Game Recap: Jazz Out Work Mavericks, 104-92
by zdgmans on Feb 1, 2010 11:05 PM CST
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PrintThe road-tested Dallas Mavericks must be looking forward to heading out on the road, escaping the American Airlines center and their lackluster home record (14-8). The Utah Jazz are definitely in a groove right now after winning 9 of their last ten and currently in the middle of a five game winning streak.
Tonight the Mavericks will live and die by how fast their rotations are.
Can the Dallas defense rise to the occasion or will the Jazz run them out of the gym?
Game as a Whole:
One could argue that the Mavericks just met a hot team on the wrong night but that would be ignoring most of the evidence pointing to a Mavericks decline. Since November when the Mavericks went 11 and 4, they have seen their wins and losses draw ever closer (December 9-5, January 8-7). To end January the Mavericks were giving up 101.5 points on the defensive end and getting blocked 4.5 times on the offensive end.
Watching the first half, the Mavericks looked like they were in for a long night before the contest really even ramped up. While the rest of the Jazz were largely subdued, Paul Millsap went crazy on the boards and in the paint (he ended with 25). The 2nd half was a nightmare as the Mavericks got consistently out-hustled on every play that mattered (Jazz had over a +10 rebounding advantage).
I have a few answers to these problems but first,
Let’s look at the quarters…
1st Quarter:
2nd Quarter:
- 11:30, Barea hits another bucket to put the Mavericks back up by 4. Jazz second unit isn’t looking so great tonight.
- 11:03, How’s this for a role reversal: Gooden misses a jump shot and Howard gathers the offensive rebound for the put back.
- Blown rotation on a C.J. Miles three and the Jazz go back up by one.
- The Mavericks seem to have a problem containing Millsap. Please don’t turn this into an Andre Miller night.
- 8:39, Barea gets a layup on the fast break, Kidd is pushing the ball hard up the floor.
- 7:21, Williams picks up his first foul of the night on a push-off.
- 6:20, Kirilenko goes up for an uncontested dunk on a broken play. Nowitzki got screened out of the play.
- Barea picks up a technical, unsure of the reason.
- 5:48, Quinton Ross comes in for the first time tonight and picks up Kirilenko.
- 4:28, Dampier blows a dunk. He is starting to do that at least once a game now.
- 1:54, Nowitzki is forcing the refs to make a call every time he is on the offensive end.
- 1:07, Three missed shots on one trip. What was the best miss? Quinton Ross couldn’t jump high enough to get the ball into the basket.
- The Mavericks get out-hustled to close the second quarter. The big question is: who can Carlisle look to for energy off the bench? Humphries comes to mind but we traded him away.
- Mavericks are currently down by double digits in assists.
3rd Quarter:
- 11:45, Nowitzki starts off the quarter with a basket.
- 11:05, Back-to-back buckets for Dirk. He needs to continue to look for his shot.
- 9:35, Shawn Marion hits the short jumper before the shot clock expires. Ball is rolling the Mavericks’ way.
- So, Nobody else can seem to get anything else done on the offensive end beside Nowitzki.
- 7:20, Terry with his first three of the night. Williams gets a blow by to the basket.
- 6:02, Terry hits another three and the Mavericks are now up by one.
- 5:28, I have to retract my earlier statement, Terry has now turned his game up.
- 4:34, Brewer scores because Marion looks lost in the zone rotation.
- 1:33, Kidd falls for a ball fake from Okur forcing Nowitzki to try to rotate. He doesn’t make it in time.
- :27.0, I know they wanted a two-for-one, but couldn’t you get an easier shot?
4th Quarter:
- 10:43, The Mavericks are getting out-worked on the board in the fourth. The Jazz have had multiple tip-ins.
- 9:45, After Kidd loses the handle on a spin move but miraculously gets the ball to a Maverick, Howard can’t convert the jumper.
- 7:07, The Mavericks are imploding in the fourth. They have let the crowd come back into the game and Barea makes a bad decision to foul Kirilenko as he goes to the basket.
