ROCKETS STEAMROLL HAPLESS MAVERICKS
Woof.
Pretty dismal showing from the Mavs. Might have been the least entertaining game of the season, tbqh.
GAME STORY
Both teams were on the second games of back-to-backs. Both teams had played many games in few nights. Both teams were missing key players — Richardson, DFS, Maxi, Powell and KP for the Mavs, and Danuel House, Christian Wood, and Victor Oladipo for Houston. KP was being rested, as was Oladipo. Rick went with a starting lineup of Luka, Brunson, THJ, Green, and WCS.
Dallas was terrible in the first quarter, and they were down 27-38 after one. They were unable to make up any ground in the second, and went into halftime trailing 59-70. They made a nice little run to start the third, cutting the deficit to three. But immediately fell apart, and ended the period 83-104. The fourth quarter was played, on the Mavs side, mostly by youngsters, and while they at least scurried around a lot, they didn’t accomplish much. Game over. 133-108.
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NUMBERS. Dallas was 5-25 from range. Aargh. Houston, by contrast, bombed away, hitting 16-37 deep ones. The Mavs were out-rebounded 36-52, and cobbled together only 15 assists. The Rockets had 58 points in the paint, and 22 second-chance points. And so forth. You get the idea. Just a beat-down in every way.
ROCKETS. Three of the Rockets had season highs in scoring. It was very much the Boogie-Gordon game, with Vintage Cousins emerging from the time machine and pummeling our team with 28 points and 17 boards, not to mention 5 assists. Eric Gordon buried the Mavs from deep, with 33 points, 6-9 beyond the arc. Mason Jones and David Nwaba combined for 34 points off the Rockets bench.
PLAYERS. Luka had 26/5/8, but was 1-6 from three, and missed 5 free throws. Hardaway had 15 points, but was 4-13, and some of his points came when the game was out of reach. Bobi put up 15 points and 12 rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench, and, at +9, was the only Mav in positive figures. However, he was pretty terrible at protecting the rim. Burke was decent, with 13 points, and 4-9 shooting.
Green hit his first NBA three, but had three turnovers. Iwundu played 23 minutes off the bench. He had a few good defensive plays, but man, he is flat dead weight offensively. WCS was poor on both ends.
CARLISLE. Rick was terse after the game, saying only that the team obviously didn’t play well, and he had no excuses. Asked about Luka’s midrange shots, which have increased this season, he said Luka has been working on that, and that a player in Luka’s position has to have a mid-range counter.
OBSERVATIONS. The Mavs looked they were running (ambling?) on fumes, and then completely out of gas. They lacked energy, were not competitive, and put up little resistance. I don’t think this game is worth any kind of deep analysis, and I don’t think we can read much into it. I suppose I could say that the Mavs don’t seem to have any kind of answer to teams who play behemoths who can score from everywhere. Also, this team needs Porzingis, in order to survive. Their system just falls apart without his spacing, particularly when two non-shooters are on the floor for the Mavs.
This is one to forget, fellow MFFLs. Very disappointing effort. Hopefully, a day of much-needed rest will work wonders. Because they face Denver on Monday.
Peace out.
Woof.
Pretty dismal showing from the Mavs. Might have been the least entertaining game of the season, tbqh.
GAME STORY
Both teams were on the second games of back-to-backs. Both teams had played many games in few nights. Both teams were missing key players — Richardson, DFS, Maxi, Powell and KP for the Mavs, and Danuel House, Christian Wood, and Victor Oladipo for Houston. KP was being rested, as was Oladipo. Rick went with a starting lineup of Luka, Brunson, THJ, Green, and WCS.
Dallas was terrible in the first quarter, and they were down 27-38 after one. They were unable to make up any ground in the second, and went into halftime trailing 59-70. They made a nice little run to start the third, cutting the deficit to three. But immediately fell apart, and ended the period 83-104. The fourth quarter was played, on the Mavs side, mostly by youngsters, and while they at least scurried around a lot, they didn’t accomplish much. Game over. 133-108.
RANDOM ITEMS
NUMBERS. Dallas was 5-25 from range. Aargh. Houston, by contrast, bombed away, hitting 16-37 deep ones. The Mavs were out-rebounded 36-52, and cobbled together only 15 assists. The Rockets had 58 points in the paint, and 22 second-chance points. And so forth. You get the idea. Just a beat-down in every way.
ROCKETS. Three of the Rockets had season highs in scoring. It was very much the Boogie-Gordon game, with Vintage Cousins emerging from the time machine and pummeling our team with 28 points and 17 boards, not to mention 5 assists. Eric Gordon buried the Mavs from deep, with 33 points, 6-9 beyond the arc. Mason Jones and David Nwaba combined for 34 points off the Rockets bench.
PLAYERS. Luka had 26/5/8, but was 1-6 from three, and missed 5 free throws. Hardaway had 15 points, but was 4-13, and some of his points came when the game was out of reach. Bobi put up 15 points and 12 rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench, and, at +9, was the only Mav in positive figures. However, he was pretty terrible at protecting the rim. Burke was decent, with 13 points, and 4-9 shooting.
Green hit his first NBA three, but had three turnovers. Iwundu played 23 minutes off the bench. He had a few good defensive plays, but man, he is flat dead weight offensively. WCS was poor on both ends.
CARLISLE. Rick was terse after the game, saying only that the team obviously didn’t play well, and he had no excuses. Asked about Luka’s midrange shots, which have increased this season, he said Luka has been working on that, and that a player in Luka’s position has to have a mid-range counter.
OBSERVATIONS. The Mavs looked they were running (ambling?) on fumes, and then completely out of gas. They lacked energy, were not competitive, and put up little resistance. I don’t think this game is worth any kind of deep analysis, and I don’t think we can read much into it. I suppose I could say that the Mavs don’t seem to have any kind of answer to teams who play behemoths who can score from everywhere. Also, this team needs Porzingis, in order to survive. Their system just falls apart without his spacing, particularly when two non-shooters are on the floor for the Mavs.
This is one to forget, fellow MFFLs. Very disappointing effort. Hopefully, a day of much-needed rest will work wonders. Because they face Denver on Monday.
Peace out.