After the Fact: Dallas Drops Game 3, Still Up In Series 2-1
by Tim Cato on Apr 22, 2011 12:23 AM CDT
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Lots of factors at play here, on the road with a hostile crowd.
-Terry stepped up as the #2 scorer, with 29.
-Dirk ended with an excellent stat line, as usual. It did seem like he left some opportunities on the table, though.
-Marion got a few nice baskets, but still has not score double figures yet.
-Chandler fouled out early in the 4th and played only 15 minutes.
-Roy had another resurgent game, scoring 16. It was to be expected that he'd play like that at some point in the series.
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We won't turn the ball over close to 20 times again.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:25 AM CDT reply actions
Free throws
13 of 23 made FTs? Disgusting.
Uh
we have a Haywood exception in there, take off 4 or 6 misses I believe.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Haywood's FT line
He made 2 of 6 FTs. That leaves us with 11 of 17. I’m still disappointed in Dirk’s missed 3 FTs and even Barea’s. Sorry, higher bar especially when it’s late in the game.
by triplespluscv on Apr 22, 2011 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions
You have exceptionally, unrealistic expectations then.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Let Dirk get his misses now.
He’s money in games though. Even the sun shines on a dogs ass somedays.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Blazer fan perspective
The Kidd shot was a three, the refs won us that game. If we don’t pull our heads out of our asses then this is probably over in 5 cos you guys certainly will in game 4.
No more ref comments from me
but you guys played well enough to win so take it
I started out with nothing and still have most of it left
Yeah, Roy was a surprise too
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
- Bill Russell
by Marjun Raposon on Apr 22, 2011 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions
missed FTs and alot of turnovers did us in, buddy
good game, though. Nice to see Brandon playing above his emotions and doing well. Catch you next game.
Don't need another perfect line... Don't care if critics ever jump in line...
I get pissed off about some calls...but I can see why Portland got pissed off about some calls in game 1...I'll call it a wash.
I'm a friggin parrot..
true
but man, BRoy came to play. He didn’t do well in game 1 with a ton of minutes (like JJ today for our cause).
Can we expect JJ to play insanely good the next home game? – wistful thinking…
Don't need another perfect line... Don't care if critics ever jump in line...
breakeven
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
- Bill Russell
by Marjun Raposon on Apr 22, 2011 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Blazers fan here.
Just wanted to say that I LOVE reading “don’t blame the refs” comments on this site. Anytime I read that nonsense by ANY fan, I have to shake my head. Yes, occasional fouls will be head-scratchers, but that’s the game. Check out Silver Screen and Roll sometime if you want to hear some major complainers.
Y’all are a classy bunch. Stay that way.
"Hey! If the moon were made of ribs, wouldja eat it? I know I would!"
Yes sir. Some calls were shit but we didn't capitalize on opps and too many turnovers.
And can we make a fucking free throw? Good gravy
Our coaching didn't help..he loves that damn 3 guard lineup in the 4th...
It would’ve been close either way….I’m pretty confident absolutely no one in this community expected Dallas to sweep Portland..I thought it would go 7, and wont change that unless something convinces me otherwise after game 4.
I'm a friggin parrot..
Our coach has been with us for 5 years
and still persists with coaching a totally ineffective way of defending the pick and roll. I hope it goes 7 but I don’t think it will.
Blazer fan...ummm...then apparently your coach and McMillan studied closely together...
I think the Blazers have HORRIBLE pick and roll defense.
Not a basketball pro…have only been watching closely for the last 3 years..seems the pick and roll isn’t easy to defend?
I never thought we would sweep. It's nice to think about but never realistic.
It was always going to be a good series.
I'm pretty sure the Blazers won game 3 and not the refs.
But don’t count on the Mavs turning the ball over 20 times again though.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Tyson Chandler got screwed tonight, plain and simple.
I don’t think you’ll turn it over that many times again at all. Hopefully LA and Crash don’t throw up bad games on Saturday cos we can’t rely on Roy or Wes doing that again.
He looked fresh
Not playing all season will do that to you lol. Now all we need is a big game from Wallace.
