RS 22/23 - Mavs vs Bucks (Friday, 10PM EST, ESPN)

[Archx]

What would you be saying?

Don't fall for it Mavr, Dirk has not banned anyone for a while now so his finger is itching

It's hard to believe that THJr would miss 3 Fts in a row. And if that wasnt crazy enough, someone else goes and misses 2. So I was curious what he'd be raging about.

DFS also strangely didn't see that Middleton/Lopez play developing . It's annoying how many games they've blown up 12+ in the 4th quarter.
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I noticed you're getting more and more frustrated with the team aswell. I have never seen you defend Luka so much in general forums from all those ridiculous comments

But yeah, like we said many times, i have no clue what these guys are doing in their film sessions or in practice. The amateur mistakes that they are making are mind boggling. They racked up some nice wins lately and you would think it's getting better and Kidd finally figured some stuff out, then all it takes is one game and i'm like nope, it's the same old BS.

What happened at the end? I see that the Mavs got the rebound with over 7 seconds left and the TOs was taken with nearly 2 seconds left. It seems like a big gap.

Kidd thought Luka had enough time to get a shot off but Bucks swarmed him and he almost lost the ball. Kidd quickly called the TO then. I think it was a mistake not calling it right away since there wasn't a lot of time left. 15 seconds or so would be fine, but 7 seconds and Bucks defenders were already waiting for him at the half court, it was very tight.

[41Dirk41]

Guys don't just look only the boxscore, Mavs played a great game (with all of their roster problems) against a real contender.
We could have won with a better FT % or without the defensive mistake ok Kleber and DFS.

We need a couple of upgrades but at least the rotation is good right now.

Giannis was atrociously bad in vast majority of the game, there's why they had the lead going in Q4. You can't have Q4 like they had and be satisfied. And I would be ok, if it was the first time, but they did the same in Denver and luckily escaped and numerous other times, when they didn't.

In the first half we defended great on Giannis, but ehy he is Giannis. He come back in the second half (he commited at least 8fouls in this game, he should be out at the start of the 4th).

Denver and Bucks are a lot better team than us.

Tonight we played a good game, i'm more angry for Detroit, OKC, Houston ecc ecc loss.

[Bob8]

Guys don't just look only the boxscore, Mavs played a great game (with all of their roster problems) against a real contender.
We could have won with a better FT % or without the defensive mistake ok Kleber and DFS.

We need a couple of upgrades but at least the rotation is good right now.

Giannis was atrociously bad in vast majority of the game, there's why they had the lead going in Q4. You can't have Q4 like they had and be satisfied. And I would be ok, if it was the first time, but they did the same in Denver and luckily escaped and numerous other times, when they didn't.

In the first half we defended great on Giannis, but ehy he is Giannis. He come back in the second half (he commited at least 8fouls in this game, he should be out at the start of the 4th).

Denver and Bucks are a lot better team than us.

Tonight we played a good game, i'm more angry for Detroit, OKC, Houston ecc ecc loss.

No loss is a good game. Losing game because of disastrous Q4 and atrociously bad shooting FTs, especially in last minutes, is a disaster, not a good game. And what makes that even worse that they have back2back game tonight. If they lose it, all the good things they have done in previous week, will be forgotten.

[41Dirk41]

Giannis was atrociously bad in vast majority of the game, there's why they had the lead going in Q4. You can't have Q4 like they had and be satisfied. And I would be ok, if it was the first time, but they did the same in Denver and luckily escaped and numerous other times, when they didn't.

In the first half we defended great on Giannis, but ehy he is Giannis. He come back in the second half (he commited at least 8fouls in this game, he should be out at the start of the 4th).

Denver and Bucks are a lot better team than us.

Tonight we played a good game, i'm more angry for Detroit, OKC, Houston ecc ecc loss.

No loss is a good game. Losing game because of disastrous Q4 and atrociously bad shooting FTs, especially in last minutes, is a disaster, not a good game. And what makes that even worse that they have back2back game tonight. If they lose it, all the good things they have done in previous week, will be forgotten.

I think the last Ws made you forget what we are.

We have a mediocre roster with a generational super star.
It should be a surprise if we won this game. Not the opposite.
We will fight all season for a PO spot. I just give up on this season.

[Bob8]

In the first half we defended great on Giannis, but ehy he is Giannis. He come back in the second half (he commited at least 8fouls in this game, he should be out at the start of the 4th).

Denver and Bucks are a lot better team than us.

Tonight we played a good game, i'm more angry for Detroit, OKC, Houston ecc ecc loss.

No loss is a good game. Losing game because of disastrous Q4 and atrociously bad shooting FTs, especially in last minutes, is a disaster, not a good game. And what makes that even worse that they have back2back game tonight. If they lose it, all the good things they have done in previous week, will be forgotten.

I think the last Ws made you forget what we are.

