Mavs 107, Kings 121

[TXBamanut]

MAVS BLOWN OUT BY KINGS AT AAC
FIFTH LOSS IN SEVEN GAMES

Unbelievable. What in the hay-o is wrong with the Mavericks?


PORZINGIS. It was a terrible night for KP, who was 3-14 from the field for 9 points, although he did grab 11 rebounds in a team-high 37 minutes. ALL of his nine points came in the first quarter, as he took only 6 shots in the last three periods, completing none of them. Dang! He had a technical foul for a “fake fight,” per Skin, with Moe Harkless, giving Moe a two-armed shove. Both players were assessed T’s. His "defense" was ineffectual, with the Kings blowing by him all night. 

I always love your reviews, and usually agree, but I'm going to push back on this statement as lacking context.  They were blowing past EVERY Mav all night and KP was consistently stuck between rotating to help D or keeping Whiteside or their other center off the boards.  He played pretty good defense on Whiteside after the first shot or so, went 4-11 and Metu went 3-8, so he did pretty good on who they had him on.

When you funnel a driver to the shotblocker, you have to get a body on his man, and the Mavs DON'T do that at all and that's not on him.  I would literally feel danged if I do or danged if I don't.  I either block the shot and catch it or it's a waste of time and I get blamed either way.  It's hard to have full force energy to continue to fail like that.  He's a pro, so he has too, but that's not easy to know that you either get something that happens 2 times a game if you are elite or you are an idiot.