Game 41: Dallas Mavericks (22-18) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (9-32)

[KillerLeft]

That Klay possession looked like something my mom could have drawn up.

Yeah, Kidd has won over in some ways, but his ATOs are pretty consistently underwhelming.

[BoredAssistant]

Naji revenge shot. Didn't happen.

[Chicagojk]

Something is off with Grimes. Only 18 minutes tonight in the last 20 seconds. After a nice run in the fourth. What are we missing?

[KillerLeft]

Craziest ending I’ve ever seen.

[KillerLeft]

Obvious PJW was trying to foul. No call. Then a steal, then a missed goaltend. Dallas with no timeouts, so unable to challenge, despite having one available. Absolutely insane.

[Chicagojk]

Wow..another loss. Again a winnable game. A lot of reasons why they are losing. A few glaring ones a few less glaring. Need to correct asap. Especially short handed.

[ThisIStheYear]

Regardless of the missed call just a brutal loss in a must win game to the worst team in the Western Conference. My dog could out coach that dude. Calling an iso for Klay in the game’s most important possession? Not playing Grimes in crunch time until the game was basically lost? He’s such a bad coach. We need to be rid of this guy. The Mavs are just horrible. They’ve collapsed.

[BigDirk41]

We only have 1 winnable game against Charlotte in our next 5 games. We're going to be in pretty bad shape whenever Luka returns. What a rough year with injuries and illnesses.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Obvious PJW was trying to foul. No call. Then a steal, then a missed goaltend. Dallas with no timeouts, so unable to challenge, despite having one available. Absolutely insane.

Goaltending had to be called by the refs. If they don't say anything, it can't be reviewed. Sucks, but that's the rule.

[KillerLeft]

It had to be called by the refs. If they don't say anything, it can't be reviewed. Sucks, but that's the rule.

That might be true, but be if it was reviewable, they couldn’t have because they were out of timeouts.

Yeah, confirmed. It was a reviewable play, but Dallas couldn’t challenge because they were out of timeouts.

[Deebo]

Might need to start thinking. Trade away players and tank

[Reunion Mav]

Wow..another loss.  Again a winnable game.  A lot of reasons why they are losing.  A few glaring ones a few less glaring.  Need to correct asap.  Especially short handed.

When things go bad in life this stuff just seems to pile on. I just called Dinwiddie for the game winner. Great steal to get that shot by someone. Maybe we get this back by winning two we shouldn’t win without Luka.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

That might be true, but be if it was reviewable, they couldn’t have because they were out of timeouts.

Yeah, confirmed. It was a reviewable play, but Dallas couldn’t challenge because they were out of timeouts.

Yeah, it sucks. But they shouldn't have put themselves in that position. Especially wasting a career game from Gafford. Dinwiddie wastes a lot of time dribbling the ball instead of moving bodies and the ball.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

That might be true, but be if it was reviewable, they couldn’t have because they were out of timeouts.

Yeah, confirmed. It was a reviewable play, but Dallas couldn’t challenge because they were out of timeouts.

Bad clock management by Kidd.

[ThisIStheYear]

That might be true, but be if it was reviewable, they couldn’t have because they were out of timeouts.

Yeah, confirmed. It was a reviewable play, but Dallas couldn’t challenge because they were out of timeouts.

More shitry coaching. But yes, NBA officiating is a joke.

[BolsDamols]

Thankfully didnt watch, just checked fhe scores and voila, its a loss. saved myself some time and annoyance.

[Reunion Mav]

Thankfully didnt watch, just checked fhe scores and voila, its a loss. saved myself some time and annoyance.

No you missed our guys showing great effort and really stepping up in many ways. We just really need our 2 superior shot creators at the end.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

No you missed our guys showing great effort and really stepping up in many ways. We just really need our 2 superior shot creators at the end.

Mavs have enough to beat injury riddled N.O. without them. No excuses here.

[BigDirk41]

No you missed our guys showing great effort and really stepping up in many ways. We just really need our 2 superior shot creators at the end.

No moral victories. There are certain teams that are must win games without Luka and Kyrie. This was definitely one of them.

[Razzmatazz_Hopskidillydoo]

Something is off with Grimes.  Only 18 minutes tonight in the last 20 seconds.  After a nice run in the fourth.  What are we missing?

Isn't it obvious?
Jason Kidd's coaching.

Absolute free reign for Spencer -- 6 for 17 and 38 mins of action. Can't have your 9th best player with the most attempts and expect to win.
While Grimes has the same converted shots with 6 in only 11 attempts and that's in 19 minutes. Neglected by Kidd is an understatement.
More attempts and minutes for Grimes and less that of Spencer and the Mavs win this game.

Kidd's just isn't good.