GAME 57: LAC (27-30) vs. DAL (33-23) | 97-99 loss

[Kammrath]

https://twitter.com/coopmavs/status/1492667243435601923

[Hypermav]

Mann will foul out if the refs are fair.

[soog]

Ooof just read this on the ESPN game preview 

“Dallas is 14-16 against opponents with a winning record”

[DanSchwartzgan]

Ooof just read this on the ESPN game preview 

“Dallas is 14-16 against opponents with a winning record”

10-2 since 1/1 (NY was 21-21 at the time)

[soog]

10-2 since 1/1 (NY was 21-21 at the time)

Ahh, that’s a much better fit for how I FEEL this team is doing.

[KillerLeft]

As excited as I'd be to see the new guys tonight, I have to say I think the team's approach to working them in after a practice is really, really smart. Refreshingly so, actually.

[MrGoat]

Ooof just read this on the ESPN game preview 

“Dallas is 14-16 against opponents with a winning record”

That's actually not bad against teams with a winning record, there's a reason those teams have a winning record. The 2011 Mavs were actually pretty bad in that category, in the regular season...

[ItsGoTime]

As excited as I'd be to see the new guys tonight, I have to say I think the team's approach to working them in after a practice is really, really smart. Refreshingly so, actually.

I think it also speaks to the positions they will hold too. If it was a starter type coming in, I think he sees at least a bit of floor time tonight.

[KillerLeft]

I think it also speaks to the positions they will hold too. If it was a starter type coming in, I think he sees at least a bit of floor time tonight.

You might be 100% right. My first reaction was that the team is going well and they want to tread lightly so as not to mess it up.

[dirkfansince1998]

What is happening. Clippers ask for a review and get it without calling a timeout?

[KillerLeft]

Morris always finds a way to piss me off.

[DrMav]

Refs have lost their minds recently with flagrant fouls/hostile acts. First Maxi with the “windup” now this?

[Dova]

that was the biggest BS Tech ive ever seen

[KillerLeft]

Refs have lost their minds recently with flagrant fouls/hostile acts. First Maxi with the “windup” now this?

The Cuban handicap is real.

[KillerLeft]

Luka is in ref mode tonight. 

He’s so freaking great. I wish he would hurry up and grow out of this.

[BolsDamols]

Luka is so eager to make the Clippers pay for putting Zubac on him - which is both good and bad

[KillerLeft]

Luka is so eager to make the Clippers pay for putting Zubac on him - which is both good and bad

Totally.

[MaxiThreeba]

I’ll give Lue credit because the last Luka adjustment I had on my list was put Zubac on him.  He really is a solid tactician when it comes to adjustments and matchups. 

Luka frustrated with officiating and offense with no flow because they couldn’t decide how to attack that strategy. 

Need “the others” to hold the fort while Luka takes a rest and they figure out how they want to exploit the Clippers coverage.

[dirkfansince1998]

Luka is in ref mode tonight. 

He’s so freaking great. I wish he would hurry up and grow out of this.

Looking at guys like Harden, CP3 or LeBron that is never going to happen. But we can hope that at some point he gets the face of the league benefit of the doubt and just gets away with it.

[KillerLeft]

Looking at guys like Harden, CP3 or LeBron that is never going to happen. But we can hope that at some point he gets the face of the league benefit of the doubt and just gets away with it.

I don’t care if he ever quits barking at them or coming across to other teams’ fans like a prima donna. That stuff bothers me a little bit, but honestly not that much.

I just want him to stop letting it completely take his head out of the game. Maybe harden does that a little bit, but do you feel like LeBron does that?