01-04-2026, 07:54 PM
(01-04-2026, 07:22 PM)F Gump Wrote: Two things can be right at the same time. I didn't say genius, but I do think he has skills that some here don't recognize. And I'm still waiting for an alternative (and reasonable) answer to how the Mavs beat the Rox, and regularly beat other good teams, while losing to bad ones, that's better than what DanS offered. "Kidd coached them.badly, into a win against a really good team" doesn't cut it for me as a reasonable explanation.
There is so much variance from game to game in the NBA. Bad teams beat good teams all the time. There are so many factors that swing games, whether its injuries, or rest (back to backs) or 3 point percentage luck (which is a huge driver of outcome).
One big swing for the Mavs side is AD. When he plays they win roughly half their games and occasionally against good teams. when he is out they lose a lot of games, occasionally against terrible teams.
In this game the big swings for Houston were losing their best player in the first minute (this does matter, I don't know how you can argue it doesn't) and shooting 24% from 3, which is another huge factor. So Houston lost. It happens.
We have seen the Flagg PG experience enough this season to know it does not work. The numbers are blatant and they have lost games because of it. In this game that lineup was -13. It was a disaster like it has been all season. It does not make sense to defend that lineup because they happened to win this game. You can make an argument that its helping his development, and maybe it is, but I don't see it.