RS 23/24 - Mavs vs Pelicans (Mond. 230PMEST)

Maverick41 · Post #61 » by **Maverick41** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:02 pm

Huge 3s by both G-Will and Green!

joesha1698 · Post #62 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:02 pm

now i dont wanna trade green either lol...somebody gotta get traded.

Post #63 » by **Dirk** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:03 pm

Everyone's great.

Random note for Kyrie being pretty great at giving the ball up and trusting guys to make the right play.

joesha1698 · Post #64 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:04 pm

is it me or did willie green leave williamson out the game too long? we had nothing for him but he was sitting on the bench. just saying.

joesha1698 · Post #65 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:04 pm

that was the rookie mistake by lively. no reason to bump him.

BliscoSantos · Post #66 » by **BliscoSantos** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:07 pm

When the 3 is falling they win and vice versa...but the problem is there's no consistency ,one game they Look like world beaters and then the next like a g-league Squad....good game but not really impressed,since we've seen this before and we've seen what they follow it up with...they need to become more consistent,show this in every game and not take nights off

Also,the game ain't over ter... let's see some D

joesha1698 · Post #67 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:07 pm

we need a stop. wish tim got a chance to shoot once more.

joesha1698 · Post #68 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:08 pm

why would they foul intentionally? strange call.

joesha1698 · Post #69 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:09 pm

i see. he must stuggle with shooting. thats crazy. foul a guy to tie a game.

ejs78 · Post #70 » by **ejs78** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:11 pm

This team lol

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Post #71 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:13 pm

What a play call by Kidd to foul Zion, great win, no idea how they did it, Tim and Kai went crazy...

Maverick41 · Post #72 » by **Maverick41** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:13 pm

Team always surprises. Win the hard ones, lose the easy ones.

Great game though! Wow

Archx · Post #73 » by **Archx** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:16 pm

What a strange game :lol:

Kyrie and freaking THJ both with 40pt games... Lively 12 rebs but 7 of those were OREB's. Green playing another great all around game, Grant coming up huge with stops and big plays with 7 assists and even Maxi with good defense coming back from injury. And even Kidd did some good coaching in the clutch.

Incredible win at the end.

tleikheen · Post #74 » by **tleikheen** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:17 pm

Hardaway and Irvings scoring was super but the offensive rebounds and energy of Lively in the 4th was huge momentum wise.

BliscoSantos · Post #75 » by **BliscoSantos** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:17 pm

Good win,but this doesn't change anything...the Players are still too streaky/incosistent and they have too many guards...someone needs to get traded...there are reports Hornets want Josh(maybe some other team too) ,if you can get a pick and an expirings or someone else who's be valuable from a third team ,you need to pull the trigger

Post #76 » by **Dirk** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:18 pm

Insane energy.

Kidd is right. "He's just the coach". He doesn't tell them to miss shots or not jump as high as they did today.

More seriously... I am still baffled with that intentional foul on Zion... which worked out well. Will be curious to know if it truly was intentional or a mental mistake.

It's a great like. Exactly like the Knicks win. But it's unreasonable to expect these players to have this energy every night. We need Luka's fatass back. At least he wasn't eating pop corn today.

tleikheen · Post #77 » by **tleikheen** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:23 pm

At the end of the game both Luka and Dante were walking pretty good ,a real good sign.

ACMFFL · Post #78 » by **ACMFFL** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:24 pm

Timmie & Kai vs everyone, they were something else tonight. Lively rebounding was also instrumental.

deb · Post #79 » by **deb** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:25 pm

Dirk wrote:Insane energy.

Kidd is right. "He's just the coach". He doesn't tell them to miss shots or not jump as high as they did today.

More seriously... I am still baffled with that intentional foul on Zion... which worked out well. Will be curious to know if it truly was intentional or a mental mistake.

It's a great like. Exactly like the Knicks win. But it's unreasonable to expect these players to have this energy every night. We need Luka's fatass back. At least he wasn't eating pop corn today.

I'd say definitely intentional. That's a pretty standard move at least here in exYu basketball. You foul a poor shooter, if he misses, you remain in the lead, if he hits, it's a tie and you have the ball. Otherwise they could hit a three and you'd restart with less time remaining and down a point.

Never give the ball to a poor ft shooter in a situation like this though...

Post #80 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:27 pm

There are coaches in Europe (David Blatt who coached in the NBA does it) who foul up 2 to not risk 3 pt play and have control, I don't think this was Kidd aim, either he gambled on Zion being bad FT shooter or thought he had foul left.