02-15-2021, 08:00 AM
Thansk mavsluvr.
Mavs lost in a heatbreak in the end, after Dame's deep three (he was open, but it was still deep and there just a couple of players in this league who will make this shot - unfortinately, Dame included) and Luka missing a wide-open one from his favorite spot (Im did not check but I would bet a lot of money that his 3-point-percentage is, by far, best from the left wing (not corner).
To be honest though, it never felt that they played good enough to win this one. I don't know what happened during our run in the fourth, I would have to go back and watch some film to say whether the Blazers got cold or we changed something defensively, but apart from this stretch, we played pretty poorly overall. The defense still looks really bad, our offense, however, looks stabkle enough to put up points. We are still way too 3-point-shot hungry and when it doesn't fall and we keep trying, it looks very bleak. I skipped thorugh a big chunk of this game when they could not buy a bucket.
I thought KP looked better than you gave him credit for, we criticized him for being too shot hungry and I think it was a conscious effort on his part to drive and pass more.
We need better defense and more driving and/or inside basketball. How do we achieve this? is it just mindset? is it the gameplan? or are we just missing key ingredients. I have to admit I really don't know.
Mavs lost in a heatbreak in the end, after Dame's deep three (he was open, but it was still deep and there just a couple of players in this league who will make this shot - unfortinately, Dame included) and Luka missing a wide-open one from his favorite spot (Im did not check but I would bet a lot of money that his 3-point-percentage is, by far, best from the left wing (not corner).
To be honest though, it never felt that they played good enough to win this one. I don't know what happened during our run in the fourth, I would have to go back and watch some film to say whether the Blazers got cold or we changed something defensively, but apart from this stretch, we played pretty poorly overall. The defense still looks really bad, our offense, however, looks stabkle enough to put up points. We are still way too 3-point-shot hungry and when it doesn't fall and we keep trying, it looks very bleak. I skipped thorugh a big chunk of this game when they could not buy a bucket.
I thought KP looked better than you gave him credit for, we criticized him for being too shot hungry and I think it was a conscious effort on his part to drive and pass more.
We need better defense and more driving and/or inside basketball. How do we achieve this? is it just mindset? is it the gameplan? or are we just missing key ingredients. I have to admit I really don't know.