Game 72: Dallas Mavericks (23-48) vs GS Warriors (33-38) | 8:30 CST | Peacock & NBCSN

[Chicagojk]

Just watched Flagg highlights this morning. He looked like a confident "quarterback" out there in the highlight reel. I guess he's getting the hang of this basketball thing.

He was good but him and Marshall combined for 15 turnovers.  Probably the number one reason we are celebrating a loss.

[Winter]

He was good but him and Marshall combined for 15 turnovers.  Probably the number one reason we are celebrating a loss.

If you're tanking, that's good coaching.

[Smitty]

What an L... I went to bed at halftime with the Mavs up 10. Thought for sure this would be one of the games they'd win to finish up the season. 10 more to go... MIL and CHI are still looming... Need to worry about POR and LAC also...

[Chicagojk]

Two things:

Late in the game cooper passed up a good look at a three and then ruined the possession because it lead to a grenade shot. There was a timeout and the next possession they ran a play and cooper took and made the three. I assume Kidd ran that play and told Cooper to take the shot. He needs to take those good looks.

It would have been bad for the tank but Cooper really wanted that Marshall three to win the game. It would have been a nice video in his rookie highlights.

[michaeltex]

Fun game, but it feels weird to be sweating out a loss rather than a win...

Coop looked good at times and like a rookie at other times. Moody was a particular pest and I could see Coop getting a little frustrated. Some 4th quarter turnovers were due to giving him the ball just over halfcourt and getting blitzed in that corner without getting a foul call. There were some possessions that didn't even seem to get the ball below the FT line before someone puts up a prayer. Feels like Kidd is just letting then play without much structure, which often hurts the defense and stagnates the offense, but maybe that's just me.

Tough injury to Moody. Announcers said he'd just returned after missing 10 games and was having one of his best outings of the season. The one brief camera shot looked really bad. I see a lot of physical therapy in his future.

I think DAL has played the most "crunch time" games this season (41) and only won 15 of those. FWIW, it gives me hope that getting Kyrie and DLive back while adding a couple FRPs could turn this into a really competitive team.

[DallasMaverick]

Wouldn't be surprised if the floor had something to do with it. The AAC is getting old and they constantly have to do quick conversions between hockey and basketball in a warm weather climate. I guess it is time for separate arenas 

Training staff.

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

If we manage to lose them all there’s a small chance the Jazz actually tie us recordwise - they have three very winnable games against bottom feeders left, with two of them at home (vs. Wizards, vs. Grizzlies, @Pelicans). 

What hurts is our back-to-back wins against them, because therefore we tied the first tie-breaker after losing the first two games. I guess it’s conference record after that (because they aren’t in our division), there they could still overtake us winning against Grizzlies and Pelicans.

Go Jazz!

There are no tiebreakers in draft positioning. If you're tied it's a coin flip.

[numnuts23]

Fun game, but it feels weird to be sweating out a loss rather than a win...

Coop looked good at times and like a rookie at other times. Moody was a particular pest and I could see Coop getting a little frustrated. Some 4th quarter turnovers were due to giving him the ball just over halfcourt and getting blitzed in that corner without getting a foul call. There were some possessions that didn't even seem to get the ball below the FT line before someone puts up a prayer. Feels like Kidd is just letting then play without much structure, which often hurts the defense and stagnates the offense, but maybe that's just me.

Tough injury to Moody. Announcers said he'd just returned after missing 10 games and was having one of his best outings of the season. The one brief camera shot looked really bad. I see a lot of physical therapy in his future.

I think DAL has played the most "crunch time" games this season (41) and only won 15 of those. FWIW, it gives me hope that getting Kyrie and DLive back while adding a couple FRPs could turn this into a really competitive team.

I'm just glad I was "cheering for the loss".  If that game meant something, I would have been so PO'd.  The refs just stopped calling anything on GS.  They were hacking the entire second half.  Also, watching Green set moving screens over and over is frustrating as heck.  Such a weird way to cheer for a game - your mad at the no calls but at the same time, your doing the Alonzo shrug on the bench.

[F Gump]

There are no tiebreakers in draft positioning. If you're tied it's a coin flip.

Thank you. 

It's a coin flip on where you will be if neither is drawn in the lottery. 

But the coin flip has almost no impact on the lottery odds, When 2 teams are tied, the ping pong balls are combined, and then split evenly (as far as possible).

[cow]

Just watched Flagg highlights this morning. He looked like a confident "quarterback" out there in the highlight reel. I guess he's getting the hang of this basketball thing.

He played really well until the Dubs starting blitzing him late in the game.  He need to work on his handle in the summer if he's going to handle the ball so much on this level. Moody clamped him up on that steal that lead to his knee dislocation.

[Mavs2021]

I'm just glad I was "cheering for the loss".  If that game meant something, I would have been so PO'd.  The refs just stopped calling anything on GS.  They were hacking the entire second half.  Also, watching Green set moving screens over and over is frustrating as heck.  Such a weird way to cheer for a game - your mad at the no calls but at the same time, your doing the Alonzo shrug on the bench.

Without Steph, he´d be Ben Simmons. He passed up like three open lay-ups in the last minute of regulation.

[KillerLeft]

He played really well until the Dubs starting blitzing him late in the game.  He need to work on his handle in the summer if he's going to handle the ball so much on this level.  Moody clamped him up on that steal that lead to his knee dislocation.

I think he'll get better handling the ball against pressure (I think he's likely to improve in any/all areas of the game), but I'm still hoping the team will be retooled in a way that ensures he doesn't have to handle the ball so much, personally.

[cow]

I think he'll get better handling the ball against pressure (I think he's likely to improve in any/all areas of the game), but I'm still hoping the team will be retooled in a way that ensures he doesn't have to handle the ball so much, personally.

I have no doubt he will.  The double team blitzes are simple to pass out of and he didn't do a good job there and got visibly frustrated with the contact and non-calls.  That's easy data to process/film study and experience in those situations will help.  I'm also sure that outside shooting and his handles when faced with a point of attack defender will be top of his list this summer.  He was great outside of the turnovers last night and we probably should have won.  And speaking of turnover, kind of wish Naji hits that game winner because Moody doesn't get hurt and I don't have the image of that dislocated knee in my dreams.

[michaeltex]

Even Dirk had to learn to handle double teams. He got a lot of that in the '06 finals and it hurt the offense when nobody else could step up. By '11, with a better support group, he lit Miami up when they tried that.

[KillerLeft]

Even Dirk had to learn to handle double teams. He got a lot of that in the '06 finals and it hurt the offense when nobody else could step up. By '11, with a better support group, he lit Miami up when they tried that.

For sure. Regardless of what Flagg's role in the offense ends up being, it's going to have the word "scorer" in it, so he'll have to handle double teams, blitzes, etc. I have zero doubt he'll figure all that out.

[Knutsen]

There are no tiebreakers in draft positioning. If you're tied it's a coin flip.

You’re right, there’s a coin flip - thanks. Knew that last year but successfully forgot it, thinking we‘d be good this year. So being tied with Utah gives us a fifty percent chance to land in front of them in the draft order, with split odds for the lottery.

[Scott41theMavs]

You’re right, there’s a coin flip - thanks. Knew that last year but successfully forgot it, thinking we‘d be good this year. So being tied with Utah gives us a fifty percent chance to land in front of them in the draft order, with split odds for the lottery.

LOL, Ainge would mass-execute his players if that happened.