GAME 15: DAL (9-6) @ PHX (12-3) | 104-112 loss

[Kammrath]

Kidd needs to play Moses Brown.

DP has not been good this year. Wonder how much more patience Kidd will have with him.

[Kammrath]

Important last 2 minutes to close the half....

[Tunesquad23]

DP has not been good this year. Wonder how much more patience Kidd will have with him.

Yea. I mean he’s a good energy guy, hustles a lot, good locker room guy, but he isn’t a rim protector. He doesn’t give you many points on offense, but he sure has been a good rebounder!

[Kammrath]

Down 4 when...

1) PHX is playing well.

2) You are 5-19 (26%) from three.

....is really good.

Need some of those many open threes to fall in the second half.

[KillerLeft]

I was waiting all day for a work call, so naturally it came during the Mavs game. I missed the last 6 minutes of the half, but I was really impressed with Brunson through the first 18.

[KillerLeft]

Good timeout. The team is starting to settle for the one-pass three just a bit too much.

[Kammrath]

Good timeout. The team is starting to settle for the one-pass three just a bit too much.

Yep the more passes they have had, the more open the shot they have eventually gotten.

[Kammrath]

Not FN's shooting night....

[KillerLeft]

Not FN's shooting night....

But damn if he is not the best fronting post defender I have ever seen in a Mavericks uniform. He might be better fronting a big in the post than he is at the point of attack on-ball.

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TIM SHOW!

[Kammrath]

Best on-your-knees assist of the season!!!

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/bobbykaralla/status/...6581718018

[KillerLeft]

I really enjoy the combination of Ntilikina and Finney-Smith on defense. 

I also like how in kidd’s system they rotate to take the guy one pass away out of the play BEFORE they leave him to double or trap. That’s not really a comment about this last stretch, just something I have noticed over the last couple of games in general.

[KillerLeft]

I love that Willie just hit that three, but the last three defensive positions by him we’re just atrocious.

[Kammrath]

I really enjoy the combination of Ntilikina and Finney-Smith on defense

Interestingly they have not been good as a duo in 63 mins. Getting outscored by 11.7 pts, giving up 105.7 pts on D. I think this is mostly with Luka.

But FN + RB has been +16.2 and giving up only 94.2 pts in 100 mins. I think this is mostly without Luka.

[KillerLeft]

Interestingly they have not been good as a duo in 63 mins. Getting outscored by 11.7 pts, giving up 105.7 pts on D. I think this is mostly with Luka.

But FN + RB has been +16.2 and giving up only 94.2 pts in 100 mins. I think this is mostly without Luka.

I don’t think those bad numbers with DFS and Ntilikina will hold. I am seeing things that they do together out there that I like very much.

[Kammrath]

Two things I am loving right now in general:

1) Feeling like KP isn't a liability.

2) Feeling like the Mavs D can get them back into a game when needed.

[KillerLeft]

Two things I am loving right now in general:

1) Feeling like KP isn't a liability.

2) Feeling like the Mavs D can get them back into a game when needed.

I concur.

[SwisherPrice]

Just no answer for JaVale McGee...he has torched them in these 2 games. Great defense on the switches vs. Brunson too

[KillerLeft]

Such great defensive possessions ending with second chance 3’s.

[fifteenth]

Stinks to give up a hard fought lead so quickly