2021 - 2022 Dallas Mavericks: The Vibes are Immaculate

[Quagmire 2140]

Dick punch without Paul on the court ?!?

[Quagmire 2140]

flop.  NBA is soccer.  refs need to stop falling for that shit.

Never understood how refs can’t figure that out

[Ghost of Shag 2571]

At some point we’re gonna have to play defense.

[Vic Mackey 46856]

That was absolutely on purpose by that fake tough guy Crowder. Fuck that bitch. 

[dcar00 14000]

nice run here.  last 5/first 5 coming up

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Mavs not exactly playing bad but the Suns are making everything. 

[Ghost of Shag 2571]

Absolutely on fire but still down ten because they can’t stop anyone.

Edited May 3, 2022 by Ghost of Shag

[Vegas64 655]

3 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Mavs not exactly playing bad but the Suns are making everything. 

PHX has too many horses when healthy. Sucks because we have no rim protection and conversely Jalen can't be effective against their bigs. Like, at all. 3 points and 3 fouls I think it is?

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Ayton getting where he wants to go every possession. 

[LurkingHorn 1044]

Phoenix has no weaknesses. Pick your poison and hope they miss. 

[dcar00 14000]

welp -9 last 5 minutes.  Luka bricking 3's.  we'll see what the first 5 brings.

This game 1 was always a loss IMO.  a win in either of these games would be massive upset.

I think we can win a game 5 here though.

[TheRealRonWeaver? 1258]

 

Very Aggie.

[4doorsMoreWhores 107]

Fuck Jae Crowder. That was a deliberate attempt to injure Luka and should have been an ejection

[gsoda3 3214]

We're taking the right shots on offense. If our defense can play better that'll be the difference.

[SilasCoade 2620]

Just now, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

Fuck Jae Crowder. That was a deliberate attempt to injure Luka and should have been an ejection

I don't think he was trying to injure him but it was a flagrant foul. That said, Jae Crowder is one of those guys I think should have their ass beat at least once per season. Like a serious beat down.

[LurkingHorn 1044]

Powell cannot guard Ayton. We are in really big trouble. 

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Mavs are short a Deandre Ayton post type player this series. Mismatched on both ends. 

[LurkingHorn 1044]

Yea. You might as well try to small ball them because we’re not stopping him. 

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Also, did Reggie Miller just come out of some cryogenic freezer from 1993. He keeps saying that Booker is an under appreciated  scorer. Everyone that watches 5 minutes of basketball knows how good he is. 

[dcar00 14000]

just too much fail at the bucket all game.  we didn't close the gap.  still not out of it but gonna need phx to go cold.

[LurkingHorn 1044]

Luka has had some awful turnovers tonight. 

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Not our night. Phoenix on a 135 point pace. 

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Just now, LurkingHorn said:

Luka has had some awful turnovers tonight. 

The last two were bad reads by Kleber/Bullock. At least in my opinion. 

[Vegas64 655]

1 minute ago, LurkingHorn said:

Luka has had some awful turnovers tonight. 

His body language is bad. I think he's frustrated. He is realizing that he can't just put the team on his back and win, he needs help because the Suns are too strong if at full health.

Luka has played well all things considered.

Edited May 3, 2022 by Vegas64

[LurkingHorn 1044]

1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The last two were bad reads by Kleber/Bullock. At least in my opinion. 

He said it was his bad after the play. 

[Skipper 6012]

In addition to Ayton being just a matchup nightmare for us, we seem confused on D far too often.  They are getting whatever they want.  They are way too good of a team to give them easy looks.   They are going to make enough tough shots

[LurkingHorn 1044]

1 minute ago, Vegas64 said:

His body language is bad. I think he's frustrated. He is realizing that he can't just put the team on his back and win, he needs help because the Suns are too strong if at full health.

Might be an unpopular opinion, but he is seeing way too much of the Ball right now. 25 shots is way too much. They need to let JB bring it up the floor some. 

[Vegas64 655]

Josh Green is trashcan emoji. Watching him spastically running around makes me irate.

[Firemans4Horn 17772]

Dinwiddie/Green/Brunson have brought nothing tonight. 

[bluto 4861]

JB is a lost cause tonight. Whole team looks lost/off/tired

[Vegas64 655]

2 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

Might be an unpopular opinion, but he is seeing way too much of the Ball right now. 25 shots is way too much. They need to let JB bring it up the floor some. 

Who is going to help him? JB can't drive/cut across the lane because he's too tiny.

[Skipper 6012]

What a god awful last half of the quarter.  We look completely lost

[Vegas64 655]

I hate the Suns.

[RexWilson 1341]

3 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Josh Green is trashcan emoji. Watching him spastically running around makes me irate.

He has no awareness on offense.

[LurkingHorn 1044]

2 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Who is going to help him? JB can't drive/cut across the lane because he's too tiny.

Have to let someone else try. Luka has played 32 minutes already. You can’t run him into the ground in game 1. 

[RexWilson 1341]

Maxi with the scare

[dcar00 14000]

we need to sit luka.  this is over.

and Brunson should do what he just did more.

[RexWilson 1341]

Fucking McGee going to hurt someone 

[bluto 4861]

If they call contact on McGee on kleber fall I thought that was auto flagrant

[RexWilson 1341]

Just now, dcar00 said:

we need to sit luka.  this is over.

and Brunson should do what he just did more.

Yep. Make JB and Dinwiddie figure out how they are going to make plays against this defense.

[LurkingHorn 1044]

Just now, dcar00 said:

we need to sit luka.  this is over.

and Brunson should do what he just did more.

Or maybe just don’t play him 20 minutes straight. Kidd should feel bad about this. Luka is absolutely spent.  

[Vic Mackey 46856]

Suns are dirty as fuck. No surprise. Fuck all of them. 

[TheRealRonWeaver? 1258]

Mavs would be a title contender if no contact at all were allowed. Like team H-O-R-S-E.

[LurkingHorn 1044]

Phoenix brings in their entire 2nd unit and we leave the starters in. Yikes. 

[bluto 4861]

Eff that was a great play by bitch ass McGee

possibly the LVP of the night goes to Powell, 4 pts and one board in 16 min. Put boban in for that production 

[dcar00 14000]

he didn't do shit except brace himself...

take out luka.

[dcar00 14000]

way too many oreb.

[Vegas64 655]

lol just that kind of game. can't even be mad.

[Skipper 6012]

Showed a little fight late but that's not going to cut.  Completely outclassed tonight.   They are clearly a flat out better roster top to bottom and a bad matchup.  But we can play a lot better than we showed tonight.  On to Game 2.

[dcar00 14000]

2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Showed a little fight late but that's not going to cut.  Completely outclassed tonight.   They are clearly a flat out better roster top to bottom and a bad matchup.  But we can play a lot better than we showed tonight.  On to Game 2.

I realize that ayton is inside but Brunson and Dinwiddie have to attack.  Luka went cold late 1st half and starting 2nd.  they can not stand around and watch luka.  Luka needs to not be as ball dominant.