01-30-2021, 04:10 AM
(01-30-2021, 03:47 AM)mavsluvr Wrote: Despite the bad loss, I didn’t come away feeling quite as depressed as I did after Wednesday’s game. A few good things happened. If they hadn’t been so abysmally atrocious in the first quarter, they might have even had a chance.
This.
Team is just at probably lowest possible point at this moment. Powell injected much needed energy and they suddenly looked decent. As you said, they desperately need a break or perhaps just a bit of luck to lift the morale. Bad shooting night from Phoenix would help a lot. I think this team is way better than they look, its just everything bad happened at same time. Injuries, bad shooting slump, difficult schedule. For example I noticed, DFS is not nearly 100 %, he even has problems getting back to defense.
Utah on the other hand is the total opposite. Everything is clicking for them. Mitchel missing last two games is the only injury of a main rotation player they had all season. They are a well oiled machine and confidence bursting sky high. I think the first quarter was not bad defensively, but Utah was just killing it, hitting a number of contested shots. Mavs couldn't score on open looks on the other end.