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Fri 01/27 | 7:30 PM CST |
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Sun 01/29 | 5:30 PM CST |
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Phoenix
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Mon 01/30 | 8:00 PM CST |
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Oklahoma City
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Wed 02/01 | 7:00 PM CST |
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Indiana
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Fri 02/03 | 7:30 PM CST |
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Minnesota
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Wed 01/25 | L 90 - 105 |
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Phoenix
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Mon 01/23 | W 93 - 87 |
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New Orleans
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Sat 01/21 | W 83 - 81 |
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Utah
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Thu 01/19 | W 94 - 91 |
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Los Angeles Clippers
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Wed 01/18 | L 89 - 91 |
Southwest Standings
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San Antonio
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12 | 7 | .631 | 0 | Won 2 |
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Dallas
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11 | 8 | .578 | 1 | Lost 1 |
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Houston
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10 | 8 | .555 | 1.5 | Lost 1 |
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Memphis
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10 | 8 | .555 | 1.5 | Lost 2 |
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New Orleans
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3 | 15 | .166 | 8.5 | Lost 9 |
(updated 1.27.2012 at 10:02 AM CST)
Mavericks owner Marc Cuban was on the Ben & Skin show today at 103.3 FM ESPN. Here's what he had to say:
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On Dirk's rest: He didn't have the time to prepare. The older you get the more prepared you have [to be], especially when you're Dirk and you have a very definitive process you go through every summer.
On Lamar's struggles: He's going through the exact same thing Dirk is going through. Possibly we'll give Lamar time off, we had a brief discussion about it. Lamar had the shortest training camp of all of them.
On IOC, international ball: It's purely a business thing. You don't pay these guys all this money and then pretend it's something for the glory of your country. The Olympic Committee is making billions of dollars in revenues, who knows how much they're putting in their pockets. The fact that someone else is making a boatload of money and we're taking the risk is just moronic.
On Dodgers: Can't really talk about it, but yeah, I put in a bid.
On big names impacting the worth of a franchise: There are bigger elements of pricing a franchise. Lots of people think, if you get [a particular] free agent, the value goes up. That's so far from the truth, because when you buy a sports team you gotta have a much longer-termed horizon. It's like looking at the Hornets. Is it worth more or less because Chris Paul is there? No! It's about the bigger picture with the franchise itself.
About where the Mavs stand among Western Conference teams: I have no idea! I don't think the regular season reflects anything, because there was no preparation time. Practice matters. Without practice and preparation time, that's negative for us. In the Minnesota game [in example] our offense was stagnant sometimes, because we're not comfortable with all the new guys knowing where everybody needs to be.
On the nixed Hornets trade, that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers: It worked the way every other trade works, no difference. There's a ton of trades that get nixed at the last second because an owner gets cold feet. Can't tell you how many guys we would have traded for, that we thought we had deals done, that weren't done deals. The NBA screwed it up only because they could have done a much better job in terms of making a trade, but not in terms of process.
On this: These guys were killing Lamar. They were just blasting him and to me it wasn't true, it wasn't right and uneducated. Lamar is struggling as much as anybody, [but] it's not like he doesn't care, there's nobody that's more upset than he is. He's coming in, he's doing extra work. [Again:] The guy with the least preparation time, we're giving the hardest time. He's just not comfortable yet. Look: I hate the way he's playing, but I also hated the way Dirk was playing before we gave him time off. It takes time to adjust.
Lockout Liabilities: Key Mavericks Too Inconsistent
by j0Shi on Jan 27, 2012 8:53 AM CST
in Opinion/Analysis
You recognized that the Mavericks have been pretty inconsistent as a team so far? Thought so. Before you complain that I'm stating the obvious here: This doesn't apply to all members of the rotation. In fact, you can divide the ten regular rotation players into two groups with a pretty astonishing effect.
I used the PER-metric in this one and the X-Axis of the image below is the timeline of the season, the Y-Axis shows the fluctuation of the PERs from game to game. "0" means they were right on par with their average PER, "1" means they have been 100% better than their average (effectively doubling their average), and "-1" 100% worse (a PER of 0) and so on. You can hover over the image to see the second, inconsistent set of players.