- 6:49, Dallas gives up another really soft foul, this time from Jason Kidd, leading to another "and-1". Can you gift-wrap the game for them any more, guys?
- 5:58, Dallas seems like they don’t even want to try anymore. They benefit from a Jazz foul.
- 5:00, This was a possession full of sloppy passes. Mavericks lose the ball without even getting off a shot attempt.
- 3:28, Terry compounds the Mavericks problems by trying to force a pass in between three defenders.
- There is no need to even watch the rest of the game as the Mavericks have already given up.
- Najera comes in and brings some energy. That would have been nice a few quarters ago.
- Why do the Jazz shoot streamers for a regular season win against the Mavericks?
Some Choice Statistics:
- The Mavericks are currently giving up 98 points per game (14th in the league).
- Dallas has given up over 100 points in their last four games.
- Against the West, the Mavericks are only 16-13.
Closing Thoughts:
In the month of January Terry started six games, and what was his record? Terry and the Mavericks were decidedly mediocre only managing 3 wins and 3 loses. Now, let’s look at Beaubois record when he starts (9-4). It’s pretty apparent to this casual observer that you go back and try what worked. Shake up your starting lineup by putting Terry back on the bench and start Beaubois. I would also argue in favor of putting Ross back into the starting lineup and bringing Marion off the bench to make the second unit much more solid.
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Head Coach Rick Carlisle
Not again…
On the game "We battled like crazy the first three quarters, and then they hit us with a 20-6 run to start the fourth. We didn’t get the job done in the fourth obviously, and probably expended too much energy coming back from a seven-point halftime deficit. It’s about putting 48 good minutes together and finishing. We didn’t do it."
On the fourth quarter play of Dirk Nowitzki "He (Dirk Nowitzki) had a lot of good looks early in the quarter that didn’t go down. Then they ran out on us a few times. He carried a huge load for us in the third. Jet (Jason Terry) had it going early. Jet had a couple opportunities early fourth…shots he normally makes that didn’t go down. It kind of started the floodgates. We can get Dirk the ball. We can get him shots. It’s just trying to strike the right balance. It’s doing what’s best to win the game."
On the three-game losing streak "We’ve struggled. We’ve been in some close games. This was a close game up until the fourth. We have to go home and play better and win at home."
Jason Kidd
When did you start to play poorly after the birth off an offspring of yours?
On the game "I think we were playing from behind so it puts a lot of pressure on our offense and defense. Right now we are a little bit past the halfway point, we are just struggling with that. It’s something we have to look at."
On the three-game losing streak "It happens. There are 82 games. You’re going to win five or six in a row and you might lose three. Our goal is to try and minimize those three-game losing streaks or two-game losing streaks. This is our first one so we have to bounce back on Wednesday." Additional quotes on back.
On the passion of the team "I think we’ve been struggling a little the past couple of weeks defensively. I don’t know if it’s passion, but we have to find a way to get out of this hole. We’re a professional ball club so we’re not panicking."
Dirk Nowitzki
Me and the ball in the 4th? Good joke Wilson….
On the game "I think in the fourth quarter they really stepped up their pressure. You have to give them credit. A smaller lineup with (Andrei) Kirilenko at the four, and they just created a lot of turnovers. I think we threw the ball all over the gym. They’ve got quick hands, took the ball away from us, got some layups, got some looks in transition and also got a lot of second chances where they just tipped the ball. They found ways to get the ball and lay it back in. Too many second chance points and too many turnovers there in the fourth quarter. We were right there. We battled in the third and got back in it. Then they stepped up their pressure and that was it."
On his fourth quarter play "They just stepped up their pressure in the fourth. I couldn’t get any looks. I barely had the ball in my hands. We turned the ball over before that. It was tough. I thought we did a good job there in the third quarter moving the ball, getting open looks, and then when they stepped up their pressure we had no answer."
Head Coach Jerry Sloan
My hands are on fire! Painful, invisible fire!
