ChipotleWest wrote:ejftw wrote:
I mean, I'd assume of the six looks, four would be nearly wide open and I'd give Harden the benefit of the doubt.
Of course, could be totally wrong and Lovely/Gafford would close out, but then, one could assume Harden would dump those to Zu on an easy roll.
I know you just don't want to think that it could have been something Dallas did as to why you're team won I get that, but the scenario you're describing wasn't happening when Lively/Gafford was in the game.
Not my mindset on it at all. I've just seen my teams, in various sports, dig themselves in a hole, fight to get back in just to fall short way too many times. Same with those I've coached.
Obviously it isn't always the case, but just what I took out of Sundays game. And yeah, maybe Harden doesn't get those floaters with those two, but, instead, he gets a pair of step back threes and Zu gets a pair of bunnies as those two close out and James and leave Ivica open in the paint. Just as likely a scenario imo.
Think the key is, for Dallas, to not allow the Clippers to get good looks early. The more mucked up it is to start, the better the Mavs odds as they have the best closer in the series imo