05-23-2021, 05:23 PM
A lot is made out of three point shooting, and whether Dallas can win if Clippers shoot as well the 3 pointer. Dallas won, hence it means within some stats, they were better than the opponent. In this case it was 3 point shooting. It's hard to take the isolated stats out of the entire context. So many other things that impact this. Such as defense. Mavs played better 3 point D than Clippers.
Why were Clippers better in many other areas - Can they even sustain that? In next games, maybe Mavs are much better within these other stats and they will still win, just in a different manner than game one. How about the Mavs bench? They underperformed IMO. The leads were built from our starters. The bench did on several occasion underperform. Will that even be sustainable? In next games perhaps our bench outperforms the Clippers. So if 3 point shooting is not where Mavs win next time, it could within the numerous other stats of the game.
Hard to break down isolated individual stats. One thing that stood out to me, was that our starting unit was just clearly better than the one for the Clippers and Clippers both in terms of talent and scheming, could not adapt to the this unit. This is something that is extremely promising for winning the series. That being said, our bench will need to have good games contributing to some wins. Brunson was underperorming IMO, he got some late great plays but most of first three quarters, I think he usually plays even better, and that is expected to be the case going forward. Yes THJ and DFA had great games, but KP not. Hence next game, perhaps KP is the one that has one of his best season games.
As we reach more crucial games in series, our starters are expected to play even more minutes, and the Clippers would need to find some ways to stop that unit. Honestly, that will not be easy.
Why were Clippers better in many other areas - Can they even sustain that? In next games, maybe Mavs are much better within these other stats and they will still win, just in a different manner than game one. How about the Mavs bench? They underperformed IMO. The leads were built from our starters. The bench did on several occasion underperform. Will that even be sustainable? In next games perhaps our bench outperforms the Clippers. So if 3 point shooting is not where Mavs win next time, it could within the numerous other stats of the game.
Hard to break down isolated individual stats. One thing that stood out to me, was that our starting unit was just clearly better than the one for the Clippers and Clippers both in terms of talent and scheming, could not adapt to the this unit. This is something that is extremely promising for winning the series. That being said, our bench will need to have good games contributing to some wins. Brunson was underperorming IMO, he got some late great plays but most of first three quarters, I think he usually plays even better, and that is expected to be the case going forward. Yes THJ and DFA had great games, but KP not. Hence next game, perhaps KP is the one that has one of his best season games.
As we reach more crucial games in series, our starters are expected to play even more minutes, and the Clippers would need to find some ways to stop that unit. Honestly, that will not be easy.