The first group of players (Dirk Nowitzki, Brendan Haywood, Ian Mahinmi, Shawn Marion and Rodrigue Beaubois) more or less don't cross that +/- 100% area. You could even make a point, that in most of the games they are closer to a +/- 50% fluctuation. In other words: You know what you get out of these players night in and night out and can rely on their production. Roddy has been a bit up and down lately, but that's mainly because he rocked that Utah game, which is, outside Haywood's showing against Miami in the opener, the only performance that significantly crosses the +/- 100% area.
Only because this group is consistent doesn't mean they are consistent on a high level, because you can be consistent around a PER of 3, 10, 20, whatever, but these actually have decent PERs all around. It starts with Haywood at 12.66, all the others at around 18 and Dirk tops the list at 19.79.
The other set more or less is within a +/- 150% range and every single one of them had at least one game with a negativ PER (under -1 on that scale). Lamar Odom is not really surprising, he had some decent games lately, but fell off the clip brutally against the Timberwolves. But what about the Jasons and Vince Carter? You could argue that Delonte West absolutely has to be productive night in and night out, because he overtook that role from Stevenson, but it would be nice if the other other guys could be a bit more consistent to say the least.
So inconsistency is an issue, but only for one half of the Mavericks players. Unfortunately, pretty important ones.
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Wolves @ Mavs Post Game 19 Quotes "Mavs got Rings, laid, Love paid"
by DOH on Jan 26, 2012 6:27 AM CST
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What the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves said
after Game Nineteen of the Perfect Season.
Dallas Mavericks lose to Minnesota Timberwolves 90-105, fall to 11-8
by andytobo on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 PM CST
The Dallas Mavericks lost 90-105 to the Minnesota Timberwolves, at home, and fall to 11-8. The Mavs had a balanced scoring night, getting 17 from Terry, 15 from Marion, and 11 from Beaubois. Kevin Love scored 31 for the Wolves and grabbed 10 rebounds,
It was, in some ways, an unfortunate game for the Mavericks—the kind of game where every loose ball ends up in the other guys hands for a dunk-- and in some other ways, not too bad. In terms of the long game, anyway.
The Mavs’ undoing in this one was a deadly cocktail of free throws and end of quarter execution. The first one they didn’t entirely pour themselves, of course. 17-2 free throw edge for the Wolves in the first half, 33-10 overall, and a lot of those were of the totally awesome "wait to see what happens with the basket, call the foul," variety.
The Mavs, again I felt not entirely through their own fault, also managed to put the Wolves into the penalty with 6:34 left. I won’t say any more, lest I get fined by the league. That’ll happen. Let it happen in January.
However, writing as the mature adult I am ( and several minutes after the game has ended), I am now able to say that despite all that, the Mavs still had a 10 point lead with a minute left in the 2nd, .powered by good execution from basically everyone.
Then...
GAME THREAD: Minnesota Timberwolves at Dallas Mavericks
by LJRotter on Jan 25, 2012 6:30 PM CST
in Game Thread
WHO: The Dallas Mavericks host the Minnesota Timberwolves
WHAT: *ring* *ring* Hello? Oh hai, championship rings.
WHERE: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
WHEN: 7:30pm CT
HOW: FSSW | League Pass
THE STORY: Tonight everybody's favorite NBA Star, Jose Barea, gets to be on hand for the ring ceremony. I'm pretty sure Peja Stojakovic will be there too. Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter are still out, but thankfully Shawn Marion is playing like he's got some kind of fire lit under his ass. Let's all just hope Kevin Love doesn't have one of his normal unbelievable games tonight, or else the Mavs will have a handful. They lost last time... we don't want them to go o-fer. Oh and there's also Ricky Rubio. SO there's that.
Todays Opponent By The Numbers: The Minnesota Timberwolves
by j0Shi on Jan 25, 2012 4:10 PM CST
in Opinion/Analysis
This is an auto-generated statistical overview of todays opponent of the Dallas Mavericks. The data is only presented for your review and apart from the glossary it features no additional comments. Please post in the comment section if you'll find any uncertainties that should be included in the glossary. Throughout the season this overview could be tweaked here and there, so stay tuned for updates! In the current form it features:
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- Players that will help you
- Lineups that will hurt you
- Lineups that will help you
- Shot Locations & Shot Distances
- Full Heat-Chart
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