Team Aldridge
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 22, 2011 3:41 AM CDT up reply actions
oh yeah the screws on the legs seemed to work fine.
guess we might have to leave D-steve in there longer
Tough Tonight
I am pleasantly surprised that the game was as close as it was with all the Portland home cooking (not mad at the refs, that’s just the way it is for all home teams) and the physicality going on. Mavs didn’t back down.
Seriously, when is Carlisle going to get over his man-crush with JJ?
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
- Bill Russell
by Marjun Raposon on Apr 22, 2011 12:39 AM CDT reply actions
When he unable to drive in the lane at will.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions
He's not in love, so don't pretend
It’s just a silly phase he’s going thru
I started out with nothing and still have most of it left
Jet Scoring 20+
Interesting stat by tweet from mavstats: “DAL has lost 4 straight playoffs games when he scores 20+”
What do you make of that?
He should stop scoring 20+
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, maybe he's the only one with the hot hand at the time..
I started out with nothing and still have most of it left
portland was desperate for something good.
i was surprised JJ closed the game rather than Peja or another big. either way roy showed he can still shoot obviously. get this win on saturday and blow them out game 5 mavs!
portland trail blazers are classic. but wallace was killing it
hopefully tyson won’t get fouled out next game
We lost this game for one reason....
i didn’t show at the thread today. My bad guys.
by CaliCowboysFan92 on Apr 22, 2011 1:37 AM CDT reply actions
meh
I wanted a sweep but I never really believed it would happen. But I did say we would steal one in POR so lets do it mavs end it in 5.
by CaliCowboysFan92 on Apr 22, 2011 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions
I missed the game till the 4th
all i saw was missed FTs and chandler fouling out
by CaliCowboysFan92 on Apr 22, 2011 1:43 AM CDT up reply actions
and crowd for them was huge
I was surprised by how loud they were. tough game 4 ahead mav will be ready though
by CaliCowboysFan92 on Apr 22, 2011 1:46 AM CDT up reply actions
You guys seem to be taking this loss rather well
Is it just because you guys are still up 2-1 and have homecourt protected? I kept hearing from spurs and rockets fans that mavs fans are horrible, but ya’ll are surprisingly low key
"We Believe" - Rudy Fernandez
hey, portland was desperate for this win don't get me wrong
but, i am confused as to why our 2 point guard lineup was closing the game. it’s all good though. next game is on saturday 2pm portland time…
I've read all about the "Mav's underdog" strategy...
and how it’s all BS by the players….but its not by the fans. The mantra throughout the year is we’ll see in the playoffs. So, especially knowing how tough a matchup it would be, we’re happy to still have home court with a chance of stealing one in Portland.
That being said, 1 round winning or losing, is hard to take after a decade of Mav’s success. We all believe in one thing, the Big German’s ring. No one else in the league deserves it more. So, even though we all want to slam you guys in the next two games, it means nothing unless Dirk is on the float, waving to the fanbase he built downtown. We don’t need to be “horrible” until that goal is near.
Spurs fans hate the Ginobli foul…Rockets fans hate that post-Hakeem days….Mavs fans hate that one of the top 3 stars in Texas NBA history, doesn’t have the ring that the other top 10 do.
I'm a friggin parrot..
by bbob on Apr 22, 2011 3:20 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Don't listen to what fans of any Texas team say about one another.
I personally think that the majority of both Spurs and Rockets fans are ignorant, arrogant asswipes with strange inferiority complexes (considering how many championships they have), but y’know…
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
that was a really funny statement
you told him not to believe what you said :)
Managing Editor of MavsMoneyball.com
maybe because they are Rockets and Spurs fans.
You know, everybody HATES each other, especially between Mavs and Spurs.
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
- Bill Russell
by Marjun Raposon on Apr 22, 2011 6:18 AM CDT up reply actions
We've been here before.
This is nothing new. You win some and lose some.
ite-Bay e-May, itches-Bay.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Apr 22, 2011 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
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(this comment is a reply success :)
Team Aldridge
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 22, 2011 3:46 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't want Dirk and Kidd to be the Stockton and Malone of their generation
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
- Bill Russell
by Marjun Raposon on Apr 22, 2011 6:19 AM CDT up reply actions
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