(01-22-2021, 08:58 AM)meistermatze Wrote: It was also a great display of how our offense is best, when Luka does not need to score.
Luka was doubled or trippled most of the time, he couldn't score more even though he wanted to. It is actually a bad sign that the others playing 4 on 3 or even 4 on 2 were not able to put this game away sooner. I thought offense was still very bad for at least two quarters. Numerous missed wide open shots.
I don't know why the narrative of Mavs loosing when Luka scores is appearing on this board, you are not the first with this. Many factors contribute to correlation between Luka scoring and losing. For example: does Luka score more because others can't score or does he score more because he is not involving others? I guess the first case is more realistic. Take the game against Chicago - did Mavs lose because Luka was shooting too much or because others just couldn't buy a bucket? Would it really help if he shot less? He had 15 assists with others shooting 10 % from three. Last season he had most (32) attempts in an OT loss against Charlotte. Check who were the starters in that one - Barea, Jackson, Powell and DFS. Brunson from the bench was 1-5 and Wright had -10 net rating in 6 minutes. Basically everything depended on Luka. Than we have win against Houston (30 shots) and loss against OKC (29 shots). Starters in this game - Maxi, DFS, Powell and Brunson. You see the pattern? Perhaps he doesn't shoot more in the wins because he doesn't need to. Perhaps he shoots less in wins because he can go for only the easiest shots while teammates efficiently finish their shots.
Of course there are times Luka wants to do to much, loses the ball stupidly or shoots a not needed three pointer. There are some games with several mistakes of that kind. But I don't think this gives a lot of support to the "Mavs lose when Luka shoots more" narrative.
And of course - no one can win on his own. I am sure Luka is well aware of that.