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I must've missed out some time back - what's Bagley's status? What's he been out for?

SwingMan1938 wrote:I must've missed out some time back - what's Bagley's status? What's he been out for?

Bone bruise from back in mid-Dec. Returned today against Orlando.

lilfishi22 wrote:

SwingMan1938 wrote:I must've missed out some time back - what's Bagley's status? What's he been out for?

Bone bruise from back in mid-Dec. Returned today against Orlando.

Ah, ok - well, at least we're catching 'em on the 2nd of a back-to-back.....

I suppose we have a chance, they are the queens. But a .500 team looks like an absolute titan to this team right now.

Mcd I will never forgive your goofy arse for trading Bogdan Bogdanovic for Chriss

Marvin Bagley and Iman Shumpert out for this game.

Hopefully this isn't as embarrassing as last time we played them with Booker out.

Damn I wanted to see Ayton/Bagley match up

I feel like almost all the games that Booker misses due to injury are the “winnable” ones.

Kings aren’t a bad team by any stretch but they are on the 2nd night of a b2b and on the road.

Would’ve been a golden opportunity to get one of those rare Ws.

Saberestar wrote:

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Could be a win

lilfishi22 wrote:

Saberestar wrote:

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Could be a win

Good to sit though if he is having spasms, especially with a tough one on the road tomorrow night...Mavs very good at home and just had a bad stretch, mostly on the road.

bwgood77 wrote:

lilfishi22 wrote:

Saberestar wrote:

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Could be a win

Good to sit though if he is having spasms, especially with a tough one on the road tomorrow night...Mavs very good at home and just had a bad stretch, mostly on the road.

If Book plays, it will take a miracle for the Mavs to win. Even at home.

Archx wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:

lilfishi22 wrote:Could be a win

Good to sit though if he is having spasms, especially with a tough one on the road tomorrow night...Mavs very good at home and just had a bad stretch, mostly on the road.

If Book plays, it will take a miracle for the Mavs to win. Even at home.

Howso? They are 15-4 at home, and we are 14-5 on the road. All that with a banged up Booker.

Going to be tough short handed. The ball needs to move a lot. Hustle like hell.

bwgood77 wrote:

Archx wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:
Good to sit though if he is having spasms, especially with a tough one on the road tomorrow night...Mavs very good at home and just had a bad stretch, mostly on the road.

If Book plays, it will take a miracle for the Mavs to win. Even at home.

Howso? They are 15-4 at home, and we are 14-5 on the road. All that with a banged up Booker.

Ah, Rick is seriously hurting them with his stubborn rotations and weird lineups. He is afraid to take any risks. He is not playing their only rim protector in Kleber for extended minutes since Dirk returned. Ayton can feast on DAJ whole evening. Their defense is terrible around the rim. And lately no one but Doncic can hit anything as well. Luka scored 15 of their total 30 points vs LAL in 2nd half. So i think PHX has many more weapons on offense and defense to counter Mavs horrible play these days.

But like you said, they are good at home, so if they suddenly have some kind of surge of extra motivation they could be dangerous.

Archx wrote:

bwgood77 wrote:

Archx wrote:
If Book plays, it will take a miracle for the Mavs to win. Even at home.

Howso? They are 15-4 at home, and we are 14-5 on the road. All that with a banged up Booker.

Ah, Rick is seriously hurting them with his stubborn rotations and weird lineups. He is afraid to take any risks. He is not playing their only rim protector in Kleber for extended minutes since Dirk returned. Ayton can feast on DAJ whole evening. Their defense is terrible around the rim. And lately no one but Doncic can hit anything as well. Luka scored 15 of their total 30 points vs LAL in 2nd half. So i think PHX has many more weapons on offense and defense to counter Mavs horrible play these days.

But like you said, they are good at home, so if they suddenly have some kind of surge of extra motivation they could be dangerous.

I noticed Kleber only got 5 minutes last night. Probably a bit tough given it's likely Dirk's last year.

I've seen people complaining about Carlisle who is probably a top 3 coach in the NBA...though fans complain about coaches no matter how good they are. We see it here even with rookie coaches forced to start 3 rookies.

Back spasms