On the game "I thought we had a lot of guys that played really well. We got our bench out there and they played extremely well—C.J. [Miles], Ronnie Price, all those guys. But they came out and really gave us a big lift. Wesley Matthews didn’t shoot the ball really well, but he gave us some hustle plays. Andrei [Kirilenko] I thought had a great game, Paul Millsap, going down the line, Deron Williams. That’s what we have to have to be able to do to try to win some of these games, because if you come out and only four or five guys are busting their can, that’s not enough. We need everybody and I think that showed in the game tonight. We shared the basketball well, guys passed the ball, and we got easy baskets because we passed the basketball."
On the team’s defensive intensity "Well, I guess they wanted to win. That’s the only thing I would say; I hope that’s what the reason was."
Deron Williams
What up?
On the game "We just need to keep on rolling. Guys are coming in and filling in for guys that are out, injured or whatever reason. We’re just having fun together right now. That’s the difference. We’re figuring out how to be a good team right now. Hopefully we don’t get too cocky, too complacent with winning and keep on doing it. We understand what we have to do to win right now, play defense, execute and not be selfish. And we’re doing it. If we continue that, we’ll be a good team."
"We don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. We’ll worry about the next one. We’ve got Portland coming in who’s going to want revenge because we just beat them on their court. And we’ve got to try to get one from Denver, they’ve beat us a few times already. These are big games coming up." C.J. Miles – Forward (17 Points, 5 rebounds)
On the fourth quarter "We started changing looks up, running at them a little bit, faking at them a little bit, just keeping them off balance. We were able to get steals and, like I was saying before, if we get steals and get up and down the floor with Andrei playing the four…we’re as fast as anybody up and down the court."
Paul Millsap – Forward (25 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks)
Do i like suits? You guess….
On the final 6 to 7 possessions defensively down the stretch "It’s the will not to lose. It’s a different attitude than in the past. Hopefully we can keep it up. Guys were aggressive on the defensive end, getting up and playing guys. I think the first half of the season we felt like we looked bad. We felt like we weren’t playing the basketball that we were used to playing. We just had to turn it around."
On the deep Jazz bench "That’s going to be good for the playoffs. To have a deep bench like that. To have guys like Wesley Matthews and C.J. Miles come off the bench and myself come off the bench. It’s going to be real crucial to do that and continue to play like we’re playing now."
On the fourth quarter defense on Dirk Nowitzki "We put AK on Dirk so he could get up and guard him. He limited his touches and did a great job helping off of him. When we did that we got a lot of steals and blocks and he got out of rhythm without the ball."
Andrei Kirilenko – Forward (13 Points, 8rebounds)
Ty Masha! :)
On the defense against Dirk "I think we concentrated on him a little more. Everyone knows he is a great shooter and every time he gets the ball 18 feet in it’s like a lay-up. So we kind of concentrate a little bit more in the fourth quarter on staying close to him."
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They really gotta find a way to get Dirk open
This is getting ridiculous.
I know they don’t want to mess up the rest of their half-court offense, but you still want the ball in your main guy’s hands especially if those other guys aren’t exactly ice-cold killers (JET is merely streaky these days, he feeds off Dirk).
I can’t remember exactly when, but I seem to recall at points last season, they used that Damp high screen a lot to get Dirk open. I didn’t see the game, but against Phoenix, nothing really happened for Dirk, they didn’t run anything to get him the ball in crunch time.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
I agree with the Ticket's assessment yesterday
The Mavericks just look old right now. They’ve been hammered in the 4th quarter lately and it’s really tough to watch. They hang in with veteran savvy and hit some shots, but in the end they get run out of the gym.
I reaffirm my assessment of how much JJ Berea sucks ass. He is the Puerto Rican Mike Iuzzolino. He can hit some shots but is the worst defender in the team and maybe one of the worst in the NBA. 5 turnovers last night, and one of them to Kirilenko (great pic of him above, finally changed that rooster hair) with a limp-wristed foul attempt that turned into an and-one sparked Utah’s big quarter. Trade him for a 2nd rounder and put Beaubois in. He’s the future of this team.
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