(10-27-2019, 09:07 PM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: Where did Wright go down the stretch? He needs to be on the floor in crunch time. No one’s trying to run him off, but RC had a bizarre approach to close out this game, including keeping his challenge in his pocket. I would say the officials seemed biased, and the big mistakes did go against the Mavs, but on the other hand, the Mavs lived on the line, so can’t really complain about the whistle. Portland is a middle of the pack playoff team (4-6 seed). Mavs need to beat teams like that on their home court 75% of the time.
Wright was getting lit up on defense against McCollum in the 2Q, which sparked POR's comeback. We brought him to lock guys down and he fell short tonight. He had the second worst +/- tonight, NEGATIVE NINE, only behind the glorious THJ.
I actually thought RC made the right call to sit him out down the stretch, the team (or should I say DFS) was doing better without him. Sitting him didn't cost us the game, you could actually make the case playing him would have caused us to lose by more points!