Mavs @ Spurs

Post #81 » by **DDansby123** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:02 pm

I DVR'd the game but haven't watched it yet. But from the box score, I'm happy with a 3-point loss to the Spurs in San Antonio at this point. Parker didn't go nuts against Kidd as many predicted, and Kidd wasn't exactly shut down by SA's defense either. Some guys could've obviously played better (JET, for one), but it was a quality showing this early in the Kidd experiment.

Post #82 » by **catalyst** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:13 pm

That was a great game. I am in shock that Kidd was not in at the end. However, I feel better about this team and its ability to stay with the elite teams.

Magz50 · Post #83 » by **Magz50** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:13 pm

Parker was never gonna go nuts, he's still only about 60% from his recent injuries. He's still a way off being the Parker from last years finals series.

Yeah and i didn't get why Kidd was off. I was very happy he was off actually. Thanks Avery!

oldeagle · Post #84 » by **oldeagle** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:22 pm

ok, more 2 cents.
Avery seems to get caught up in the mind games instead of playing bball.
I guess Donnie did rub off.
One thing I noticed is that Avery lets Terry play even when he is playing bad.
Here is the 2 cents. Avery please don't try to outcoach the other team. Let your players out play the other team. And one more thing, leave Kidd in at crunch time.....

Post #85 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:26 pm

catalyst wrote:That was a great game. I am in shock that Kidd was not in at the end. However, I feel better about this team and its ability to stay with the elite teams.

I was also shocked. I watched the entire game at this sports bar with a couple friends. Jason Terry was getting bruised around a couple times and was unable to get some calls his way.

Oh well, Spurs can have this one!

Post #86 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:12 pm

" Presented with a fight-or-flight situation, Bowen chose neither option. He simply turned the other cheek, and allowed Terry to pick up a technical. Later, after the Spurs had survived a slugfest to take a 97-94 victory over their Southwest Division rivals at the AT&T Center, Bowen would say the incident made him feel "kind of like a coward." "

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Deus · Post #87 » by **Deus** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:17 pm

A few things to say after watching the game.

1. Kidd should've been in there and not on the bench. Avery is a dumbass. Sure, I can understand why Avery didn't have him in there - because the Spurs would've laid off him and forced Kidd to shoot himself. But he still should've been in there anyway - he's an all-star guard.

2. Terry and Avery's getting those 2 technicals were big. The refs missed Bowen's elbow and it cost the Mavs the game. I'm sick of the refs.

3. Terry and Howard went 0-7 from the 3 point line. If they just hit one of those the Mavs probably win.

4. Dampier played well. Offensive rebound in last minute was great. But he also missed a tip-in that was big.

5. Bass was the animal everyone calls him. He had the hot hand and should get more shots. 10 isn't enough anymore for Bass.

6. Terry getting his shot blocked. Repeat. Terry getting his shot blocked. Have we heard this before? He should've passed it to Dirk.

Magz50 · Post #88 » by **Magz50** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:44 pm

Where was this so called elbow from Bowen??? I watched numerous replays and rewinded it in slow mo and i saw no elbow from Bowen. Terry is just an idiot who loses his cool too easily.

SaintofKillers · Post #89 » by **SaintofKillers** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:05 pm

The one positive I could take from this game is Brandon Bass schooling Duncan. Very few bigs could do that and I think this is a step in the right direction for the Animal.

jwa1107 · Post #90 » by **jwa1107** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:17 pm

jwa1107 wrote:Magliore goes for 10 & 10
DAL wins 107-102
book it!

(picture)

no Magliore = that is why you fail, Avery...

Post #91 » by **studcrackers** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:37 pm

Magz50 wrote:Where was this so called elbow from Bowen??? I watched numerous replays and rewinded it in slow mo and i saw no elbow from Bowen. Terry is just an idiot who loses his cool too easily.

perhaps it was on the local broadcast b/c when it happened on tnt they didnt have anything but also didnt have a good angle. but terry really doesnt lose his cool that often, really only seen it happen 2 or 3 times, just so happens 2 of those times were vs. the spurs. it wouldnt shock me though if bowen elbowed, that guys a punk (argue if you must, theres no convincing me)

but terry/avery were the reason we lost the game, we had a 10 point lead til jet got a tech then finley hits a 3 then avery calls a TO and gets a T. just ridiculous, im sure they wouldve gone on a run but we just gave them the momentum with those technicals. JET's 2-10 didnt help matters. also id bet if kidd was in on one of the last play someone wouldve been open or maybe he couldve found dampier under the basket, just a dumb decision. o and havent seen anyone mention this but dirk missed 4 ft's, those were probably the other reason why we lost, i can understand 2 but he shouldnt really have an excuse for missing more then 3

dirk shouldve drove when he posted tony parker up, the most parker couldve done was take a charge, i bet dirk wouldve been fouled there. its a shame when he did drive the ball didnt go in but we werent getting that many bounces. san antonio were getting some favorable bounces off misses, sometimes it sucks the life out of me when our team cant come up with rebounds off 3 pointers, especially when it bounces back to them.

i hated to see duncan bailed out at 34 seconds, watching the replay about 15 times i think he may have travelled, i know when he went up initially and lost it his foot was in the air, maybe i was just annoyed that he got bailed out. how was damp able to have so much contact then duncan gets a favor for him at the last second?

nice to see manu contained after burning us the 1st 2 meetings but then finley killed us. manu was still making some good passes though. they got way to many open 3's i thought, we were somewhat fortunate they couldnt get it going through 2 and a half quarters.

nice to see george and bass have good games but i wouldnt really expect to see that in future games vs. san antonio though bass's 1st step tonight was electric. but when dirk/bass were in we gave up way to much height inside on rebounding and just defending the paint.

Pooch · Post #92 » by **Pooch** » Sat Mar 1, 2008 12:37 am

Nets fan here... The sad thing about Kidd being benched the last 30 seconds is that even with his poor fg%, he CAN hit the clutch shot, he seems to bring it when the game is on the line... did Avery not know this??

your_dallas_mavericks · Post #93 » by **your_dallas_mavericks** » Sat Mar 1, 2008 2:21 am

Avery outsmarted himself, plain and simple.

SaintofKillers · Post #94 » by **SaintofKillers** » Sat Mar 1, 2008 2:41 am

Pooch wrote:did Avery not know this??

Avery had a bird's eye view of it against the T-Wolves, but then again, this is Avery we're talking about. He's like the homeless man's Larry Brown.

Pootie41 · Post #95 » by **Pootie41** » Sat Mar 1, 2008 3:23 am

It's so awsome how now with a rookie coach Cuban totally stays out of the coaching but when Nellie was coach.. a guy who is a genius and has decades and decades of coaching experience Cuban was all in his business second guessing him..

Could you imagine if Nellie benched Kidd the way Avery did? LOL

Cuban said Nellie was sabotaging the team by benching Dirk when Dirk was INJURED in the WCF!

Just unbelivable how much Cuban and Avery screw up individually.. then you combine it.. my god..

poor Dirk.. the one star player who doesn't complain about anything and look at the cr@p he gets..