We have a mediocre roster with a generational super star.
It should be a surprise if we won this game. Not the opposite.
We will fight all season for a PO spot. I just give up on this season.

And that's exactly why, we should win games, who are already won. We basically have thrown away game on the FT line. And that has nothing with how good roster is. This would be inexcusable, even if Mavs Realgm board were shooting those FTs.

[Mavrelous]

What would you be saying?

Don't fall for it Mavr, Dirk has not banned anyone for a while now so his finger is itching

Ah, I would never ban or warn him. Even tried to defend him.

His ban seems like it's purely because of Covid/Vaccines related material and other mods gave strikes.

You're a great mod Dirk, and your tolerance of hot heads like me is admirable, but not all mods are alike.
I got 1st strike for nothing, no post of mine edited, no PM received, the last 2 strikes are well deserved, even though I would've done it again
This would be the 1st strike on basketball reason, the Luka hate is strong on the GB, even for GB standards, he has his faults, and he needs to improve, but people blaming him for this loss are clueless.

[Mavrelous]

Ironically, the call that got Bucks fans mad saved them the game, had the call not been a foul on DFS but out of bounds, then someone else would've been fouled, and DFS wouldn't miss the FTs.
Mavs were better, they gained massive momentum, they riled up the crowd, they even got 2 gifts, one Giannis mistake and one refs mistake and still managed to blow it.
Late game execution is simply horrendous, whether you want to blame Kidd in general or not, it's abundantly clear he needs someone like Kokoskov next to him, and not the band of yes men he gathered.

[Archx]

Don't fall for it Mavr, Dirk has not banned anyone for a while now so his finger is itching

Ah, I would never ban or warn him. Even tried to defend him.

His ban seems like it's purely because of Covid/Vaccines related material and other mods gave strikes.

You're a great mod Dirk, and your tolerance of hot heads like me is admirable, but not all mods are alike.
I got 1st strike for nothing, no post of mine edited, no PM received, the last 2 strikes are well deserved, even though I would've done it again
This would be the 1st strike on basketball reason, the Luka hate is strong on the GB, even for GB standards, he has his faults, and he needs to improve, but people blaming him for this loss are clueless.

They're just scared of him. Remember the irrational hate young Lebron got? They were trying REALLY hard to blame him for every failure. I remember how his mid range game and 3pt shooting was brought up all the time even when Cavs team as a whole was just bad and he was insanely good.

Then you have Luka, so good so fast and people get mad. I bet my house if he was on their team, they would be defending him like crazy. They went from, "won't be able to dribble in the NBA" all the way to "On/Off", now that they can't even talk about his +7.3, they keep rolling with the same BS that followed him since his rookie year and that's defense. Even though, statistically, he's one of Mavs top3 defensive players lol.

I guess trolls will never stop just like with LBJ and we'll have to accept that. If Mavs could win a ring at some point, these people will probably seek mental help because they won't be able to comprehend how was that possible.

[Apz]

Sorry, couldnt write after the game last night. Were so pissed off I had to vent on twitter then try to sleep.

I havent shot a basketball in maybe 20 years. There is zero chance i miss 5 FTs in a row. Damn, I have still not cooled down fully. Even after getting to watch cristina, pepe and fernandez cry, which usually brings me so much joy.

[Michaellam1987]

Watching those kind of losses really make me miss Dirk sooooooo much. DAL used to be a better team performing during clutch time in the past, 1 of the big reason is Dirk, who can shoot FT at 90%, stable and reliable post up with good decision making. A true go to player to pass him the ball when the team is in trouble. We will never see those stupid losses or late game collapse.......

[Mavrelous]

Watching those kind of losses really make me miss Dirk sooooooo much. DAL used to be a better team performing during clutch time in the past, 1 of the big reason is Dirk, who can shoot FT at 90%, stable and reliable post up with good decision making. A true go to player to pass him the ball when the team is in trouble. We will never see those stupid losses or late game collapse.......

Last year Mavs were good clutch team, they did lose some leads, but always managed to win, this is coaching related, under RC, they weren't great.
Dirk was clutch as hell, but as a team, DAL had some blunders.

[Bob8]

Watching those kind of losses really make me miss Dirk sooooooo much. DAL used to be a better team performing during clutch time in the past, 1 of the big reason is Dirk, who can shoot FT at 90%, stable and reliable post up with good decision making. A true go to player to pass him the ball when the team is in trouble. We will never see those stupid losses or late game collapse.......

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/clutch-traditional?PerMode=Totals&dir=A&sort=PTS

Luka 3rd, DFS 46th. You can see Brunson on 6th place and that's all the difference from last year.

Problem in clutch is that everyone knows that Mavs don't have anyone else than Luka. That results in doubling him or Luka taking impossible 3pts shots in last seconds, which is evident in his disastrous 3pts% in clutch.