Saturday, November 12, 2005

Mavs look bad in a good win

Man, playing in Oklahoma City must feel like a college game to NBA players. The fans sit right on top of you and shriek from start to finish. The Mavs went old-school, relying on their offense to carry them to a big win in a tough arena. Unfortunately, they let the Hornets shoot 55%, and in the fourth, they couldn't stop the bleeding. At one point, the ball bounced to a blind and deaf kid in the front row who picked it up and used a pick from P.J. Brown to go straight to the cup for an easy deuce. Okay, well, maybe that's not true, but if you substitute that kid for Chris Paul and say that it happened like a hundred times it is.

The Mavs cannot defend the point. If they're going to be this bad at it, they might as well have kept Nash. Terry is getting annihilated. Harris was defending well but was playing off-guard for most of the fourth quarter (and scoring with ease, by the way).

Why wasn't Harris playing the one with Daniels at the two? Because Terry's fourth quarter offense was carrying Dallas. But if Harris was doing well and can man the point, maybe the Mavs have to suck it up and put JT on the bench down the stretch if a rookie is lighting him up for 10-15 from the floor.

11/14 Edit:
To back up my claims of ineffectiveness, please note that the Mavs are now giving up an average opponent PER of 22.1 at the PG position. While they are collecting a 17.2 themselves, which is above league average, this discrepancy is unacceptable. Somehow Phoenix only gives up a PER of 13.9 at PG with supposed siv Nash on the floor for most of the game.

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