Game 51: Dallas Mavericks (19-31) vs San Antonio Spurs (34-16)

[ThisIStheYear]

Watching Christie take every shot in the last 3 minutes is th most idiotic thing I’ve seen. I hope it’s just part of the tank.

[RBB]

Another hard-fought loss. This is the rest of the season.

[cow]

Christie snatches the tankie from Klay (bad all game) and Cisse (blowing to easy dunk opportunities late) with a horrendous last two minutes. Cooper and Nanji should beat the crap out of him in the locker room.

[Deebo]

I want to lose all remaining games. Close games but lose. Give me that top 3 pick

[RBB]

I was surprised Thompson didn't get traded. The Mavs obviously don't see a future with Klay...so let him go...hopefully to someone contending. I'm a big Klay fan and followed him over to the Mavs...and I'm sure it hasn't gone the way he had hoped at the time...chasing a championship with Luka, Kyrie, Lively.

[RBB]

Christie snatches the tankie from Klay (bad all game) and Cisse (blowing to easy dunk opportunities late) with a horrendous last two minutes.  Cooper and Nanji should beat the crap out of him in the locker room.

Klay has had a few not-very-good games lately.  He had a great end-of-Dec and Jan.  But not lately.

[cow]

I was surprised Thompson didn't get traded.  The Mavs obviously don't see a future with Klay...so let him go...hopefully to someone contending.  I'm a big Klay fan and followed him over to the Mavs...and I'm sure it hasn't gone the way he had hoped at the time...chasing a championship with Luka, Kyrie, Lively.

Considering how soft the market was for Gaff and Nanji, I doubt there were any offers for Klay.

[FireNicoHarrison]

Another quality L.

[cow]

During the broadcast, Followill said all four trade for players may be available to play on Saturday. With our panache for keeping games close, that doesn't bode well for the tank.

[F Gump]

During the broadcast, Followill said all four trade for players may be available to play on Saturday.  With our panache for keeping games close, that doesn't bode well for the tank.

Why would they matter? None of those guys are all that great, so as to make that much diff if they are used rather than the existing (previous) roster. They may even be worse, and they definitely don't know the plays or have any chemistry with the Mavs. In fact, these are the discards from a team even WORSE than the Mavs. 

I am not expecting to be impressed. Are you?

[cow]

Why would they matter? None of those guys are all that great, so as to make that much diff if they are used rather than the existing (previous) roster. They may even be worse, and they definitely don't know the plays or have any chemistry with the Mavs. In fact, these are the discards from a team even WORSE than the Mavs. 

I am not expecting to be impressed. Are you?

Impressed?  No.  Can they contribute to a team that plays hard and always seems to be in clutch games?  Sure.  Tyrus can save some wear and tear on Nanji/Cooper getting the ball up the court.  Middleton is vet and is savvy enough to not sabotage the game like Christie did tonight.  Less worried about the other two, but I really hope Middleton is never on the court for us. Little contributions can matter.

[Chicagojk]

I said at the beginning of the year that I did not care about wins and losses, I just wanted to enjoy watching basketball again.  This season did not go as I had expected, but I can't stop from smiling watching Flagg play.  Just a joy.   

In the first half, Castle really played great defense and turned Cooper over 3 times, I believe.  First time, Castle tried to play physical defense on Cooper in the second half, Cooper went hard at him and got in the lane for a highlight dunk.   Cooper was blocked at the rim by Wemby doing his left handed shot, but then came back late in the game twice with beautiful floaters over Wemby.   How many people can do that.

I really like Nemby.  He is small.  He does a lot of the little things I really like, but he is gonna have to get better at scoring when needed.   Personally, I don't like when the offense is for him to create, but regardless he needs to be a threat to score.   When he doesn't or can't, it can get ugly.  

Spurs are good.  They probably didn't even play a great game.  They had a emotional win the night before against OKC, but they made the plays late to get a win.   They will be interesting to see in the playoffs.   History would say they need another year before they hit, but we will see.

[Winter]

I said at the beginning of the year that I did not care about wins and losses, I just wanted to enjoy watching basketball again.  This season did not go as I had expected, but I can't stop from smiling watching Flagg play.  Just a joy.   

In the first half, Castle really played great defense and turned Cooper over 3 times, I believe.  First time, Castle tried to play physical defense on Cooper in the second half, Cooper went hard at him and got in the lane for a highlight dunk.   Cooper was blocked at the rim by Wemby doing his left handed shot, but then came back late in the game twice with beautiful floaters over Wemby.   How many people can do that.

I really like Nemby.  He is small.  He does a lot of the little things I really like, but he is gonna have to get better at scoring when needed.   Personally, I don't like when the offense is for him to create, but regardless he needs to be a threat to score.   When he doesn't or can't, it can get ugly.  

Spurs are good.  They probably didn't even play a great game.  They had a emotional win the night before against OKC, but they made the plays late to get a win.   They will be interesting to see in the playoffs.   History would say they need another year before they hit, but we will see.

Had the same thought about Nemby. His shot looked way off. He didn't even hit the backboard on a couple of perimeter shots.

After I watched game highlights, I went to Youtube to watch Braylon Mullins videos. I immediately felt better.

[meistermatze]

Great L, nice tanking down the stretch by Christie. He will be very valuable once he‘s the worst starter on a quality team. He is expanding his game but obv not there yet. Flaggs 4 assists were a joke. With better teammates I can easily see him average like 8 a game.