Houston's big lineup casued so much trouble. Adams is huge but isn't really effective. But they caused some trouble with Senguin getting going and getting several second chances.
Gafford, as always, played extremely hard. Just tough for him to be the only big and they were really trying to go at him on switches. I will be interested to see how Dallas counteracts that.
AD looked great. Hope he is ok. Kyrie seemed out of it for quite a bit but made some baskets late. Really surprised we won with such a low scoring game from him. It will be interesting to monitor. Teams are going to throw a lot of defenders at him.
The Christie experience continues to be nice. He won't hit 4 out of 5 threes most nights, but he just is a guy who limits mistakes.
Gafford, as always, played extremely hard. Just tough for him to be the only big and they were really trying to go at him on switches. I will be interested to see how Dallas counteracts that.
AD looked great. Hope he is ok. Kyrie seemed out of it for quite a bit but made some baskets late. Really surprised we won with such a low scoring game from him. It will be interesting to monitor. Teams are going to throw a lot of defenders at him.
The Christie experience continues to be nice. He won't hit 4 out of 5 threes most nights, but he just is a guy who limits mistakes.
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