RS 19/20 - G2 - Mavs @ Pelicans (Oct. 25, ESPN)

agentofatlas · Post #81 » by **agentofatlas** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:14 am

Need to put Luka back in.

Archx · Post #82 » by **Archx** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:20 am

Doncic looks very passive in the 2nd half.. kinda gassed or something.

Imon · Post #83 » by **Imon** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:21 am

KP has more block than rebounds. :dontknow:

At some point we're going to have to accept the fact that he's just not a good rebounder.

Imon · Post #84 » by **Imon** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:27 am

Damn, not only did we get a Dirk replacement with Luka and KP we got a Barea replacement with Brunson. :lol:

Imon · Post #85 » by **Imon** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:29 am

I guess this is going to be the Mavs closing lineup:

Triple Dirks, Wright, and Brunson.

Imon · Post #86 » by **Imon** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:33 am

Wow ... Luka missed a bunch of step back 3's tonight but that was a big one.

agentofatlas · Post #87 » by **agentofatlas** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:36 am

Delon has been special this game.

Captain_Obvious · Post #88 » by **Captain_Obvious** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:39 am

better team won

dirkules_41 · Post #89 » by **dirkules_41** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:40 am

Great win. Would trade DFS to the Knicks board for Pinkyring tho

dirkules_41 · Post #90 » by **dirkules_41** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:42 am

Imon wrote:KP has more block than rebounds.

At some point we're going to have to accept the fact that he's just not a good rebounder.

I think has more to do with where he spends time on the court vs his skillset. He just needs to spend more time closer to the basket imo and the boards would double easily.

Oscar9992 · Post #91 » by **Oscar9992** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:43 am

Luka played bad but still got triple-double and shot 10 from 19.

25-10-10

Imon · Post #92 » by **Imon** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:44 am

Our boy Luka is trending on twitter in the US.
:cry:

Archx · Post #93 » by **Archx** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:44 am

I wasn't worried about the outcome, Luka is way too clutch

... But the fight that they showed today was amazing. Finally RC realized that going with a bit bigger lineup would benefit them more. Awesome learning experience for the team.

Pinkyring · Post #94 » by **Pinkyring** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:46 am

I'll give rick a pass for these lineups right now but goodness they're all over the place.

Heezzi · Post #95 » by **Heezzi** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:46 am

Imon wrote:Guard rotation still confounds me.

I know it's only the second game but if Hardaway and Curry can't find a way to fit in the Mavs are going to keep getting killed by opposing benches.

Curry needs to start at SG and Wright needs to play point for the second unit. Wright played the best when Luka was out. Luka and Wright doesn't maximize together.

Apz · Post #96 » by **Apz** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:57 am

Well, we know that Curry injured his hand in that storm or what it was and therefor played limited minutes last game, so probably same today. But god, his shot is sooo smooth. Wright had a huge game, those 5 steals and a few of them 2nd half of 4th quarter was huge for this win

bran muffin · Post #97 » by **bran muffin** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:11 am

Nobody's talking about KP getting benched in the final 2 minutes? I'll talk about that then.

It looks like KP is playing under a strict minutes restriction. He played 29 minutes in the first game and again in the second game. I hope that's the reason anyway. Because if KP was benched for any other reason... I'd rather not think about the implications.

dirkules_41 · Post #98 » by **dirkules_41** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:14 am

bran muffin wrote:Nobody's talking about KP getting benched in the final 2 minutes? I'll talk about that then.

It looks like KP is playing under a strict minutes restriction. He played 29 minutes in the first game and again in the second game. I hope that's the reason anyway. Because if KP was benched for any other reason... I'd rather not think about the implications.

He was benched because his ISO plays killed our offensive flow.

bran muffin · Post #99 » by **bran muffin** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:21 am

dirkules_41 wrote:He was benched because his ISO plays killed our offensive flow.

The Pelicans played the 4th quarter without a center. I'm pretty sure the Mavs coaches were telling KP to isolate Ingram for the mismatch. If anyone is to blame for running all those iso plays, it's the coaches.

dirkules_41 · Post #100 » by **dirkules_41** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 3:24 am

bran muffin wrote:
dirkules_41 wrote:He was benched because his ISO plays killed our offensive flow.

The Pelicans played the 4th quarter without a center. I'm pretty sure the Mavs coaches were telling KP to isolate Ingram for the mismatch. If anyone is to blame for running all those iso plays, it's the coaches.

I didn't blame him, I blamed the plays. He also had 5 fouls and looked tired when he subbed out.
He ISOd against Holiday and that cost us 2 or 3 empty possessions weirdly enough. I think we have to work on more low post looks for him long term but anything in crunch time that takes the ball out of Lukas magic gloves is generally bad.

Who will win this game?